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High Sheriff of Oxfordshire

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The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.

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The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older than the other crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, which came about after 1545. Between 1248 and 1566 Berkshire and Oxfordshire formed a joint shrievalty (apart from a brief period in 1258/9). See High Sheriff of Berkshire.

List of High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire

  • 1066–1068: Saewold
  • 1066–1086: Edwin
  • 1071: Robert D'Oyly

    • 12th century

  • c. 1130: Restold
  • c. 1142–?: William de Chesney
  • 1135–1154: Henry de Oxford
  • 1155–1159: Henry D'Oyly, 4th Baron Hocknorton
  • 1160: Manasser Arsick and Henry D'Oyly, 4th Baron Hocknorton
  • 1161–1162: Manasser Arsick
  • 1163: Thomas Basset
  • 1164–1169: Adam de Catmore
  • 1170–1174: Alard Banastre
  • 1175–1178: Robert de Tureville
  • 1179–1181: (first half): Geoffrey Hose
  • 1181: (second half)–1184 (first half): Robert de Whitfield
  • 1184: (second half)–1186 (first half): Alanus de Furnell
  • 1186: (second half)–1190: Robert de la Mare
  • 1187–1194: (first half): William Briwere
  • 1194: (second half)–1196: Henry D'Oyly, 5th Baron Hocknorton
  • 1197–1199:Hugh de Neville

    • 13th century

  • 1200–1201 (first half): Gilbert Basset
  • 1201 (second half)–1202 (first half): William Briwere
  • 1202 (second half)–1214 (first quarter): Thomas Basset
  • 1214 (last three-quarters): Ralph de Normanville
  • 1215–1223: Falkes de Breauté
  • 1223 (last three-quarters)–1224 (first half): Richard de Ripariis (Rivers)
  • 1224–1268: Sir Gilbert de Kirkby, also Sheriff for Northamptonshire at same time
  • 1224 (second half), 1225 (first quarter): Walter Foliot
  • 1225 (last three-quarters)–1231: Godfrey of Crowcombe
  • 1232: John de Hulecote (first three-quarters)
  • 1232 (last quarter)–1233: Engelard de Cigogné
  • 1233 (last quarter)–1235 (first half): John Le Brunn (or John Brunus)
  • 1235 (second half)–1238 (first half): John de Tiwe
  • 1238 (third quarter): Richard Suhard
  • 1238 (last quarter): Paul Peyure
  • 1239: John de Plessitis
  • 1240–1244 (first quarter): William Hay
  • 1244 (last three-quarters)–1247 (first half): Alanus de Farnham
  • 1247 (second half)–1248: Guy fitz Robert

    • 1248–1566

    See High Sheriff of Berkshire

    References

    High Sheriff of Oxfordshire Wikipedia
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