Historic Somerset

History of the County of Somerset - England

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Battles

• Siege of Taunton
• Battle of Langport
• Battle of Sedgemoor at Westonzoyland,

Castles

• Cadbury Castle
• Dunster Castle
• Nunney Castle
• Taunton Castle

Historic Houses

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Pre-history

12th Century

15th Century

References, Sources and further reading

• The visitation of the county of Somerset in the year 1623

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Lord Lieutenants of Somerset.

Incomplete list taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Somerset''

• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1555
• William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 12 May 1559 – 17 March 1570
• Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 3 July 1585 – 19 January 1601
• Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 24 April 1601 – 6 April 1621
• William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 14 April 1621 – 10 April 1630
• Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 12 August 1630 – 30 July 1640 jointly with
• William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford 26 March 1639 – 1642 jointly with
• Philip Herbert, Lord Herbert 30 July 1640 – 1642
• William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford 25 March 1642 – 23 August 1643 (Parliamentarian)
• William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset See above 13 August 1660 – 24 October 1660
• James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde 22 December 1660 – 22 August 1672
• John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset 22 August 1672 – 29 April 1675
• Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 4 June 1675 – 16 July 1683
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 16 July 1683 – 11 August 1687
• Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave 11 August 1687 – 6 November 1688
• Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell 6 November 1688 - 1689
• Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 13 April 1689 – 13 June 1690
• Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen 24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 jointly with
• William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire 24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 and
• Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset 24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691
• James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 3 February 1691 – 3 December 1714
• Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery 3 December 1714 – 1 October 1715
• George Dodington 1 October 1715 – 28 March 1720
• George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe 20 June 1720 – 17 February 1744
• John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett 17 February 1744 – 5 November 1764
• Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 27 November 1764 – 16 March 1774
• Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford 16 March 1774 – 5 August 1792
• John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett 15 November 1792 – 14 January 1819
• Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath 23 February 1819 – 27 March 1837
• Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester 28 April 1837 – 1 June 1839
• Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman 1 June 1839 – 28 June 1864
• Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork 28 June 1864 – 22 June 1904
• Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath 1904 – 9 June 1946
• Sir James Somerville 1946 – 19 March 1949
• William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton 10 August 1949 – 14 November 1967
• Cecil Townley Mitford-Slade 17 April 1968 – 1978
• Sir Walter Luttrell 3 May 1978 – 10 November 1994
• Sir John Wills, 4th Baronet 10 November 1994 – 26 August 1998
• Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass 12 February 1999 – present

High Sheriffs of Somerset

List extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Somerset''

Sheriffs of Somerset 11th century

c1061 Godwine
1066-1068 Tovid or Tofig 1083-1086 William de Moyon

Sheriffs of Somerset and Dorset

11th and 12th century

• c1091 Aiulph the Chamberlain
• 1123-1130 Warin
• 1155 Richard de Monte Alto
• 1155 Richard de Raddona
• 1157 Walter de Lisoria
• 1162 Robert de Beauchamp
• 1163 Gerbert de Parcy
• 1167 Robert Pucherel
• 1169 Alfred of Lincoln
• 1175 Robert de Beauchamp
• 1182 William de Bendeng
• 1184 Robert Fitzpain
• 1188 Hugh Bardulf
• 1189: John, Count of Mortain
• 1194: William Earl of Salisbury
• 1197: Peter de Scudamore
• 1199: Robert Belet

