Historic Northamptonshire

History of the County of Northamptonshire - England

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Battles

Castles

• Fotheringhay Castle (now ruins) was used to imprison Mary, Queen of Scots, before her execution.
• Rockingham Castle was built for William the Conqueror and was used as a Royal fortress until Elizabethan times.

Historic Houses

• Althorp - official residence of The Earl and Countess Spencer and their family. It was also the home of Diana, Princess of Wales before her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales.
• Boughton House (home of the Dukes of Buccleuch)
• Cottesbrooke Hall
• Deene park
• Easton neston
• Elton Hall
• Holdenby House
• Kelmarsh Hall
• Knuston Hall
• Lamport Hall
• lilford Hall
• Prebendal Manor House, Nassington
• Southwick Hall
• Sulgrave Manor

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Pre-history

12th Century

15th Century

References, Sources and further reading

• The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 : with Northamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss.

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Lord Lieutenants of Northamptonshire.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Northamptonshire - incomplete list

• Sir Christopher Hatton 1576 – 20 November 1591
• Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter 8 September 1603 – 8 February 1623
• William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter 27 February 1623 – 6 July 1640
• John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough 16 July 1640 – 18 June 1643
• John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter 31 July 1660 – 8 August 1673 jointly with
• Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland 31 July 1660 – 12 February 1666 and
• Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 21 May 1666 – 8 August 1673
• Divided into East and West Northamptonshire 8 August 1673 – 20 February 1678:

• John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (East Northamptonshire)
  
• Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough (West Northamptonshire)
  

• Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 20 February 1678 – 30 May 1689
• Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth 30 May 1689 – 21 July 1715
• John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu 21 July 1715 – 5 July 1749
• George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax 2 October 1749 – 8 June 1771
• Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton 6 July 1771 – 7 April 1796
• Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton 11 June 1796 – 24 May 1828
• John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland 5 July 1828 – 15 December 1841
• Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 22 January 1842 – 16 January 1867
• Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton 22 February 1867 – 16 July 1872
• John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 12 August 1872 – 27 October 1908
• Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer 27 October 1908 – 26 September 1922
• William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter 14 December 1922 – 11 March 1952
• Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer 11 March 1952 – 31 July 1967
• Lt. Col. John Walkelyne Chandos-Pole, OBE 31 July 1967 – 5 March 1984
• Sir John Luke Lowther, KCVO, CBE 5 March 1984 – 18 November 1998
• Lady Juliet Townsend, LVO 18 November 1998 – present

High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire

Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Northamptonshire - incomplete list)

Before the 13th century

• c.1070–c1090 William of Keynes (or Cahaignes)
• c.1086 Hugh FitzBaldric
• c1125–1128: Hugh de Warelville
• 1129: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere II
• 1154: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere II
• 1155–1156: Simon son of Peter
• 1161–1162: Hugh Gobion
• 1163: Simon, son of Peter and Hugh Gobion
• 1164–1168: Simon
• 1169–1173: Robert, son of Gawini
• 1174–1176: Hugo de Gundevill
• 1177–1182: Thomas, son of Bernard
• 1183: Thomas and Radulph Morin
• 1184–1186: Geoffrey, son of Peter
• 1189: Geoffrey, son of Peter
• 1190–1191: Richard Engaigne
• 1192–1193: Geoffrey, son of Peter and Robert, son of Radulph
• 1194: Godfrey and Simon of Pattishall
• 1195–1203: Simon of Pattishall

13th century

• 1204–1205: Robert de Sancei and Henry, son of Peter
• 1206: Peter of Stores and Gilbert Groc
• 1207: Walter of Preston and John de Ulcot (as Custos)
• 1208: Walter of Preston (as Custos)
• 1209–1210: Robert of Braybrooke (as Custos)
• 1211:Robert of Braybrooke and son Henry of Braybrooke (as Custos)
• 1212–1214: Henry of Braybrooke (as Custos)
• 1216–1223: Falkes de Breauté
• 1224–1227: Ralph de Trublevill and Radulph Washingbury
• 1229–1234: Stephen de Segne and William de Marawast
• 1235–1239: Henry of Bath
• 1240–1241: William de Coleworth
• 1242–1247: Alan de Maidwell
• 1248–1249: Simon de Thorpe
• 1250–1251: Robert Basset
• 1252: William de Lisle
• 1253–1254: Hugh de Manneby
• 1255: William de Lisle
• 1256–1257: Hugh de Manneby
• 1258: Eustace de Watford
• 1259–1261: Simon de Pattishall
• 1262: Alan de Tash
• 1263–1265: Alan de Insh
• 1266: Warin de Basingburn and John de Oxenden
• 1267–1269: John de Moyn and Nicholas de Maunden
• 1270–1272: William de Boyvill
• 1272–1274: Roger of Seaton
• 1274–1277: Sir Gilbert de Kirkby
• 1278: Thomas de Arden
• 1279–1288: Robert de Baud of Loddington
• 1289-1300: John Druell

