Historic Rutland

History of the County of Rutland - England

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Battles

Castles

• Belvoir Castle
• Oakham Castle

Historic Houses

• Lyddington Bede House - connections, Cecil family
• Normanton Hall - associated with the De Normanvilles, Alice Basings, Thomas Macworth of Debyshire (High Sheriff of Rutland 1599-1609) and Heatcotes
• Tolethorpe Hall - connected to the de Tolethorpes (1088–1316), the Burtons (1316–1503) and the Brownes (1503–1839).

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Pre-history

12th Century

15th Century

References, Sources and further reading

• The Visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms (1870) with many pedigrees.

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Lord Lieutenants of Rutland.

This incomplete list from Lord_Lieutenant_of_Rutland

• Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1559–1563
• Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon ? – 14 December 1595
• George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604
• John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton 16 May 1607 – 23 August 1613
• John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton 8 October 1613 – 27 February 1614
• Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 1614–1642 jointly with
• Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642
• Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden 9 August 1660 – 29 October 1682
• Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 17 November 1682 – 23 January 1688 jointly with
• Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 24 March 1685 – 23 January 1688
• Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 23 January 1688 – 28 August 1690
• Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 28 August 1690 – 15 January 1700
• Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard 11 March 1700 – 14 November 1712
• John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter 14 November 1712 – 12 September 1715
• Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough see above 12 September 1715 – 16 October 1732
• Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough 17 July 1733 – 20 July 1750
• Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter 6 June 1751 – 12 April 1779
• George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea 12 April 1779 – 2 August 1826
• Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 7 October 1826 – 16 January 1867
• Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough 22 February 1867 – 13 August 1881
• William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart 3 November 1881 – 29 March 1906
• John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough 29 March 1906 – 28 February 1921
• Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster 6 January 1921 – 29 September 1951
• William Melville Codrington 5 February 1951 – 29 April 1963
• Thomas Charles Stanley Haywood 12 August 1963 – 31 March 1974 (subsequently Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire)

High Sheriffs of Rutland

1100–1200

This incomplete list extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Rutland''

• 1129: William de Albeni, the Breton
• 1155: Richard de Humez
• 1156: Thomas Ondeby
• 1157: Robert filius Goboldi
• 1159: Richard de Humez
• 1161: Robert filius Goboldi
• 1163: Richard de Humez
• 1165: Robert Goebold
• 1166: Richard de Humez
• 1179: William Malduit
• 1188: Amalric Dispensator (Despenser)
• 1189: William Malduit
• 1195: William de Albeni
• 1198: Benedict de Haveresham
• 1199: Hugh le Scot

1200–1300

• 1200–1205: Robert Malduit
• 1205–1211: Ralph Normanville
• 1211–1217: Robert of Braybrooke and Henry of Braybrooke
• 1215–1224: Falkes de Breauté
• 1218–1228: Alan Basset
• 1228–1254: Jeffery de Rokingham
• 1254–1259: Ralph de Greneham
• 1259–1272: Anketyn de Markinal
• 1272–1281: Peter Wakerville and William Bovile
• 1281–1289: Alberic de Whitleber
• 1289–1300: Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall

1300–1400

• 1300–1301: John Burley
• 1302-1313: Margaret, widow of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
• 1313–1316: Margaret, widow of Piers Gaveston
• 1316–1324: Hugo de Audley
• 1324–1327: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
• 1327–1348: Hugo de Audley (died in office 1348)
• 1349–1360: William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (died in office 1360)
• 1360–1365: William Wade
• 1365–1373: Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (died in office 1363)
• 1374–1376: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1376-1377: Simon Ward
• 1378: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1379: Sir Thomas de Burton, Kt.
• 1380: John Basings
• 1381: William Moorwood
• 1382: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1383: William Flore (or Flower)
• 1384: Walter Skarles of Uppingham
• 1385: Sir John de Calveley of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh
• 1386–1387: Robert de Vere
• 1388: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1388: Walter Skarles of Uppingham
• 1389: Sir John de Calveley of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh
• 1390–1397: Edward, Earl of Rutland
• 1397-1399: Thomas Onderley
• 1399: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants

