High Sheriff of Worcestershire


This is a list of sheriffs and since 1998 high sheriffs of Worcestershire.
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff.
Under the same act Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form the new county of Hereford and Worcester, therefore the office of Sheriff of Worcestershire was replaced by that of High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester. However, in 1998 the new county was dissolved, restoring Herefordshire and Worcestershire and creating the offices of High Sheriff of Herefordshire and High Sheriff of Worcestershire.

Medieval

Early Norman

Henry II (25 October 1154 – 6 July 1189)

Richard I 6 July 1189 – 6 April 1199

John 1199–1216

Henry III 1216–1272

Edward I 1272–1307

Richard II 1377–99

Henry IV Bolingbroke 30 September 1399 – 1413

Henry V 20 March 1413 – 1422

Henry VI

Richard III 26 June 1483 – 1485

Henry VII 22 August 1485 – 1509

John Savage II, mil.13-24

Early modern

Henry VIII 21 April 1509 – 1547

Edward VI 28 January 1547 – 1553

Mary I 19 July 1553 – 1558

Elizabeth I 1558 – 1603

James I 24 March 1603 – 1625

Charles I (1625–49)

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century