14th century

• 1301: Robert de Veer
• 1302-1306: John de Ashton
• 1308: Almeric de Nodardus and Simon de Greenhull
• 1309–1311: John de Willoughby
• 1312: Gal. de Bradden
• 1313: Thomas Wale
• 1314: Eustace de Barnby
• 1315: John de Ashton
• 1316: John de Hoby
• 1317: John de Honby
• 1318: John and Egid. de Cugelio
• 1319: John and Egid. de Cugelio
• 1320: Humphrey de Bassingburn and John Sto Mauro
• 1321: Humphrey Bassingburn
• 1323: John de Sto Mauro (Seymour) and Jahn Daundelin
• 1324: John and John
• 1325: John Daundelin
• 1327: William de Sto Mauro and Simon de Lanshall
• 1328: William de Sto Mauro
• 1329–1330: Thomas Wake I of Blisworth
• 1331–1332: Sir Thomas Greene, 5th Lord of Boketon
• 1333–1336: William Lovell
• 1337–1341: Thomas Wake I of Blisworth
• 1342: Thomas de Babenham
• 1343: Sir Thomas Greene, 5th Lord of Boketon
• 1344–1346: Robert Pandeley
• 1347–1348: Walter Parles
• 1349–1350: Richard Blundell
• 1351: Peter Mallore
• 1352–1354: Walter Parles
• 1355–1358: John de Kaynes
• 1359: Andrew Landwath
• 1360: Walter Parles
• 1361–1368: Richard Wydevill
• 1369–1370: Thomas de Preston
• 1371: Richard Wydenell
• 1372: Rober Hotot
• 1373: Simon Ward
• 1374: John Karnell
• 1375: Thomas de Preston
• 1376: Robert Potelyn
• 1377: John Karnell
• 1377: Thomas de Preston
• 1378: John Lions
• 1379: John Paveley
• 1380: John Wydeville of Grafton Regis
• 1381: John Lions
• 1382: Robert atte Chaumbre of Spratton
• 1383: Nicholas Litlinges
• 1384: Roger Chaumbre of Spratton
• 1385: John Wydeville of Grafton Regis
• 1386: John Paveley
• 1387: Roger de la Chaumbre of Spratton
• 1388: Ralph Parles of Watford and Byfield
• 1389: John Paveley
• 1390: John Wydeville of Grafton Regis
• 1391: John Tyndale of Deene
• 1392: John Mallore
• 1383: John Mulsho of Newton by Goldington
• 1394: John Harrowden of Great Harrowden
• 1395: John Mulsho of Newton by Goldington
• 1396: John Warwick of Great Houghton
• 1397–1398: John Mulsho of Newton by Goldington
• 1399: John Warwick of Great Houghton