1400–1500

• Geoffrey Sherard, 1468, 1480 and 1484
• 1400: John Pensax of Oakham
• 1401: Roland Senliz or Sinluce
• 1402: John Arblaster
• 1404: Thomas Thorpe of Pilton
• 1405: John Basynges
• 1405: John Daneys ( probably acted till Michaelmas 1407)
• 1407: Roger Flore of Oakham
• 1408: Thomas Oudeby of Stoke Dry and Hathern, Leics.
• 1409: John Clerk
• 1410: William Greneham
• 1411: Thomas Corby
• 1411: Sir Thomas Burton of Tolethorpe Hall and Little Casterton (1st term)
• 1411: Thomas Corby
• 1412: Roger Flore of Oakham
• 1413: Thomas Oudeby of Stoke Dry and Hathern, Leics.
• 1415: James Bellers
• 1416: John Boyvill
• 1416: Sir Thomas Burton of Tolethorpe Hall and Little Casterton (2nd term)
• 1417: Robert Browe of Teigh and Woodhead
• 1418: Robert Chisleden of Braunston
• 1419: John Pensax of Oakham
• 1420: James Bellers of Melton Mowbray and Somerby, Leics.(died 1421)
• 1421: Sir Thomas Burton, Kt.
• 1422: Sir Thomas Burton, Kt.
• 1424: John Onderby
• 1425: John Davies
• 1426: John Colepeper of Isham, Northants. and Exton Hall
• 1427: Sir Henry Pleasington of Burley
• 1428: Sir Thomas Burton of Tolethorpe Hall and Little Casterton (3rd term)
• 1429: John Denys
• 1430: John Colepeper of Isham, Northants. and Exton Hall
• 1431: Thomas Flore (1st term)
• 1432: Sir Henry Pleasington of Burley
• 1433: John Boyvill
• 1434: William Beaufo
• 1435: Robert Davies and John Pilton
• 1436: John Branspath
• 1437: Hugo Boyvill
• 1438: Laurence Sherard
• 1439: William Beaufo
• 1440: Thomas Burton (son of 1417)
• 1441: Sir Henry Pleasington of Burley
• 1442: Thomas Flore (2nd term)
• 1443: William Beaufo
• 1444: Thomas Barkeley
• 1445: John Basings
• 1446: William Walker
• 1447: John Boyvill
• 1448: William Haseldon
• 1449: Hugo Boyvill
• 1450: Robert Fenne
• 1451: Thomas Flore (3rd term)
• 1452: William Heton
• 1453: Robert Sherard
• 1454: Robert Fenne
• 1455: William Beaufo
• 1456: William Haselden
• 1457: Thomas Flore (4th term)
• 1458: Thomas Dale
• 1459: Robert Fenne
• 1460: Everard Digby (died Towton, 1461)
• 1461: John Francis
• 1462–1463: Thomas Palmer
• 1464: William Greenham
• 1465: Thomas Flore (5th term)
• 1466: Richard Sapcote
• 1467: William Browne
• 1468: Geoffrey Sherard
• 1469: John Dale
• 1470: Thomas Flore (6th term)
• 1471: Brian Talbot
• 1472: Thomas Berkeley
• 1473: William Haselden
• 1474: John Pilton
• 1475: William Browne
• 1476: John Sapcote
• 1477: David Malpas
• 1478: Henry Mackworth
• 1479: John Pilton
• 1480: Geoffrey Sherard
• 1481: William Palmer
• 1482: David Malpas
• 1483: William Browne
• 1484: Geoffrey Sherard
• 1485: John Pilton
• 1486: Everard Digby of Tilton and Drystoke
• 1487: William Browne
• 1488: David Malpas
• 1489: Maurice Berkley
• 1490: Thomas Sapcote
• 1491: John Digby
• 1492: Robert Harrington of Redlington
• 1493: Christopher Browne
• 1494: John Pilton
• 1495: Thomas Sherard
• 1496: Thomas Sapcots
• 1497: George Mackworth
• 1498: Robert Harrington of Redlington
• 1499: Everard Digby of Tilton and Drystoke