13th century

• 1200: Hubert de Burgh
• 1204: William de Montacute
• 1204: Osbert de Stoke
• 1207: William Brewer
• 1209: William Malet
• 1212: Richard Marsh
• 1214: William de Harcourt
• 1215: Ralph de Bray
• 1216: William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
• 1218: Peter de Maulay
• 1221: Roger de la Forde
• 1223: John Russell
• 1223: Jocelin of Wells
• 1226: William FitzHenry
• 1228: Thomas de Cirencester
• 1232: Peter de Rivaux
• 1234: Thomas de Cirencester
• 1237: Richard de Langford
• 1238: Herbert FitzMetthew
• 1239: Jordan Oliver
• 1240: Hugh de Vivonia
• 1242: Joel de Valletort
• 1249: Godfrey de Scudamore
• 1249: Bartholomew Petch
• 1250: Henry de Erleigh
• 1251: Elias de Rabayn
• 1254: John de Aller
• 1254: Stephen de Ashton
• 1257: Walter de Burges
• 1258: William Everard
• 1259: Philip de Cerne
• 1261: Philip Basset
• 1263: Henry of Almain, son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
• 1264: William de Staunton
• 1265: Ralph Russell
• 1266: Philip Basset
• 1267: Andrew Wake
• 1269: Thomas de St Vigor
• 1273: John de St Valery
• 1274: Richard de Coleshill
• 1278: John de Cormailles
• 1283: Sir John de Sancto Laudo (John de St Loe)
• 1285: Queen Eleanor
• 1289: Richard de Burghunte
• 1291: Walter de Luveny
• 1293: Walter de Gloucester
• 1298: Nicholas de Cheyney
• 1299: John Gerberge

14th century

• 1301: John de la Lee
• 1302: John Gerberge
• 1304: Matthew Furneaux
• 1305: John de Montacute
• 1306: Nicholas de Longlonde
• 1307: Nicholas Cheyney
• 1308: Walter Scudamore
• 1309: Richard Chesilden
• 1311: Walter Scudamore
• 1313: John Chideock
• 1314: John de Erleigh
• 1315: Matthew Furneaux
• 1316: John de Kyngeston
• 1318: Nicholas Cheyney
• 1320: Thomas de Marlberge
• 1325: John de Erleigh
• 1326: Thomas de Marlberge
• 1327: William de Whitefield
• 1330: Hugh de Langlonde
• 1332: John de Wraxall
• 1333: Hildebrand of London
• 1335: Walter Rodney
• 1336: Hildebrand of London
• 1338: Walter Rodney
• 1340: John Durburgh
• 1340: Walter Rodney
• 1340: John Durburgh
• 1341: Hugh Tyrel
• 1343: Edward Stradling
• 1343: Thomas Cary
• 1353: John Palton
• 1355: John St Loe
• 1356: Richard Turbevill
• 1358: Robert Martyn
• 1359: John de Raleigh
• 1360: Nicholas St Maur
• 1360: Edmund de Clevedon
• 1361: Theobald Gorges
• 1362: John de la Hale
• 1364: John de Langolnde
• 1368: Edmund Cheyney
• 1370: William Winterbourne
• 1371: Roger Manningford
• 1372: John Hamely of Wimborne St Giles
• 1373: Hugh Durburgh
• 1374: William Latimer
• 1375: Sir Edmund FitzHerbert of Hinton Martell
• 1376: Hugh Durburgh
• 1377: Sir John Delamare
• 1378: William Cogan
• 1379: John Burghersh
• 1380: Theobald Gorges
• 1380: William Latimer
• 1381: Sir William de Bonvile
• 1382: Sir Edmund FitzHerbert of Hinton Martell
• 1383: Sir John Strech of Pinhoe and Hempston Arundel (Little Hempston)
• 1384: John Burghersh
• 1385: John Copleston
• 1386: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset
• 1387: Sir John Rodney of Backwell and Rodney Stoke
• 1388: Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne
• 1389: Thomas Brooke
• 1390: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1391: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset
• 1392: John Bache
• 1392: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1393: Theobald Wykeham of Tarrant Rushton
• 1394: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1395: Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne
• 1396: Sir John Rodney of Backwell and Rodney Stoke
• 1397: Sir Thomas Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano
• 1397: Thomas Daccombe
• 1397: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1399: Sir Thomas Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano

