List of Sheriffs of London

This is a list of Sheriffs of the City of London. From c. 1131–1889, by a charter of Henry I, the livery of the City of London were given the right to elect two sheriffs of "London and Middlesex" on a payment of £300 per annum to the Crown. This continued until 1889, when the Local Government Act 1888 came into force. A separate High Sheriff of Middlesex and High Sheriff of the County of London was thereafter appointed in the same manner as other English and Welsh counties.

Since 1385 when the Court of Common Council stipulated that every future Lord Mayor should "have previously been Sheriff so that he may be tried as to his governance and bounty before he attains to the Estate of Mayor", the shrieval year of an Aldermanic Sheriff is an obligatory trial run for would-be Lord Mayors of London.

In modern times the two Sheriffs are elected on Midsummer's Day every year in Guildhall by the City livery companies. Their duties include attending the Lord Mayor in carrying out his official duties, attending the sessions at the Central Criminal Court in the Old Bailey and presenting petitions from the City to Parliament at the Bar^[1] of the House of Commons.

Sheriffs of London

Sheriffs of London before the 12th century:^[2]

• Wolgarius
• Geffrey de Magnum
• Hugh Bock
• William de Eynesford
• 1125–1141 Abericus de Vere (killed May 1141)
• Gilbert Beck, Peter Fitz-Walter
• John Fitz-Negelly, Ernulph Buchel

12th century

Sheriffs of London in the 12th century:

13th century

Sheriffs of London in the 13th century:

14th century

Sheriffs of London in the 14th century:

15th century

Sheriffs of London in the 15th century:^[6]

16th century

Sheriffs of London in the 16th century:^[7]

17th century

Sheriffs of London in the 17th century:^[7]

18th century

Sheriffs of London in the 18th century:^[9]

19th century

Sheriffs of the City of London

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

• List of Lord Mayors of London

Notes

References

• ^Author,^YearComplete Baronetage,^Publisher
• Beaven, Alfred P. (1908). "Chronological list of aldermen: 1801-1912". The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912. British History Online. pp. 141–156. 
• Beaven, Alfred P. (1908). "Notes on the aldermen, 1701-1838". The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912. British History Online. pp. 195–211. 
• Beaven, Alfred P. (1908). "The court of aldermen in 1912". The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912. p. 157. 
• Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1905). Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. 2. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. 
• Fuller, Thomas (1840). Nuttall, P. Austin, ed. The history of the worthies of England. 2. T. Tegg. 
• Noorthouck, John (1773). "Addenda: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London (to 1773)". A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark. pp. 889–893. 
• Walford, Edward (1919) [1860]. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (59th annual production ed.). London: R. Hardwicke. 
• Thorne, R. G., ed. (21 Apr 2006). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons, 1790-1820 (in 5 vols). ISBN 978-0-436-52101-0. 
  • Thorne, Roland G. (1986). The House of Commons 1790-1820: Survey. 1. London: Secker and Warburg. 

External links

• Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1273-1602
• The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II by Rev Beaven