1500–1600

• 1500: John Chiselden
• 1501: Christopher Browne
• 1502: John Digby
• 1503: John Harrington
• 1504: Maurive Berkley
• 1505: William Pole
• 1506: Thomas Sherard
• 1507: Richard Flowre
• 1508: John Coly
• 1509: Everard Fielding of Martinsthorpe
• 1510: Christopher Browne
• 1511: Edward Sapcote of Burley
• 1512: George Mackworth
• 1513: John Harrington
• 1514: Everard Digby of Tilton, Leics. and Stoke Dry
• 1515: Thomas Brokesby
• 1516: John Caldecott
• 1517: John Harrington
• 1518: John Digby
• 1519: Everard Digby of Tilton, Leics. and Stoke Dry
• 1520: William Fielding
• 1521: Sir John Harrington Jnr
• 1522: John Harrington of Redlington
• 1523: George Mackworth
• 1524: John Digby
• 1525: Francis Browne of Tolethorpe Hall and Little Casterton.
• 1526: John Caldecot
• 1527: William Fielding
• 1528: Edward Sapcote of Burley
• 1529: Everard Digby of Tilton, Leics. and Stoke Dry
• 1530: Edward Catesby
• 1531: George Mackworth
• 1532: Edward Sapcote of Burley
• 1533: Everard Digby of Tilton, Leics. and Stoke Dry
• 1534: Sir John Harrington
• 1535: George Mackworth
• 1536: Edward Sapcote of Burley
• 1537: Andrew Nowell
• 1538: Thomas Burdenell
• 1539: Francis Mackworth
• 1540: Richard Cecil
• 1541: Sir John Harrington
• 1542: Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry
• 1543: Edward Sapcote of Burley
• 1544: Francis Mackworth
• 1545: George Sherard
• 1546: Anthony Browne
• 1547: Edward Sapcote of Burley
• 1547: Anthony Colly of Glaston
• 1548: Simon Digby of North Luffenham
• 1549: Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry
• 1550: Andrew Nowell
• 1551: Anthony Colly of Glaston
• 1552: Sir John Harrington, died and replaced by son James Harrington of Exton Hall
• 1553: Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry
• 1554: Simon Digby
• 1554: George Sherard
• 1555: Francis Mackworth
• 1556: Andrew Nowell
• 1557: Sir Anthony Browne
• 1558: Edmund Brudenell
• 1559: Anthony Colly of Glaston
• 1560: James Harington of Exton Hall
• 1561: Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry
• 1562: George Sherard
• 1563: William Caldecot
• 1564: George Mackworth
• 1565: John Floure of Whitwell (1st term)
• 1566: Sir James Harington of Exton Hall
• 1567: Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry
• 1568: Anthony Colly of Glaston
• 1569: John Floure of Whitwell (2nd term)
• 1570: Maurice Berkley
• 1571: Anthony Browne
• 1572: George Mackworth
• 1573: Thomas Coney
• 1574: Robert Sapcotes
• 1575: William Caldecot
• 1576: Anthony Colly
• 1577: John Floure (3rd term)
• 1578: Sir James Harington of Exton Hall
• 1579: Michael Catesby
• 1580: George Mackworth
• 1581: William Fielding
• 1582: Roger Smith of Leicestershire
• 1583: Anthony Colley II
• 1584: Thomas Coney
• 1585: Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry
• 1586: Sir James Harington of Exton Hall
• 1587: Sir Andrew Nowell of Dalby, Leics. and Brooke
• 1588: George Sheffield of Seaton
• 1589: Robert Sapcotes
• 1590: Henry Harenten
• 1591: William Fielding
• 1592: Roger Smith
• 1593: Sir James Harrington, 1st Baronet of Redlington
• 1594: Sir John Harrington of Exton Hall
• 1595: Sir Andrew Nowell of Dalby, Leics. and Brooke
• 1596: William Fielding
• 1597: Henry Ferrers
• 1598: Sir John Harrington of Exton Hall
• 1599: Thomas Mackworth