15th century

• 1400: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch
• 1401: John Luttrell
• 1402: John Frome
• 1402: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1403: William Wroth of Newton Plecy
• 1404: Sir Thomas Pomeroy of Combe Raleigh
• 1405: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch
• 1406: Sir Walter Rodney of Stoke Rodney
• 1406: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1407: John Horsey
• 1408: Matthew Coker
• 1408: Robert Hill of Spaxton
• 1409: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch
• 1410: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset
• 1410: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1411: John Horsey
• 1412: Robert Hill of Spaxton
• 1413: Walter Hungerford
• 1414: John Warre
• 1414: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1415: Humphrey Stafford
• 1415: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston
• 1416: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch
• 1417: Matthew Coker
• 1418: John Florey
• 1419: Robert Hill of Spaxton
• 1420: John Newburgh
• 1422: Robert Hill of Spaxton (died 1422)
• 1422: Robert Coker
• 1423: Richard Stafford
• 1424: Sir Edward Stradling
• 1426: Giles Daubeney, 6th Baron Daubeney
• 1426: William Finderne
• 1427: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge
• 1428: Sir John Stourton, of Stourton, Co Wilts and of Stavordale Co, Somerset, High Sheriff of Somerset "In direct descent of the King, and entitled to quarter the Plantagenet Arms"
• 1430: John Warre
• 1431: John Stourton of Preston Plucknett
• 1432: John St Loe
• 1433: John Seymour
• 1434: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge
• 1435: Thomas Thame
• 1436: John St Loe
• 1437: William Stafford
• 1438: Edward Hull
• 1439: Walter Rodney
• 1440: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge
• 1441: William Stafford
• 1442: John St Loe
• 1443: Edward Hull
• 1444: Robert Cappes
• 1445: John Norris
• 1446: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge
• 1447: John Chideock
• 1448: Edward Hull
• 1449: John Austell
• 1450: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge
• 1451: Thomas Thame
• 1452: Richard Warre
• 1453: Nicholas Latimer
• 1454: John Cheyney
• 1455: John Willoughby
• 1456: Nicholas St Loe of Over Langford Manor
• 1457: Robert Warre
• 1458: John St Barbe
• 1459: John Carent
• 1460: Humphrey Stafford
• 1461: Thomas Herbert
• 1463: William Browning
• 1464: Christopher Worsley
• 1465: John Sydenham
• 1466: George Darrell
• 1467: Robert Stawell
• 1468: Reginald Stourton
• 1469: Christopher Worsley
• 1470: Nicholas Latimer
• 1471: John Cheverell
• 1472: John Biconyll
• 1473: Robert Palmer
• 1474: Giles Daubeney
• 1475: William Collingbourne
• 1476: Thomas Norton
• 1477: William Berkley
• 1478: William Say
• 1479: Edward Hartgtill
• 1480: Giles Daubeney
• 1481: Richard Morton