15th century

• 1400: John Cope of Canons Ashby and John Chetwood of Warkworth
• 1401: Sir Giles Mallory of Weedon Pinkeney and Litchborough
• 1402–1403: Warin Lucien
• 1404: Ralph Green of Drayton
• 1405: Richard Wedenhall
• 1406: Thomas Widevill
• 1407: Ralph Green of Greens Norton
• 1408: Ralph Parles of Watford and Byfield
• 1409: Thomas Mulsho of Newton by Geddington and Pilton
• 1410: Thomas Widevill
• 1411: Matthew Swetenham
• 1412: Ralph Parles of Watford and Byfield
• 1413: Thomas Wake of Blisworth
• 1414: Ralph Green of Drayton
• 1415: Thomas Widevill
• 1416: Ralph Green of Drayton
• 1417: John Manutell
• 1418: Thomas Wake of Blisworth
• 1419: Thomas Pilkington
• 1420–1421: Thomas Wodevill
• 1422: Thomas Wodevill
• 1423: Thomas Holland
• 1424: John Wakerley
• 1425: John Catesby of Althorp
• 1426: Thomas Chaumbre
• 1427: John Knyvet of Southwick
• 1428: Thomas Widevill of Grafton
• 1429: George Longville of Little Billing
• 1430: William Braunspatch
• 1431: John Culpepper of Isham and Exton,Rutland
• 1432: Thomas Chaumbre
• 1433: Thomas Wodevill
• 1434: Thomas Wake of Blisworth
• 1435: John Holland
• 1436: William Vaux of Harrowden
• 1437: Richard Widevill
• 1438: Thomas Chaumbre
• 1439: Eustace Burnby
• 1440: Thomas Holland
• 1441: Sir Thomas Green of Green's Norton
• 1442: William Catesby of Ashby St Ledgers (1st term)
• 1443: John Marbury
• 1444: Henry Green of Drayton
• 1445: Walter Mauntell
• 1446: Thomas Wake of Blisworth
• 1447: John Holland
• 1448: Eustace Burnby
• 1449: William Vaux
• 1450: Thomas Wake of Blisworth
• 1451: William Catesby of Ashby St Ledgers (2nd term)
• 1452: Nicholas Griffin of Dingly
• 1453: William Vaux
• 1454: Thomas Green
• 1455: William Catesby of Ashby St Ledgers (3rd term)
• 1456: Nicholas Griffin
• 1457: Thomas Green
• 1458: Robert Olney
• 1459: William Mauntell
• 1461: William Fairfax
• 1462–1463: Thomas Wake
• 1463: Walter Mountell
• 1464: Henry Green of Drayton
• 1465: Heny Hudleston
• 1466: Ralph Hastings
• 1467: Roger Salisbury
• 1468: Guy Walston
• 1469: William Newenham
• 1470: Sir William Catesby of Ashby St Ledgers (3rd term), replaced by Radulph Hastings after restoration of Edward IV
• 1471: John Hulcot
• 1472: Henry Hudleston
• 1473: Richard Griffin
• 1474: Richard Knightley of Fawsley
• 1475: Thomas Wake/William Bassett
• 1477: William Chaumbre
• 1478: William Catesby of Ashby St Ledgers (4th term)
• 1479: William Newenham
• 1480: Robert Pemberton of Rushden Hall
• 1481: Thomas Lovett I
• 1482: Robert Wittelbury
• 1483: Roger Wake
• 1484: Richard Burton
• 1485: Henry Veer of Addington
• 1486: Richard Knightley
• 1487: Guy Wolston
• 1488: David Phillips
• 1489: Thomas Haliswood
• 1490: Thomas Lovett II (son of Thomas HS 1481)
• 1491: Guy Walston
• 1492: Robert Wittelbury
• 1493: John Danvers
• 1494: John Dyve
• 1495: Nicholas Vaux
• 1496: William Hertwell
• 1497: William Salisbury
• 1498: Humphrey Catesby
• 1499: Richard Burton

16th century

• 1500: Fulk Wodehall
• 1501: Nicholas Vaux
• 1502: Thomas Andrews of Harlston
• 1503: John Dyve