1600–1700

• 1600: Sir Andrew Noel
• 1601: Sir James Harrington, 1st Baronet of Ridlington
• 1602: Sir John Harrington of Exton Hall
• 1603: William Bodendin
• 1604: Sir William Boulstrode of Ridlington Park Lodge and Uppingham
• 1605: Basil Fielding of Martinsthorpe
• 1606: Henry Berkley
• 1607: Guy Palmes of Ashwell (1st term)
• 1608: Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden of Brooke
• 1609: Thomas Mackworth
• 1610: William Halford of Leicestershire
• 1611: John Elmes
• 1612: Robert Lane
• 1613: Anthony Andrews
• 1614: Francis Bodenham of Ryhall
• 1615: Edward Noel, 2nd Viscount Campden of Brooke
• 1616: Richard Cony
• 1617: Guy Palmes of Ashwell (2nd term)
• 1618: Abraham Johnson
• 1619: Richard Halford
• 1620: Anthony Colly III
• 1621: Sir Edward Harrington of Ridlington
• 1622: Robert Lane
• 1623: Robert Tredway
• 1624: John Osborne
• 1625: Guy Palmes of Ashwell (3rd term)
• 1626: William Gibson
• 1627: Henry Mackworth
• 1628: Everard Fawkener
• 1629: John Huggeford
• 1630: Sir John Wingfield of Tickencote
• 1631: Richard Halford
• 1632: Anthony Colly III
• 1633: Richard Hickson
• 1634: Sir Francis Bodenham of Ryhall
• 1635: Henry Mynne
• 1636: Sir Edward Harrington of Ridlington
• 1637: Edward Andrews
• 1638: John Barker
• 1639: Thomas Levett, of Tixover
• 1640: Robert Horsman
• 1641: Thomas Waite
• 1645: John Osborne
• 1646: Abel Barker of Hambleton and Lyndon
• 1647: Christopher Browne
• 1648: Benjamin Norton 1
• 1651: Sir Thomas Hartopp 1
• 1652: Salathiell Crew 1
• 1654: Bennet Sherard 1
• 1658–1660: William Hydeof Langtoft, Lincolnshire (for 2 years)
• 1662: William Palmes of Lindley, Yorks. and Ashwell
• 12 November 1665: Charles Halford, of Edith Weston 1
• 1666: Sir Thomas Mackworth, 3rd Baronet of Normanton Hall 1
• 6 November 1668: Walter More 1
• 1669: Edward Horsman 1
• 1670: Andrew Broughton 1
• 1675: Richard Fancourt 1
• 1676: Sir Richard Wingfield, of Tickencote
• 1677: Samuel Brown of Stocken Hall, Stretton
• 1678: Anthony Palmer of Woolfox
• 1681: Christopher Browne
• 1682: Richard Verney of Belton
• 1686: Bushwell Pelsant
• 1692: John Wingfield, of Tickencote
• 1696: Sir Thomas Mackworth, 4th Baronet of Normanton Hall

1700–1800

• 1700: Bartholomew Burton
• 1702: John Wingfield
• 1702: Nicholas Bullingham
• 1703: Thomas Burrell
• 1704: Thomas Hubbard
• 1705: William Edgson
• 1706: Thomas Cox
• 1707: Henry Smith
• 1708: Samuel Barker
• 1709: William Fancourt
• 1710: John Sharpe of Wynne
• 1711: William Exton
• 1712: William Roberts
• 1712: John Newbond
• 1713: Charles Roberts
• 1714: John Boyall
• 1715: Robert Riddlington
• 1716: John Sisney