• 1482: Nicholas Crowmer
• 1483: Edward Redmayne
• 1484: Thomas Fulford
• 1485: Amias Paulet
• 1486: John Turbevill
• 1487: James Daubeney
• 1488: Hugh Luttrell
• 1489: William Martin
• 1490: Henry Burnell
• 1491: Amias Paulet
• 1492: Walter Enderby
• 1493: Edmund Carew
• 1494: Sampson Norton
• 1495: Sir Edmund Gorges of Wraxall, Somerset
• 1496: Roger Newburgh
• 1497: Richard Pudsey
• 1498: Nicholas Wadham of Merrifield, near Ilton
• 1499: Amias Paulet

16th century

• 1500: William Martin
• 1501: John Trevelyan
• 1502: Edward Wadham
• 1503: Sir Henry Uvedale
• 1504: John Horsey
• 1505: John Sydenham
• 1506: John Carew
• 1507: John Williams
• 1508: John Bevyn
• 1509: Richard Weston
• 1510: John Speke
• 1511: Walter Rodney
• 1512: Giles Strangeways of Melbury Sampford
• 1513: William Compton
• 1514: Edward Gorges
• 1515: John Seymour
• 1516: Thomas de la Lynd
• 1517: Giles Strangeways of Melbury Sampford
• 1518: William Compton
• 1519: John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath
• 1520: William Wadham
• 1522: John Rogers
• 1522: William Carent
• 1523: Thomas Trenchard
• 1524: Giles Strangeways of Melbury Sampford
• 1526: George Speke
• 1526: John Seymour
• 1527: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
• 1528: Sir Andrew Luttrell
• 1529: Edward Gorges
• 1530: Thomas Arundell
• 1531: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
• 1532: Thomas More
• 1533: Giles Strangeways of Melbury Sampford
• 1534: Sir Nicholas Wadham of Merrifield, near Ilton
• 1535: Francis Dawtrey
• 1536: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George
• 1537: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank, Dorset
• 1538: Henry Long
• 1539: Sir Thomas Speke of White Lackington
• 1540: Sir Thomas Arundell
• 1541: Giles Strangeways
• 1542: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George
• 1543: John Poulett
• 1544: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank, Dorset
• 1545: Nicholas FitzJames
• 1546: Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton
• 1547: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George
• 1548: Sir John Thynne of Longleat
• 1549: Sir Thomas Speke of White Lackington
• 1550: George de la Lynd
• 1551: John St Loe of Sutton Court, Bishops Sutton of Over Langford Manor and Church of St Saviour, Puxton.
• 1552: John Rogers of Bryanston
• 1553: John Tregonwell
• 1554: Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton, Sir George Sydenham, Thomas Luttrell
• 1555: Henry Ashley of Wimborne St Giles
• 1556: John Wadham
• 1557: Humphrey Colles of Barton Grange and Nether Stowey
• 1558: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank
• 1559: Thomas Dyer of Sharpham and Weston
• 1560: James FitzJames
• 1561: John Wyndham
• 1562: George Speke of White Lackington
• 1563: John Horner
• 1564: Henry Ashley of Wimborne St Giles
• 1565: Henry Uvedale
• 1566: Thomas Morton