• 1504: Sir Nicholas Griffin
• 1505: Thomas Lovett III
• 1506: John Trssham
• 1507: Thomas Cheyne
• 1508: John Mulshow
• 1509: Sir Thomas Parr
• 1510: Richard Knightley
• 1511: John Spew
• 1512: Radulph Lane
• 1513: John Catesby
• 1514: Robert Mathew
• 1515: Nicholas Woodhull
• 1516: Nicholas Vaux
• 1517: William Parr
• 1518: William Gascoigne
• 1519: Thomas Lucy
• 1520: John Mulshow
• 1521: William Parr
• 1522; John Clarke
• 1523: William Fitz-William snr
• 1524: Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton Hall
• 1525: Walter Mauntell
• 1526: Humphrey Stafford
• 1527: Nicholas Odell
• 1528: William Fitz-William
• 1529: John Clarke
• 1530: Richard Cave
• 1531: William Spencer (died in office and succeeded by David Cecil
• 1532: David Cecil
• 1533: William Parr
• 1534: Sir Thomas Griffin
• 1535: John Clark
• 1536: William Newenham of Everdon
• 1537: William Parr
• 1538: Anthony Catesby
• 1539: Sir Thomas Tresham
• 1540: William Newenham of Everdon
• 1541: Robert Kyrkman
• 1542: Richard Catesby of Ashby St Ledgers
• 1543: Thomas Brudenell
• 1544: Sir Thomas Griffin
• 1545: John Cope
• 1546: Thomas Cave
• 1547: Humphrey Stafford
• 1548: Sir Thomas Tresham
• 1549: Richard Catesby of Ashby St Ledgers
• 1550: Thomas Andrews
• 1551: Sir John Spencer of Althorp
• 1552: Thomas Lovell
• 1553: Sir Thomas Cave
• 1554: Sir Valentine Knightley
• 1555: Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton Hall
• 1556: Sir Thomas Andrewes
• 1557: Sir John Fermer of Easton Neston
• 1558: Sir John Spencer of Althorp
• 1559: Edward Montagu of Boughton
• 1560: Thomas Lovell
• 1561: Thomas Spencer
• 1562: Thomas Catesby of Ashby St Legers
• 1563: Robert Lane of Horton
• 1564: Edmund Brudenel of Dean
• 1565: Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwick
• 1566: Edward Elmes of Lilford
• 1567: Sir Richard Knightley
• 1568: Thomas Andrews of Cherwello
• 1569: William Sanders
• 1570: Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton
• 1571: Sir John Spencer of Althorp
• 1572: Thomas Lovell
• 1573: Thomas Tresham II of Rushton Hall
• 1574: Edmund Onley
• 1575: Roger Cave of Stanford
• 1576: Thomas Brooke of Great Oakley
• 1577: Edmund Brudenell
• 1578: Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter of Burghley
• 1578: John Spencer of Althorp
• 1579: William Chauncy of Edgecot
• 1580: Anthony Mildmay
• 1581: Sir Richard Knightley
• 1581: John Isham of Longport
• 1582: Edward Griffin of Dingley
• 1583: Sir John Spencer of Althorp
• 1584: Sir Euseby Isham
• 1585: Bartholemew Tate of Delapré Abbey
• 1586: Sir Thomas Andrews
• 1587: Edward Saunders
• 1588: Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton
• 1589: George Farmer of Easton
• 1590: John Spencer of Althorp
• 1591: Edward Watson of Rockingham
• 1592: Anthony Mildmay of Apethorpe
• 1593: Thomas Chauncy
• 1594: John Read
• 1595: Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton, Weekley
• 1596: Thomas Molsho
• 1597: Richard Chetwood
• 1598: Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet of Canons Ashby House
• 1599: William Browne