• 1717: Thomas Johnson of Tinwell
• 1718: John Whiteing
• 1719: Frances Wooton
• 1720: Orlando Browne
• 1721: Thomas Roberts
• 1724: George Brushfield
• 1724: William Scott
• 1725: William Algar
• 1726: Charles Tryon
• 1727: Edward Wright
• 1728: Kenelm Digby
• 1729: William Tampion
• 1730: George Marston
• 1731: Lycester Baroden
• 1732: William Goding
• 1733: William Fowler
• 1735: George Cooke
• 1736: Redenhall Pearse
• 1737: Thomas Bradgate of Uppingham
• 1738: Richard Sharpe
• 1739: Edmund Sisney
• 1740: Kenelm Johnson
• 1741: John Brown
• 1742: John Cooke
• 1743: Henry Shield
• 1744: Anthony Lucas
• 1745: John Mitchell
• 1746: Thomas Wootton
• 1747: John Morpoo
• 1748: William Chisseldon, of Ridlington
• 1749: Charles Smith
• 1750: Richard Hothkin
• 1751: Thomas Riddlington of Glaston
• 1751: William Sharrard the Younger of Langham
• 1752: Richard Marston of Belton
• 1753: William Brushfield
• 1754: James Sismey of Lyddington
• 1755: John Maydwell, of Bart Gates in Oakham,
• 1756: Robert Tomblin, cf Edith Weston
• 1757: John Digby, of North Luffenham,
• 1758: Thomas Trollop Brown, of Tolethorpe
• 1759: Edward Ward of Preston
• 1760: Charles Roberts of Belton
• 1761: Henry Dove of Tinwell
• 1762: Thomas Sharpe of Langhem
• 1763: John Batson of Empingham
• 1764: Edward Hunt of Glaston
• 1765: William Lawrence of Preston
• 1766: John Tiptaft of Braunston.
• 1767: John Ridlington of Edith Weston
• 1768: Henry Shield, of Preston
• 1769: Edmund Sismey of Liddington
• 1770: John Boyale of Belmersthorpe
• 1771: Thomas Bullivant of Ashwell replaced by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, of Normanton Hall, Bt.
• 1772: John Stubbins of Barrowden replaced by Frances Chelselden, of Ridlington
• 1773: John Palmer, of Seaton
• 1774: Robert Walker, of Uppingham
• 1775: John Cooke, of Uppingham
• 1776: Henry Sharpe, of Wing
• 1777: Robert Hotchkins, of S. Luffenham
• 1778: George Godfrey, of Wardley
• 1779: John Freer the younger of Oakham
• 1780: Nedham Chelseden, of Manton
• 1781: Thomas Sanders
• 1782: Tobias Hippesley
• 1783: John Bellars
• 1784: John Hawkins
• 1785: Thomas Falkner, of Morcott
• 1786: Thomas Baines of Uppingham
• 1787: George Belgrave of Ridlington
• 1788: William Belgrave of Uppingham
• 1789: Benjamin Cramp, of Oakham
• 1790: Henry O'Brien
• 1791: Thomas Woods the younger of Brook
• 1792: James Tiptaft of Braunston
• 1793: Thomas Barfoot
• 1794: Thomas Forsyth
• 1795: Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet of Normanton Hall
• 1796: Robert Tomlin of Edith Weston
• 1797: Thomas Hunt of Wing
• 1798: William Sharrard of Langham
• 1799: Samuel Reeve of Ketton