Sheriffs of Somerset

16th and 17th century

• 1567: Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton
• 1568: George Norton
• 1569: Henry Portman
• 1570: Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle (died Jan, 1571)
• 1570: John Sydenham
• 1571: George Rogers of Cannington
• 1572: John Horner
• 1573: John Sydenham
• 1574: John Stawell
• 1575: Christopher Kenn
• 1576: Thomas Malett of Enmore and Currypool
• 1577: George Sydenham
• 1578: John Colles of Barton Grange
• 1579: John Brett
• 1580: Maurice Rodney
• 1581: Henry Newton
• 1582: John Buller of Wood in Knowle St. Giles and Lillesdon
• 1583: Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary
• 1584: Gabriel Hawley (d.1603) of Buckland Priory, Somerset
• 1585: Nicholas Wadham
• 1586: John Clifton
• 1587: Henry Berkeley of Norwood Park, Stoke and Bruton
• 1588: Edward St Barbe
• 1589: Samuel Norton
• 1590: Hugh Portman of Orchard Portman
• 1591: Sir John Harrington
• 1592: George Speke
• 1593: George Luttrell of Dunster Castle
• 1594: Henry Walrond
• 1595: John Faunceys
• 1596: John Stawell
• 1597: John Colles of Barton Grange
• 1598: John Jennings
• 1599: George Rodney
• 1600: Sir Hugh Portman of Orchard Portman
• 1601: John Malet
• 1602: John May or Mayo
• 1603: Edward Rogers of Cannington
• 1604: John Wyndham
• 1606: Thomas Horner
• 1607: Edward Hext of Low Ham (Netherham)
• 1608: Edward Gorges
• 1609: George Luttrell of Dunster Castle
• 1610: Francis Baber
• 1611: Sir John Rodney of Pilton and Stoke Rodney
• 1612: Robert Henley
• 1613: Natahniel Still
• 1614: Sir John Horner of Mells
• 1615: Bartholomew Michell
• 1616: John Colles
• 1616: John Poulett of Hinton St George
• 1617: Robert Hopton of Ditcheat
• 1618: Theodore Newton
• 1619: John Trevelyan
• 1620: Henry Henley
• 1621: Marmaduke Jennings
• 1622: Edward Popham of Huntworth
• 1623: William Faunceys
• 1624: Thomas Wyndham
• 1625: Robert Phelips
• 1626: John Clark Symes of Poundisford, Pitminster
• 1627: Sir John Latch of Over Langford Manor
• 1628: Sir John Stawell of Cothelstone
• 1629: Thomas Thyne
• 1630: Francis Dodington
• 1631: Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle
• 1632: William Walrond
• 1633: John Carew
• 1634: Henry Hodges
• 1635: John Malet of Enmore
• 1636: William Bassett
• 1637: William Portman
• 1638: William Every
• 1639: Thomas Wroth of Petherton Park
• 1640: John Hippisley
• 1641: Martin Sanford of Nynehead Court
• 1642: Edward Wyndham of Kentsford and Cathanger
• 1642: Thomas Brydges
• 1644: Sir John Horner of Mells
• 1646: Richard Cole
• 1648: John Preston
• 1648: John Buckland
• 1649: Henry Bonner
• 1650: Alexander Pym
• 1651: Edward Ceely
• 1652: George Luttrell
• 1653: William Cole
• 1654: Robert Hunt of Speckington, Yeovilton
• 1656: William Hillyard
• 1659: William Lacey
• 1660: William Helyar
• 1661: George Speke of Whitelackington
• 1662: John Warre of Hestercombe, Kingston
• 1663: George Newton
• 1664: George Trevelyan
• 12 November 1665: Sir Hugh Smith, 1st Baronet, of Long Ashton (or Smyth)
• 1666: George Syawell
• 1667: George Horner of Cloford
• 6 November 1668: Henry Rogers
• 1669: Roger Bourne
• 1670: Thomas Gore
• 1671: William Strode
• 1672: Francis Rolle of Shapwick
• 1673: John Carew
• 1674: Sir Halswell Tynte, Bt. of Halswell, Goathurst
• 1675: John Prowse
• 1676: Ralph Stawell of Low Ham
• 1677: Sir Gregory Heekmore, Kt
• 1678: John Carew
• 1679: Sir William Wyndham, Bt of Orchard Wyndham, St. Decuman's
• 1680: Maurice Berkeley
• 1681: George Horner of Mells
• 1682: John Pigott of Brockley
• 1683: Henry Bull of Shapwick
• 1684: Edward Hobbs
• 1685: Edward Baber
• 1686: James Prowse
• 1687: Edward Strode
• 1688: Sir John Smith, Bt of Long Ashton
• 1689: Richard Morgan
• 1689: John Smythe
• 1690: William Whitchurch of Frome Selwood
• 1691: William Lacy of Hartrow, Stogumber
• 1692: Warwick Bampfield
• 1693: Robert Siderfin
• 1694: John Champneys
• 1695: Thomas Langton
• 1696: Thomas Dyke
• 1697: Joseph Langton
• 1698: Henry Mompesson of Corston, Wiltshire (1633–1715)
• 1699: Smart Goodenough