17th century

• 1600: Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton
• 1601: Robert Spencer of Wormleighton, Warks and Althorp.
• 1602: George Sherley of Astwell
• 1603: William Tate of Delapré Abbey
• 1604: Sir Arthur Throckmorton
• 1605: John Freeman of Great Billing
• 1606: William Samuel
• 1607: William Fitz-William of Milton
• 1608: Thomas Elmes of Greenes Norton
• 1609: William Saunders
• 1610: Thomas Tresham of Newton
• 1611: John Isham
• 1612: Eusebius Andrews
• 1613: John Wiseman
• 1614: William Willmer of Sywell
• 1615: God. Chibnall of Orlebere
• 1616: Thomas Brooke
• 1617: Hatton Farmer
• 1618: Simon Norwich of Branton
• 1619: Sir Erasmus Dryden of Canons Ashby House
• 1620: Sir Lewis Pemberton
• 1621: John Hanbury of Kelmarsh
• 1622: Moses Troyoll
• 1623: Edward Shuckburgh of Navesby
• 1624: William Chauncey
• 1626: Richard Knightley of Fawsley Hall
• 1627: John Davers
• 1628: John Worley of Dodford
• 1629: Henry Robinson of Cransley
• 1630: Thomas Elmes
• 1631: Francis Nicholls of Faxton
• 1632: John Hewett of Hemington
• 1633: Lewis Watson of Rockingham Castle
• 1634: Richard Samwell
• 1635: Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet
• 1636: Charles Cokayne of Rushton Hall
• 1637: Robert Banaster
• 1638: John Handbury
• 1639: Philip Holman
• 1640: Christopher Yelverton of Easton Maudit
• 1641: Anthony Haslewood
• 1642: Sir Richard Willmore
• 1643: Edward Harby
• 1644: John Norton of Cotterstock
• 1645: Sir John Norwich, 1st Baronet
• 1646: William Ward of Houghton
• 1647: Richard Andrew of Thorpe
• 1648: Sir Samuel D'Anvers, 1st Baronet
• 1649: John Norton of Cotterstock
• 1650: Charles Edmonds
• 1651: Edward Hanburye
• 1652: Samuel Jones of Courteenhall
• 1653: Moses Tryan of Harringworth replaced by Peter Tryon
• 1654: Robert Andrewes
• 1655: Henry Robinson
• 1656: John Mansell
• 1657: Edward Nicolls, 2nd Baronet
• 1658: Henry Benson
• 1660: Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet of Clopton
• 1661: William Adams
• 1662: George Buswell, 1st Baronet
• 1663: Edward Onley
• 1664: Sir James Langham of Cottesbrooke Hall
• 1665: Joseph Hanbury
• 1666: Sir Robert Dryden, 3rd Baronet
• 1667: Tobias Chaucey
• 6 November 1668: Robert Andrewes
• 1669: Thomas Elmes
• 1670: William Tate (replaced William Langham, November 1670)
• 1671: William Langham of Walgrave and Cottesbrooke Hall
• 1672: John Thorneton
• 1673: Basil Brent
• 1674: William Adams replaced by John Bridges/ Walter Kirkham
• 1675: Edward Harby of Adstone
• 1676: John Norton of Cotterstock
• 1677: Charles Neale of Weston
• 1678: Richard Saltonstall
• 1679: Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire
• 1680: Thomas Ward
• 1681: Harvey Ekins
• 1682: John Briscoe
• 1683: Sir Matthew Dudley, 2nd Baronet
• 1684: Henry Benson
• 1685: Charles Kirkham
• 1686: Edward Saunders
• 1687: Thomas Andrewes of Great Addington and Harleston
• 1688: William Hastings of Hinton
• 1689: Thomas Andrewes of Great Addington and Harleston
• 1690: John Creed
• 1691: Sir Richard Craven
• 1693: Francis Arundell of Stoke Park, Stoke Bruern
• 1693: Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe Park
• 1694: Richard Lockwood of Gayton
• 1695: William Ward of Houghton
• 1695: John Lynn
• 1696: William Cuthbert
• 1697: Lucy Knightley
• 1698: Thomas Thornton
• 1698: Thomas Langham
• 1699: Elmes Steward