1800–1900

• 1800: William Haycock of Owston in Leicestershire
• 1801: William Kemp of Belton
• 1802: William Gillson of Burleigh
• 1804: Cotton Thompson of Ketton
• 1805: John Hack of Clipsham
• 1806: John Hotchkin of Tixover
• 1807: William Shield of Wing
• 1808: Thomas Bryan of Stoke
• 1809: Abel Walford Bellears of Bulmerthorpe
• 1810: William Gillson of Wing
• 1811: The Hon George Watson of Rockingham Castle
• 1812: Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet of Exton Park
• 1813: Stafford O'Brien of Tixover Hall
• 1814: George Fludyer of Ayston Hall
• 1815: Samuel Parker or Barker of Lyndon
• 1816: John Cole Gilson of Berley
• 1817: Thomas Faulkner Baines of Morcott
• 1818: Robert Peach of Lyddington
• 1819: James Tiptaft of Braunston
• 1820: Robert Sheild of Wing
• 1821: William Lawrence of Preston
• 1822: Thomas Floar of Whissendine
• 1823: Thomas Thompson of Tinwell
• 1824: John Morris of North Luffenham
• 1825: John Neal of Belton
• 1826: Thomas Hill of Uppingham
• 1827: Thomas John Bryan of Stoke Dry
• 1828: Thomas Walker of Liddington
• 1829: George Finch of Burley
• 1830: John Eagleton, of South Luffenham
• 1831: Thomas Birch Reynardson, of Essendine
• 1832: William Gilford of North Luffenham
• 1833: John Muxloe Wingfield of Market Overton
• 1834: Edward Watson Smyth of Gunthorpe
• 1835: Godfrey Kemp of Belton
• 1836: Richard Wade of Uppingham
• 1837: John Stokes of Caldecott
• 1838: Matthew Laxton of Greetham
• 1839: John Monkton of Seaton
• 1840: Samuel Richard Fydell of Morcott
• 1841: Joseph Tomblin of Leighfield
• 1842: Richard Westbrook Baker of Cottesmore
• 1843: George Fludyer of Ayston Hall
• 1844: Charles Grantham of Ketton
• 1845: Henry Bennet Pierrepont of Ryhall
• 1846: John Gilson of Wing
• 1847: Richard Lucas of Edith Weston Hall
• 1848: Hon. Charles George Noel, Viscount Campden of Flitteriss Park
• 1849: John Thomas Springthorpe of Manton
• 1850: Hon. William Middleton Noel of Ketton
• 1851: John Moore Paget of Clipsham
• 1852: William de Capell Brooke of Martinsthorpe
• 1853: John Parker of Preston
• 1854: Robert Lee Bradshaw of Tinwell
• 1855: Arthur Heathcoate of Pilton
• 1856: Clarke Morris of Oakham
• 1857: Ayscough Smith of Braunston
• 1858: William Rudkin Morris of North Luffenham
• 1859: Edward Henry Cradock Monckton, of Seaton
• 1860: Samuel Hunt of Ketton
• 1861: William Fludyer of Ayston Hall
• 1862: William Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery
• 1863: Hon. Henry Lewis Noel of Exton Park
• 1864: Charles Ormston Eaton of Tixover
• 1865: William Gilford of North Luffenham
• 1866: William Wing
• 1867: Edward Nathaniel Conant of Lyndon
• 1868: Robert Heathcote of North Luffenham
• 1869: Richard Septimus Wilkinson of Manton
• 1870: George Dawson Rowley, of Morcott
• 1871: John Harry Lee Wingfield
• 1872: Charles Cave John Orme of Oakham
• 1873: Francis Heathcote of Pilton
• 1874: Thomas John Stafford Hotchkin of South Luffenham
• 1875: William Belgrave of Preston
• 1876: Edward Frewen of Braunston
• 1877: John Turner Hopwood, of Ketton
• 1878: George Gerard Charles Fenwick of Morcott
• 1879: Edward Sharrard Calcraft Kennedy of Whissendine
• 1880: Westley Richards of Ashwell
• 1881: The Hon Francis Pierremont Cecil of Stocken Hall on active naval service and replaced April 1881 by Richard Tryon of Oakham
• 1882: John William Handley Davenport-Handley of Clipsham
• 1883: Edward Philip Monckton
• 1884: William Gore Marshall of Hambleton
• 1885: William Cunliffe Gosling of Oakham
• 1886: Frederick Gordon Blair of Ashwell
• 1887: Arthur Morrice Blake of Whissendine
• 1888: Robert Neill of Wing
• 1889: Blake Alexander Hankey of Essendine, Stamford
• 1890: Edward Worrall of Wing Oakham,
• 1891: George Fydell Rowley of Morcott, Uppingham
• 1892: Evan Hanbury of Braunston, Oakham
• 1893: Francis John Berry of Wing, Oakham
• 1894: William Baird of Oakham
• 1895: Colonel Charles Birch Reynardson of Essendine, Stamford
• 1896: George Whyatt Worrall of Wing, Oakham
• 1897: Henry Clarke Jervoise of Langham
• 1898: The Honourable William Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam, of Barnsdale, near Oakham.
• 1899: Arthur Richard de Capell Brooke 1st and last Baron Brooke of Oakley

