The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff). [1] Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now obsolete, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The high sheriff changes every March. The current High Sheriff is Roger Moore of Hilton Close.
This is a list of high sheriffs of Kent. [2]
Dates | Name |
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c. 1040–c. 1044 | Eadsige |
c. 1051– | Robert of Jumièges |
?–1066 | Osward |
1067–1070 | Alain de Buckland (1045–1108) |
1070?–1077? | Hugh de Port? (c1015–c1096) |
1077–1100 | Haimo [3] |
1145 | Nicholas de Moels |
1154 | Rualon [4] |
1155–1160 | Ralph Picot [4] |
1161–1166 | Hugh of Dovor of Chilham [4] |
1167 | Richard de Lucy [2] |
1168–1174 | Gervase de Cornhill [4] |
1175 | Gervase and Robert Fitz-Bernard [4] |
1176–1183 | Robert Fitz-Bernard [4] |
1184 | William son of Nigel of Munevile [4] |
1185–1188 | Allen of Valoynes of Fremomh [4] |
1189–1193 | Reginald de Cornhill [4] |
1194 | William of St Mardal [4] |
1195 | Walter son of Derman [4] |
1196–1209 | Reginald de Cornhill [4] |
1210–1215 | John son of Unam of Selling and Reginald de Cornhill [4] |
1216–1222 | Hubert de Burgh and Hugh of Windlesores of Warehorne [4] |
1223–1225 | Hubert de Burgh and Roger Grimston [4] |
1226–1231 | Hubert of Boroz and William Brito [4] |
1232–1238 | Bertram of Cryall [4] |
1239–1240 | Humphrey of Bohun Earl of Essex [4] |
1241 | Peter of Subaudie and Bertram of Cryall [4] |
1242 | Bertram of Cryall and John of Cobham [4] |
1243–1247 | Bertram de Criol [4] |
1248–1255 | Reginald of Cobham [4] |
1256 | Walter of Bersted and Reginald of Cobham [4] |
1257–1258 | Fulk Payferer of Iseling [4] |
1259–1261 | John of Cobham [4] |
1262 | Robert Walerand and Thomas Delaway. [4] |
1263–1264 | Roger de Leybourne [4] |
1265–1267 | Roger de Leybourne and Henry of Bourne [4] |
1268–1270 | Stephen of Penchester of Allington Castle near Maidstone and Henry of Leese. [4] |
1271–1272 | Henry Malmains of Pluckley, [4] [5] (died in office) [6] |
1272–1273 | William of Hever of Hever Castle [6] |
1273 | William Haute of Petham [4] (remainder of year only) [6] |
1274–1277 | William of Valoynes of Swerdlin and Repton [4] |
1277 | Henry Perot of Knowlton (remainder of year only) [6] |
1278–1281 | Robert of Scothon [4] |
1282–1284 | Peter of Huntingfield of Iseling. [4] |
1285 | Hamo of Gatton of Throwley [4] |
1286–1288 | William of Chellesfield of Chelsfield [4] |
1289–1290 | William of Bramshot [4] |
1291 | John of Northwood in Milton near Sittingbourne [4] |
1292 | John of Northwood and John of Bourne [4] |
1293–1295 | John of Bourne [4] |
1296–1297 | William Trussell [4] |
1298 | Henry of Apuldorefield [4] |
1299 | John of Northwood in Milton near Sittingbourne [4] |
1300–1301 | Henry of Cobham of Rundal in Shorn [4] |
1302–1303 | Warreis of Valloynes [4] |
1304–1305 | John of Northwood in Milton near Sittingbourne [4] |
1306 | William of Cossenton in Aylesford [4] |
1307 | Henry of Cobham [4] |
1308–1312 | John of Blunde [4] |
1313–1314 | William of Basing & John the younger of Haudlo [4] |
1315 | Henry of Cobham [4] |
1316 | John Malemaines of Hoo [4] |
1317 | John Malemaines of Hoo and John Fremingham [4] |
1318 | John Fremingham and Henry Sarden [4] |
1319 | Henry Sarden and William Septvans [4] |
1320 | |
1321–1322 | William Septvans of Milton and Ralph Savage [4] |
1323 | John Shelvige of Shelvige Barne [4] |
1324–1325 | John of Fremingham [4] |
1326 | Ralph of St. Laurence of Swaycliffe [4] |
1327 | William of Orlanston [4] |
1328 | William of Orlanston replaced by John of Shelvige [4] |
1329–1330 | Roger de Raynham replaced by John of Bourne [4] |
1331–1332 | Thomas of Brockhall and Laurence of St. Laurence [4] |
1333–1335 | Stephen of Cobham [4] |
1336 | Thomas of Brockhall of Saltwood [4] |
1337–1338 | William Morant of Morant's Court in Chevenning [4] |
1339 | Henry of Valoynes of Repton in Ashford [4] |
1340 | John de Mereworth of Mereworth [4] |