18th century

• 1700: William Ward
• 1701: Sir Caesar Child, 2nd Baronet
• 1702: Randolph Wickes
• 1703: Sir John Langham, 4th Baronet
• 1704: Erasmus Norwich, bart
• 1705: Edward Stratford replaced by Henry Stratford
• 1706: Sir Richard Newman, Bt. of Evercreech, Somerset and Fifehead Magdalen, Dorset
• 1707: Elmes Spinckes.
• 1708: Joseph Ashley
• 1709: John Freman
• 1710: Lucy Knightley the younger
• 1711: Richard Freeman
• 1712: John Wiseman
• 1713: Thomas Allen of Chelston
• 1714: Sir Francis St John, 1st Baronet of Longthorpe
• 1715: Thomas Maidwell
• 1716: Thomas Ekins of Twywell
• 1717: William Ash
• 1718: Thomas Deacon
• 1719: John Beauchamp
• 1720: Giles Knightley
• 1721: John Humble, 4th Baronet
• 1722: Edward Hutchinson
• 1724: William Thursby
• 1725: James Joy
• 1726: Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 7th Baronet
• 1727: Charles Parker of Burghberry Manor, Peterborough replaced by Sir John Dryden, 7th Baronet
• 1728: Thomas Shepard
• 1729: John Ward of Guilsborough
• 1730: John Rose of Cotterstock
• 1731: William Loveday
• 1732: Thomas Cooke
• 1733: Christopher Rigby
• 1734: Thomas Langton
• 1735: Charles Wake Jones
• 1736: Sir John Robinson of Cranford, Bt.
• 1737: Charles Tryon
• 1738: Charles Edwin of Llanmihangel Plas, Monmouthshire
• 1739: Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Carlton
• 1740: Henry Sayer
• 1741: Thomas Powys
• 1742: Valentine Knightley of Fawsley Hall
• 1743: George de Vall
• 1744: John Hicholls Rainsford of Bricksworth
• 1745: Sir Samwell Newman, Bt
• 1746: Edward Price of Milton
• 1747: Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet of Overstone
• 1748: Richard Woodford of Northampton
• 1750: Harvey Sparkes of Irchester
• 1751: Ambrose Dickens of Woolaston
• 1752: Charles Wake, 6th Baronet
• 1753: Armstead Parker of Peterborough
• 1754: John Robinson of Cransley
• 1755: Henry White of Woodend
• 1756: John Ashley of Ledgers Ashby
• 1757: John Creed of Oundle
• 1758: Joseph Clarke, of Welton
• 1759: William Payne King of Fineshead
• 1760: Sir William Dolben, 3rd Baronet of Finedon
• 1761: Sir Thomas Ward of Guilsborough
• 1762: Donatus O’Brien of Blatherwick replaced by Jeffery Fisher of Irchester
• 1763: Michael D’Anvers, 5th Baronet
• 1764: Booth Williams, 3rd Baronet
• 1765: John Harper of Burton Latimer
• 1766: Sir George Robinson, 5th Baronet of Cranford
• 1767: Sir James Langham, 7th Baronet of Copgrave
• 1768: Thomas Powys of Lilford
• 1769: Thomas Langton of Teeton
• 1770: Lucy Knightley of Fawsley Hall
• 1771: Sir William Wake of Courteenhall
• 1772: Francis Beynon of Spratton
• 1773: William Hanbury of Kelmarsh
• 1774: Leonard Burton of Denford
• 1775: John Clarke of Bulwick
• 1776: Justinian Isham of Lamport, Bt.
• 1777: Robert Andrew of Harleston
• 1778: John Plomer Clark of Welton
• 1779: Roger Parker of Peterborough
• 1780: Benjamin Kidney of Knuston
• 1781: Nicolls Raynsford of Brixworth
• 1782: Henry Sawbridge of Daventry
• 1783: Michael Wodhull of Shewford
• 1784: Richard Kirby of Flore
• 1785: Lucas Ward of Guilsborough
• 1786: Isaac Pocock of Biggin
• 1787: William Walcot, the younger, of Oundle
• 1788: Joseph Ashley of Ledgers Ashby
• 1789: Richard Hanwell, of Long Buckby
• 1790: John Freke Willes of Aistrop
• 1791: William Wake of Courteenhall
• 1792: Samuel Rudge of Tansor
• 1793: Sir John Dryden, later Sir John Dryden, 1st Baronet
• 1794: Richard Booth of Glendon
• 1795: Valentine Knightley of Fawsley Hall
• 1796: Allen Edward Young, the younger, of Orlingbury
• 1797: Sir William Langham, 8th Baronet of Cottesbrooke Hall
• 1798: Thomas Reeve Thornton of Brock Hall
• 1799: Martin Lucas of Northampton