18th century

• 1700: Francis Holles Newman
• 1701: William Helyar of East Coker (son of William, HS 1660)
• 1702: John Mogg
• 1703: Samuel Pitt
• 1704: Sir John Trevelyan, Bt of Nettlecombe
• 1705: Thomas Warre
• 1706: William Fraunceis
• 1707: Robert Smith
• 1708: Sir Thomas Wroth of Petherton Park
• 1709: Isaac Welman
• 1710: William Blackford
• 1711: Thomas Horner of Mells
• 1712: Harry Brydges
• 1713: William Strode
• 1714: John Trevillian
• 1715: Henry Walters
• 1716: Joseph Brown
• 1717: Thomas Archer
• 1718: Robert Everard
• 1720: Jepp Clarke
• 1721: William Applin
• 1721: Henry Strode
• 1722: Richard Comes
• 1723: Walter Robinson
• 1724: Christopher Baker
• 1724: John Gatchell
• 1724: Andrew Moore
• 1726: David Yea
• 1726: Edward Dyke
• 1726: Edward Dyke (the younger)
• 1727: Richard Champneys
• 1728: Gregory Gardiner
• 1729: John Pigott (died in office March 1730)
• 1730: William Fraunceis
• 1731: John Proctor
• 1732: John Smyth
• 1733: William Provis
• 1734: Thomas Welman
• 1734: John Bricklade
• 1734: Joseph Langton
• 1735: Orlando Johnson
• 1736: John Periam
• 1737: James Chaffey Cowper
• 1738: John Smith
• 1739: John Bricklade
• 1740: John Freke Brickdale
• 1740: John Provis
• 1741: William Madox
• 1741: Edward Hallett
• 1741: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Burton, Curry Rivell
• 1742: John Smith
• 1743: James Smyth, of St. Audries,
• 1743: William Sanford of Nynehead Court
• 1744: Edward Clarke
• 1745: Francis Newman
• 1746: John Halliday of Yard House, Taunton
• 1747: Thomas Coles
• 1748: James Jeanes
• 1749: Matthew Spencer
• 1750: Henry William Portman
• 1751: Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt of Killerton
• 1752: John Harding
• 1752: John Harding
• 1753: John Macie
• 1754: Henry Fownes Luttrell
• 1755: Roger Lyde
• 1756: James Perry
• 1757: John Collins
• 1758: Philip Stevens
• 1759: Henry Powell
• 1760: Sir William Yea, 1st Baronet of Pyrling, Taunton
• 1761: John Adams
• 1762: Thomas Gunston
• 1763: Samuel Dodington
• 1764: William Helyar
• 1765: Robert Paris Taylor of Burcott
• 1766: James Tooker
• 1767: William Provis
• 1768: John Helliar
• 1769: William Rodbard
• 1770: Nathaniel Webb
• 1771: Thomas Coward
• 1772: Henry Rodbard
• 1773: John Hugh Smyth
• 1774; John Old Goodford
• 1775: Thomas Champneys 1st Bt.
• 1776: Thomas Wilkins Morgan
• 1777: Sir John Trevelyan, Bt of Nettlecombe
• 1778: Thomas Horner
• 1779: Samuel Baker
• 1780: Edward Elton, of Winford Manor, Bristol
• 1781: John Ford
• 1782: James Ireland
• 1783: Peter Sherston
• 1784: Andrew Guy
• 1785: Richard Cross (? Crosse) of Broomfield
• 1786: James Stephens of Camerton
• 1787: Nathaniel Dalton of Shanks House
• 1788: Sir John Lethbridge, Bt of Sandhill Park, Taunton
• 1789: Henry Hippisley Coxe of Downside
• 1790: John Stephenson
• 1791: Abraham Elton of Whitestanton
• 1792: Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Trotton Place, Sussex
• 1793: Samuel Bailward
• 1794: Charles Knatchbull
• 1795: Edward Lyne
• 1796: John Tyndale Warre
• 1797: Samuel Day
• 1798: Samuel Rodbard
• 1798: John Hurle of Brislington Hill House
• 1799: James Bennett