1900–1973

• 1900: Sir Arthur John Fludyer, 5th Baronet of Ayston Hall, Uppingham
• 1901: William Henry Neill of the Grange, Wing, Oakham
• 1902: Ernest Lucas Braithwaite of Edith Weston Hall
• 1903: Rodolf Alexander Hankey of Essendine
• 1904: Thomas Henry Burroughes of Ketton
• 1905: Richard Roger Hollins of Ketton
• 1906: Hubert Francis Joseph Eaton
• 1907: Ernest William Proby Conant
• 1908: George Hunt, of Tinwell
• 1909: William Belgrave of Preston
• 1910: Sir Edward Geoffrey Broardley Palmer, 10th Baronet of Withcote
• 1911: Major John Maurice Wingfield of Tickencote
• 1912: Stafford Vere Hotchkin of Woodhall Spa
• 1913: Seymour Pleydell Bouverie of Whissendine
• 1914: Ernest Guy Fenwick of North Luffenham
• 1915: Owen Hugh Smith of Langham
• 1916-1919: John Edward Corby of Belton
• 1920: Arthur William Hickling of The Old Hall, Wing, Oakham
• 1921: Harry Simpson Gee of Teigh
• 1922: Thomas Casswell Molesworth of Ketton
• 1923: David Needham Royce of Oakham
• 1924: Frederick Thomas Walker of Norton Lees, Sheffield
• 1925: William James Baird of Oakham
• 1926: Wilfred Henry Montgomery Finch of Burley-on-the-Hill
• 1927: Roger John Edward Conant, Bt of Lyndon
• 1928: John Burnaby-Atkins of Tolethorpe
• 1929: John Davenport–Handley–Humphreys, of Clipsham
• 1930: Cecil Gorham Gee of Rothley
• 1931: Lawrence Kimball of Barleythorpe
• 1932: Vere Finch of Manton
• 1933: Lt Col Denis Plantagenet Tollemache of Manton
• 1934: Major Charles Noel Newton of Ashwell Grange
• 1935: Major William Willmott Mawson of Uppingham
• 1936: Colonel Robert Evelyn Manners Heathcote of Manton
• 1937: Captain Samuel Alexander Watt of Gunthorpe
• 1938: George Kenneth Fordham Ruddle of Langham
• 1939: Samuel Ernest Chesterman of Wing
• 1940: Captain James Arthur Hornsby of Ashwell
• 1941: Arthur Hawley of Lyndon
• 1942: Dr Astley Clarke of Lyddington
• 1943: W/Cdr James William Ogilvy Dalgleish of Barleythorpe
• 1944: Cecil Allerton Greville Mawson of Belton
• 1945: Vere Chaplin of Clipsham
• 1946: Captain Clarence Campbell Whadcoat of Langham
• 1947: William Melville Codrington of Preston
• 1948: Colonel Rowland Pickering Spence of Braunston
• 1949: Sir Henry Saxon Tate, 5th Baronet of Withcote
• 1950: Lt Col Mansell Halkett Jackson of Ashwell
• 1951: Major Herbert Egerton Whaley of Ashwell
• 1952: Captain Thomas Charles Stanley Haywood of Gunthorpe
• 1953: Michael Auriol Buxton of Langham
• 1954: David John Davenport-Handley of Clipsham
• 1955: Air Marshall Sir John Eustace Arthur Baldwin of Ketton
• 1956: Hon Robert Oliver Fitzroy of Stoke Dry (later 2nd Viscount Daventry)
• 1957: Colonel Sir Eric Gore-Browne of Glaston
• 1958: Rear Admiral Stuart Latham Bateson of Ridlington
• 1959: Rupert Winwood Gossage of Whithcote
• 1960: Sir John Ernest Michael Conant, 2nd Baronet
• 1961: Henry Richard Hoare of Wardley
• 1962: George Somerset Finch of Ayston
• 1963: Major Robert Hoare of Hambleton
• 1964: George Hamilton Boyle of Bisbrooke
• 1965: Lt Col Stephen Theodore Eve of Ashwell
• 1966: Michael Stafford Goddard Jackson of Tixover
• 1967: Godfrey Charles Saxton Oliver of Manton
• 1968: Giles Henry Charles Floyd of Tinwell
• 1969: Charles Hugh Hoare of The Old Vicarage, Burley, Oakham.
• 1970: Denis Sydney Player of North Luffenham Hall, near Oakham.
• 1971: John Giles Charles Gore Browne of Cranford, Lyddington
• 1972: Captain Richard Miles Micklethwait of Preston Hall, Preston, near Uppingham.
• 1973: John Michael Moubray of Ridlington House, Ridlington, near Uppingham

For 1974 to 1996 inclusive - See High Sheriff of Leicestershire

• 1997: David Barry Owen of Teigh
• 1998: Lorna Lee Taylor of Ashwell
• 1999: Lady Wendy Margaret Lancaster Goldring of Preston
• 2000: Robert Noel Charles Bingley of Wing
• 2001: Michael Martin Allen of Brooke
• 2002: Stuart Geer Paton of Clipsham
• 2003: Mary Constance Lloyd of Uppingham
• 2004: Mark Edward Taylor of Manton
• 2005: Robert Edmund John Boyle of Bisbrooke
• 2006: Mrs Miranda Lynne Hall of Hambleton
• 2007: Barbara Elizabeth Gilman of Pilton
• 2008: Thomas Hornby Graham (Tommy) Cooper of Exton
• 2009: Elizabeth Anne Mills of Empingham and Ashwell
• 2010: Sarah Catharine Forsyth of Uppingham
• 2011: Peter Outram Lawson of Lyddington
• 2012: Bartle Grimston Hellyer of Ridlington

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