19th century

• 1800: Edward Bouverie, the younger, of Delaprée
• 1801: Joseph Sibley of Northampton
• 1802: Robert Cary Elwes of Great Billing
• 1803: John Harvey Thursby of Abington Abbey
• 1804: Charles Tibbits of Barton Seagrave
• 1805: John Capel Rose of Cransley
• 1806: Thomas Carter of Edgcote House
• 1807: Thomas Tryon of Bulwick
• 1808: George Freke, Evans of Laxton
• 1809: Robert Andrew of Harleston
• 1810: William Sawbridge of East Haddon
• 1811: Walter Strickland of Brixworth Hall
• 1812: Peter Denys of Easton Neston
• 1813: George Rush of Farthinghoe
• 1814: John Plomer Clarke of Welton
• 1815: Levison Vernon of Stoke Bruern
• 1816: Sir James Langham, 10th Baronet of Cottesbrooke Hall
• 1817: Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet of Fawsley Hall
• 1818: John Booth of Glendon
• 1819: John Henry Palmer, 7th Baronet of Carlton Curlieu
• 1820: John Cooke of Hoothorpe
• 1821: Thomas Philip Maunsell of Thorpe Malsor
• 1822: John Nethercoat of Haselbeach
• 1823: Thomas W Hunt of Wadenhoe
• 1824: William Abbot
• 1825: Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet of Horton appointed but declined to serve - replaced by Thomas Williams of Rushden Hall
• 1826: George Payne of Sulby
• 1827: John Jackson Blencowe
• 1828 Henry Hungerford Holditch Hungerford of Maidwell
• 1829: Samuel-Amy Severne
• 1830: Richard Pack of Flore
• 1831: Beriah Botfield of Norton Hall
• 1832: William Williams Hope of Rushton Hall
• 1833: William Rose Rose, of Harleston
• 1834: William Wood, of Brixworth
• 1835: Lewis Loyd, of Overstone Park
• 1836: William Harris, of Wootton House
• 1837: William Willes, of Astrop House
• 1838: John Reddall, of Dallington Hall
• 1839: William Drayson, of Flore Fields House
• 1840: Thomas Alderson Cooke, of Peterborough
• 1841: Sir Robert Gunning, 3rd Baronet, of Horton
• 1842: Hon. Philip Sydney Pierrepont, of Evenley Hall
• 1843: Sir Arthur de Capell-Broke, 2nd Baronet, of Oakley
• 1844: Sir Henry Dryden, 7th Baronet, of Ashby
• 1845: Hon. Richard Watson, of Rockingham Castle
• 1846: Allen Allicocke Young, of Orlingbury
• 1847: Thomas Tryon, of Bulwick Park
• 1848: Hon. Henry Hely-Hutchinson, of Lois Weedon
• 1849: Henry Nevile, of Walcot Hall
• 1850: William Bruce Stopford, of Drayton House
• 1851: Sir Charles Edmund Isham, 10th Baronet
• 1852: Langham Christie, of Preston Deanry
• 1853: Cary Charles Elwes, of Great Billing
• 1854: Rt. Hon. Anthony Henley, 3rd Baron Henley
• 1855: Frederick Urban Sartoris, of Rusden Hall
• 1856: Oscar William Hambro, of Pipwell Hall
• 1857: William Harcourt Isham Mackworth Dolben, of Finedon Hall
• 1858: John Christopher Mansel, of Cosgrove
• 1859: Hon. Charles Henry Cust of Arthingworth
• 1860: William Capel Clarke Thornhill of Rushton Hall
• 1861: John Edmund Severne, of Thenford
• 1862: William Smyth, of Little Houghton
• 1863: George Ashby Ashby, of Naseby
• 1864: Alfred Rush, of Farthinghoe
• 1865: Richard Aubrey Cartwright, of Edgecote
• 1866: Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam
• 1867: William Somerset Rose, of Cransley
• 1868: Henry De Stafford O'Brien, of Blatherwycke
• 1869: Hon. Frederick William Child Villiers of Sulby Hall
• 1870: George Lewis Watson of Rockingham Castle
• 1871: Sir Geoffrey Palmer 8th Baronet of East Carlton Hall
• 1872: Henry Osmond Nethercote of Moulton Grange
• 1873: Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Bart. of Astrop House, Kings Sutton.
• 1874: John Albert Craven, of Whilton
• 1875: Lieutenant - Colonel Thomas Tryon, of Bulwick Park
• 1876: Thomas William Rhodes, of Flore Fields
• 1877: John Augustus Sheil Bouverie, of Delapre Abbey
• 1878: William Goddard Jackson, the younger, of Duddington,
• 1879: Sir Hereward Wake, 12th Baronet of Courteenhall
• 1880: Henry Vane Forester Holdich Hungerford, of Dingley Park
• 1881: Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Baronet of Easton Neston
• 1882: Richard Henry Ainsworth, of Winwick Warren, Rugby
• 1883: Ernest Richard Charles Gust, of Arthingworth
• 1884: Charles William Hamilton Sotheby, of Ecton
• 1885: Joseph Hill, of Wollaston
• 1886: Thomas William Thornton, of Brockhall
• 1887: Howard Henry Howard Vyse, of Boughton Park
• 1888: Edmund Giles Loder, of Flore
• 1889: Paul Edgar Tichborne Hibbert, of Ashby St Ledgers
• 1890: William Cornwallis Cartwright of Aynhoe Park
• 1891: Herbert Robert Arkwright, of Knuston Hall, Wellingborough
• 1892: Bertie Wentworth Vernon, of Stoke Park, Towcester
• 1893: Edward Grant, of Litchborough
• 1894: George Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam of Milton Park
• 1895: William Henry Barfoot-Saunt, of Great Oxendon
• 1896: Percy Mitchell, of Cranford Hall, Kettering
• 1897: Pickering Phipps, of Rushton Hall, Kettering
• 1898: Major-General Frederick Edward Sotheby, of Ecton
• 1899: Reginald Bernard Loder, of Maidwell Hall