19th century

• 1800: Thomas Swymmer Champneys
• 1801: John Band
• 1802: Benjamin Greenhill
• 1803: Hugh Smyth
• 1804: John Rogers
• 1805: John Perring
• 1806: Clifton Wheate
• 1807: Sir John Caesar Hawkins, 3rd Baronet, of Kelston
• 1808: Charles Kemeys-Tynte
• 1809: John Nurton
• 1810: Thomas Strageways Horner
• 1811: John Leigh
• 1812: William Vaughan
• 1813: Peregrine Palmer Acland
• 1814: George Edward Allen
• 1815: John Phelips
• 1816: John Goddard
• 1817: John Philip Miles of Wraxall
• 1818: John Evered of Hill
• 1819: William Speke of Ashill
• 1820: Gerard Martin Berkeley Napier of East Pennard, who died and was replaced by Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet
• 1821: William Hanning, of Dillington
• 1822: Vincent Stuckey
• 1823: John Frederick Pinney
• 1824: Edward Jefferies Esdaile
• 1825: John Quantock
• 1826: William Helyar
• 1827: Henry Powell Collins of Hatch Court, near Taunton
• 1828: John Hugh Smyth Pygott of Brockley
• 1829: Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Bt of Wootton
• 1830: James Adam Gordon of Portbury
• 1831: Thomas Shewell Bailward, of Horsington
• 1832: Sir Henry Strachey, 2nd Baronet, of Sutton Court
• 1833: George Henry Carew, of Crowcombe Court
• 1834: Francis Popham, of West Bagborough
• 1835: William Manning Dodington, of Horsington
• 1836: James Bennett, of North Cadbury
• 1837: Alexander Adair, of Heatherton Park
• 1838: Robert Phippen, of Badgworth Court
• 1839: Sir William Medlycott, 2nd Baronet, of Milborne Port
• 1840: John Jarrett, of Camerton
• 1841: William Francis Knatchbull, of Babington
• 1842: Robert Charles Tudway, of the city of Wells
• 1843: Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, of Brymore
• 1844: John Fownes Luttrell, of Dunster Castle
• 1845: John Lee Lee, of Dillington House
• 1846: Richard Meade King, of Pyrland Hall
• 1847: John Matthew Quantock, of Norton-sub-Hamdon
• 1848: Edward Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court
• 1849: George William Blathwayt, of Porlock
• 1850: Langley St Albyn, of Alfoxton
• 1851: Thomas Tutton Knyfton, of Uphill
• 1852: Montague Gore, of Barrow Court
• 1853: Francis Henry Dickinson, of Kingweston
• 1854: James Curtis Somerville, of Dinder
• 1855: George Barons Northcote, of Somerset Court
• 1856: John Hippisley, of Ston Easton Park
• 1857: Sir Arthur Elton, 7th Baronet, of Clevedon Court
• 1858: Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet, of St Audries
• 1859: Edward Berkeley Napier, of East Pennard
• 1860: Robert James Elton, of Whitestaunton
• 1861: Francis Wheat Newton, of Barton Grange
• 1862: Ralph Neville-Grenville, of Butleigh Court
• 1863: George Treweeke Scobell, of Kingwell
• 1864: Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, of Sutton Court
• 1865: Sir John Henry Greville Smyth, 1st Baronet, of Ashton Court
• 1866: George Bullock
• 1867: Richard Thomas Combe
• 1868: Inigo William Jones
• 1869: William Blake
• 1870: Robert Guy Evered
• 1871: Henry Cornish Henley
• 1872: Mordaunt Fenwick-Bisset, of Bagborough, Taunton
• 1873: Richard King Meade-King, of Walford, Taunton
• 1874: George Fownes Luttrell, of Dunster Castle, Dunster
• 1875: Henry Gorges Moysey, of Bathealton Court, Wiveliscombe, Wellington
• 1876: Henry Duncan Skrine, of Warleigh, Bathford, Bath
• 1877: William Pinney, of Somerton Erleigh, Somerton
• 1878: Philip Pleydell Bouverie, of Brymore, Bridgwater
• 1879: Edward Charles Chetbam Strode, of South Hill, Shepton Mallet
• 1880: Edward James Stanley, of Quantock Lodge, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater
• 1881: Henry Acland Fownes Luttrell, of Badgworth Court, Axbridge
• 1882: Thomas Palfrey Broadmead
• 1883: Vincent Stuckey, of Hill House, Langport
• 1884: Charles Jefferys Watson Allen, of Lyngford House, Taunton
• 1885: John Francis Fortescue Horner, of Mells Park, Frome
• 1886: Alexander William Adair, of Heatherton Park, Wellington
• 1887: Thomas Marriott-Dodington, of Horsington House, Wincanton
• 1888: Antony Gibbs, of Charlton House, Wraxall, Nailsea
• 1889: Charles Edward Jeffries Esdaile, of Cothelstone, Taunton
• 1890: Edward Talbot Day Foxcroft, of Hinton Charterhouse, Bath
• 1891: William Wildman Kettlewell
• 1892: William Barrett
• 1893: Henry Ernst
• 1894: William Speke
• 1895: Sir Edmund Harry Elton, Bt., of Clevedon Court, Clevedon
• 1896: Robert Pooll Henry Batten-Pooll, of Road Manor,Road, Bath
• 1897: Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Gurney
• 1898: Hon. Edward William-Berkeley Portman of Hestercombe, Taunton.
• 1899: William Long of Woodlands, Congresbury, Bristol