==20th century 

* 1900: Thomas Francis Hazlehurst, of Cold Ashby Hall

• 1901: James Griffith Dearden, of Walcot Hall, Southorpe,Stamford
• 1902: James Hornsby, of Laxton Park, Stamford
• 1903: John Cooper, of Delapre Abbey
• 1904: Charles Piggott Harvey, of Guilsborough Hall
• 1905: The Hon. Nathaniel Charles Rothschild, of Ashton, Oundle
• 1906: George Harold Winterbottom, of Horton Hall, Northampton
• 1907: Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey
• 1908: Walter Bairstow, of The Lodge, Towcester
• 1909: Sir Henry Edward Randall of The Hall, Monks Park, Northampton
• 1910: Thomas Craven, of Kirklington Hall, Southwell
• 1911: John Layton Mills, of Tansor Court, Oundle
• 1912: Edmund Henry Bevan, of Whilton Lodge, Rugby
• 1913: William Murland of Badby House, Daventry
• 1914: Stephen Schilizzi, of Guilsborough Court, Northampton
• 1915: James Manfield, of Weston Favell House, Northampton
• 1916: Owen Clark Wallis, of West Haddon Hall, Rugby
• 1917: Gervase Henry Elwes, of Billing Hall, Great Billing
• 1918: Joseph Dickinson Lees, of Whittlebury Lodge, Towcester
• 1919: Frank Hawthorn Burn, of Pattisihall House, Towcester
• 1920: Stanley Brotherhood, of Thornhaugh Hall, Wansford
• 1921: Arthur Eustace Seymour Guinness, of Greens Norton Hall, Towcester
• 1922: Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill of Victoria Street, SW1
• 1923: Brigadier-General Algernon Francis Holford Ferguson, of Polebrook Hall, Oundle.
• 1924: Philip Leslie Agnew
• 1925: John Allen, of Brackley House
• 1926: Sir Charles Lowther, 4th Baronet of Thornby House, Northampton
• 1927: George Henry Drummond of Pitsford Btall, Northampton
• 1928: Major Cecil John Cokayne Maunsell, of Thorpe Malsor Hall, Kettering
• 1929: Capt. The Hon. Eric Brand Butler-Henderson, of Winwick Manor, Rugby.
• 1930: Major William Henry Allen, of Evenley Hall, Brackley
• 1931: Lieut-Col. Percy Lester Reid, The Manor House, Thorpe Mandeville, Banbury
• 1932: Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh of Easton Neston, Towcester
• 1933: William Thomas Sears, of Weston Favell
• 1934: Sir Charles Edward St. John Frederick, Bt. of Lamport Grange, Northampton
• 1935: Capt. Arnold Stancomb Wills, of Thornby Hall
• 1936: William Thomas Vere Wayte Wood, of Brixworth Hall
• 1937: George Beale, of Potterspury Lodge
• 1938: Major Colin Cooper, of Barnwell Castle, Peterborough
• 1939: Capt. Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan of Cottesbrooke Hall
• 1940: Richard Fairfax William Cartwright of Aynhoe Park, Banbury, Oxon
• 1941: Capt. George Ernest Bellville of Fermyn Woods Hall, Brigstock, Kettering.
• 1942: Sir C. Kenneth Murchison of Hargrave Hall, Wellingborough
• 1943: Lieut.-Col. Herbert George Sotheby of Ecton Hall
• 1944: Major-General Sir Hereward Wake, Bt of Courteenhall
• 1945: Lieut.-Colonel Richard Montague Raynsford of Milton Manor,
• 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Anson Thornton, of Brockhall
• 1947: Lieut.-Col. Phillip York Atkinson, of Cosgrove Priory, Stony Stratford, Bletchley.
• 1948: Sacheverell Sitwell, of Weston Hall, Towcester.
• 1949: Major Philip Henry de Lerisson Cazenove, of Cottesbrooke
• 1950: Cecil Vere Davidge of Little Houghton, Northampton
• 1951: Captain Geoffrey William Martin Lees of Falcutt House, Helmdon, Brackley,
• 1952: Henry Charles Minshull Stockdale of Mears Ashby Hall
• 1953: Edward Raymond Courage of Edgecote, near Banbury.
• 1954: Bertram Francis George Currie of Dingley Hall, near Market Harborough
• 1955: Major Hereward Wake of Courteenhall
• 1956: Lieut.-Colonel Roland Lewis Findlay, of Naseby Woolleys, Rugby
• 1957: Richard Leslie Agnew of Peartree Cottage, Turweston, Brackley
• 1958: Lt-Col. Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet
• 1959: Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp, of Althorp
• 1960: Maj-Gen. Evelyn Fanshawe of Guilsborough House
• 1961: Lt-Col. Dennis Douglas Pilkington Smyly of Brackley Grange
• 1962: Lt-Col. George Theodore Herbert Capron Southwick Hall
• 1963: Capt. John Macdonald-Buchanan of Cottesbrooke Hall
• 1964: Lt-Col. Neil Phipps Foster of Whittlebury Cottage
• 1965: Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson of Passenham Manor
• 1966: Cmdr. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 5th Baronet of Rockingham Castle
• 1967: Col. Percy Fergus Ivo Reid, of Whitfield Cottage
• 1968: Richmond Noel Richmond-Watson of Wakefield Lodge
• 1969: Guy Timothy Geoffrey Conant of Bulwick Hall
• 1970: Sir Edward William Spencer Ford of Eydon Hall
• 1971: Capt. John Luke Lowther of The Old House, Guilsborough
• 1972: James Macdonald-Buchanan of Harrowden Hall
• 1973: Michael Francis Berry of Benefield House
• 1974: Sir Spencer Summers, of Thenford House
• 1975: Timothy Mark Sergison-Brooke of The Manor House, Chipping Warden
• 1976: Lionel Geoffrey Stopford-Sackville of Drayton House
• 1977: John Walter Douglas Ewart of Astrop Park
• 1978: John Browne-Swinburne of Capheaton Hall
• 1979: Lt-Col. Thomas Boardman
• 1980: Robert Henry Nevile Dashwood of Farminghoe Lodge
• 1981: Christian Fermor-Hesketh, Baroness Hesketh of Pomfret Lodge, Hulcote, Towcester.
• 1982: Hugh Welby Guinness de Capell Brook of Great Oakley Hall
• 1983: Penelope Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire.
• 1984: William David Morton of Flore Fields, Flore.
• 1985: Cyril Humphrey Cripps of Bulls Head Farm, Eakley Lanes, Stoke Goldington, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
• 1986: John Henry Otter, Esq., of Elmes House, Pilton, near Oundle, Peterborough.
• 1987: Edmund Crispin Stephen James George Brudenell of Deene Park, Corby
• 1988: Christopher Guy Vere Davidge of Little Houghton Grange, Northampton.
• 1989: Peter Douglas Smith, of Westbrook, Flax Bourton, Bristol
• 1990: William Richard Frank Chamberlain, of The Manor House, Swineshead, Bedford
• 1991: Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend of Newbottle Manor, Banbury.
• 1992: Richard Paul Seddon, of Northampton Road, Kettering.
• 1993: John George Church
• 1994: Mrs. Lavinia Anne Perry, of Park Farm House, Astrop, Banbury
• 1995: James Mackaness, of The Old Rectory, Church Brampton.
• 1996: Michael Francis Collcutt, of Isebrook Cottage, Station Road, Finedon, Wellingborough
• 1997: Arthur Robert Heygate, The Mill House, Bugbrooke
• 1998: Lady Morton, Flore Fields, Flore, Northampton
• 1999: David Reynolds, Burdyke, Weekley, Kettenng

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