20th century

• 1900: Robert Neville-Grenville of Butley Court
• 1901: William Robert Phelips, of Montacute House, Montacute
• 1902: Edwin Brooke Cely-Trevillian
• 1903: Frederick Spencer
• 1904: Henry Hales Pleydell-Bouverie
• 1905: William Henry Wills
• 1906: Francis James Fry
• 1907: Richard John Baynton Hippisley
• 1908: Colonel Edward Charles Ayshford Sanford of Chipley Park
• 1909: Arthur Fownes Somerville, of Dinder, Wells
• 1910: Henry Herbert Wills, of Barley Wood, Wrington, Bristol
• 1911: Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, Bt
• 1912: William Bucknell Broadmead
• 1913: Henry William Paget Hoskins
• 1914: Joseph Cooke Hurle
• 1915: Gerard Marthin Berkeley Napier
• 1916: Francis Henry Cheetham
• 1917: Gerard Stuart Lysaght
• 1918: Henry Thomas Daniel
• 1918: Arthur Vaughan Hanning Vaugahn-Lee
• 1920: Henry Matthew Ridley
• 1921: Arthur Capel
• 1922: Roger Marriott Dodington
• 1923: Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, Bt.
• 1824: Arthur Campbell Duckworth
• 1925: Maurice Fearing Cely-Trevillian
• 1926: Frank Beauchamp
• 1927: Walter Hanning-Speke
• 1928: Sir William Mason, Bt
• 1929: Harold Hamilton Broadmead
• 1930: Huntley Gordon Spencer
• 1931: William Oliver Evelyn Meade-King
• 1932: Reginald arthur Hobhouse
• 1933: William Hartley Maud
• 1934: Matthew Nathan
• 1935: Geoffrey Fownes Luttrell
• 1936: William Otter Gibbs
• 1937: James Archibald Garton
• 1938: Archibald Lawrence Langman
• 1939: Frederick Henry Berryman
• 1940: Arthur Hamilton Yatman
• 1941: Edward Phillip Thursfield
• 1942: Charles Edward Burnell
• 1943; Arthur Westall Vivian-Neal
• 1944: Frederick Willoughby Hancock
• 1945: Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg
• 1946: Walter Douglas Melville Wills
• 1947: Edmund Page
• 1948: Hubert Stanley Radcliffe
• 1949: Henry Cave Daniel
• 1950: Henry William Whitby Hoskins
• 1951: Sir Robert John Sinclair of Cleeve Court, near Bristol.
• 1952: Arthur John Capel
• 1953: Wilfrid Leighton
• 1954: Major Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham, of East Stoke House, Stoke-under-Ham.
• 1955: Major General Roger Evans
• 1956: John Kenric La Touche Mardon
• 1957: John Goodenough Newton
• 1958: Wilfred Anson
• 1959: Nicholas Brabazon Clive-Ponsonby-Fane
• 1960: Sir Walter Luttrell
• 1961: Richard Cely-Trevilian
• 1962: Gilbert Poole
• 1963: Cecil Mitford-Slade
• 1964: Richard Hill
• 1965: Marshal of the RAF Sir John Slessor
• 1966: Sir Edward Malet
• 1967: Sir Ian Lyle
• 1968: Sir John Wills
• 1969: Hugh Webb Faulkner
• 1969: William Quincy Roberts
• 1970: John Anthony Clark
• 1971: Henry William Furse Hoskyns
• 1972: Colin John Clifford Trotter
• 1973: Gerald Hignett

High Sheriff of Somerset

20th century

• 1974: David Tudway-Quilter
• 1975: Matthew Waley-Cohen
• 1976: John Stephen Lloyd of Langford Budville
• 1977: Patrick Henry Daniel
• 1978: William Rees-Mogg
• 1979: William Kenneth Bingham Crawford
• 1980: John A. Lindley
• 1981: Arthur John Greswell
• 1982: Peter Gerald Hanning Speke of Rowlands, Ilminster
• 1983: Charles John de Salis
• 1984: Charles Edward Brabazon Clive-Ponsonby-Fane
• 1985: John Samuel Byard White
• 1986: Ewan James Hanning Cameron of Whitelackington Manor, Ilminster.
• 1987: Michael James F. Carter
• 1988: William Alexander Charles Theed of Combe Sydenham Hall, Taunton
• 1989: Ralph William Vivian-Neal of Poundisford Park, Poundisford, Taunton
• 1990: Malcolm Henry Alistair Fraser
• 1991: Ian Crawford MacDonald
• 1992: William Sanford
• 1993: John Hedworth Jolliffe
• 1994: Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass
• 1995: Roy Scrymgeour Graham Hewett
• 1996: Christopher Phillip Thomas-Everard
• 1997: Richard Stanton Roy Sheldon
• 1998: Micaela Elizabeth Benedicta Beckett
• 1999: Thomas Andrew Heath Yandle

21st century

• 2000: Angela Betty Yeoman
• 2001: Thomas Hugh Ruscombe Poole
• 2002: Robert Ian Hoddell
• 2003: Brian Michael Tanner
• 2004: Sandy Evans
• 2005: Fiona Densham
• 2006: Alastair Ian Hayward Fyfe
• 2007: David John Medlock
• 2008: Anne Caroline Maw
• 2009: John Alvis
• 2010: Pat Hunt
• 2011: John Cullum
• 2012: Sylvana Chandler

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