1341 | John de Mereworth of Mereworth and John Widleston [4] |
1342–1345 | John Widleston [4] |
1346 | William of Langley of Knowlton [4] |
1347 | John of Fremingham [4] |
1348 | William Langley and Arnold Savage of Bobbing [4] |
1349 | William Langley of Knowlton |
1350 | William Langley of Knowlton [4] |
1351 | James Le Pine of East Sutton [4] |
1352 | William Apuldorefield of Linsted [4] |
1353 | James le Pine of East Sutton [4] |
1354 | Reginald de Dyke, of the Dykes family of Sussex. [4] [7] |
1355 | Gilbert of Hels of Egerton [4] |
1356 | William of Apuldorefield of Linsted [4] |
1357 | Ralph Fremingham of Fremingham [4] |
1358 | William Makenade of Preston [4] |
1359–1361 | William of Apuldorefield of Linsted [4] |
1362 | William Pimpe of Nettlested [4] |
1363 | William of Apuldorefield of Linsted [4] |
1364–1366 | Jeffrey Culpeper of Preston Hall, Aylesford. [4] [8] |
1367 | Richard at Leese of Shelwich [4] |
1368 | John of Brockall of Saltwood [4] |
1369 | John Culpeper of Bayhill, Pembury. [4] [8] |
1370 | William of Apuldorefeild of Linsted [4] |
1371 | William Pimpe of Nettlested [4] |
1372 | John Barry of Sevington [4] |
1373 | Jeffrey Culpeper of Preston Hall, Aylesford. [4] [8] |
1374 | Robert Nottingham of Milsted [4] |
1375 | William Pimpe of Nettlested [4] |
1376 | Nicholas at Crouch of Great Chart [4] |
1377 | Henry of Apuldorefeild of Linsted [4] |
1378 | Sir Thomas Cobham of Randall in Shorne and Allington Castle [4] |
1379 | John of Freningham of Farningham, Loose and West Barming [4] |
1380 | James of Peckham of Wrotham [4] |
1381 | William Septuans of Milton Septuans [4] |
1382 | Arnold Savage of Bobbing [4] |
1383–1384 | Thomas Brockhill of Saltwood [4] |
1385 | Robert Corbie of Boughton [4] |
1386 | Arnold Savage of Bobbing [4] |
1387 | Ralph St Leger of Ulcomb [4] |
1388 | William of Guildford [4] |
1389 | James Peckham of Wrotham [4] |
1390 | William Burcester of Hunton [4] |
1391 | Richard Berham of Berham [4] |
1392 | Thomas Chich of the Dungeon near Canterbury [4] alias Thomas Chicche, of Balnerley or Balverley [9] |
1393 | William Barry of Sevington [4] |
1394 | John of Freningham of Farningham, Loose and West Barming [4] |
1395 | Sir Thomas Culpeper of Bayhill, Pembury. [4] [8] |
1396 | Sir Nicholas Haute of Wadden Hall in Waltham [4] |
1397 | Thomas St. Leger of Ulcomb [4] |
1398 | Nicholas Potyn of Sheppey [4] |
1399 | John Boteller of Graveney [4] |
Dates | Name |
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1400 | Robert Clifford of Canterbury [4] |
1401 | Thomas Ludlow [4] |
1402 | John Digges [4] |
1403 | Thomas Chicche of Beverley, Canterbury, [4] possibly the son of Thomas Chicche, former Sheriff, qv [10] |
1404–1405 | Richard Clitheroe of Ash-next-Sandwich [4] [5] |
1406 | Valentine Barret of Pery Court [4] |
1407 | Henry Horne of Kenardington [4] |
1408 | Edward or Edmund Haute [4] |
1409 | William Snayth of Addington [4] (died 1409) |
1410 | Reynold Pympe of Nettlestead [4] |
1411 | John Darell of Calehill [4] |
1412 | William Notebenn of Ash near Sandwich [4] |
1413 | William Clifford of Bobbing [4] |
1414 | Robert Clifford of Canterbury [4] |
1415 | William Langley of Knowlton [4] |
1416 | William Darell of Calehill [4] |
1417 | John Darell of Calehill [4] |
1418 | Richard Clitherow of Ash [4] |
1419 | John Burge of Eatonbridge [4] |
1420–1421 | William Haute of Bourne Place, Hautsbourne, Bishopsbourne. [4] [11] |
1422 | John Darell of Calehill [4] |
1423 | William Cheyne of Shurland in Sheppey [4] |
1424 | John Rickhill of Frindsbury [4] |
1425 | William Clifford of Bobbing [4] |
1426 | Sir William Culpeper of Scotshall in Oxen Hoath. [4] [8] |
1427 | Thomas Ellis of Kennington [4] |
1428 | William Scott of Brabourne [4] [12] |
1429 | John Peche of Littington [4] |
1430 | John St Leger of Ulcombe [4] |
1431 | Edward Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden [4] |
1432 | William Buriston of Hunton [4] |
1433 | Richard Woodvile of Mote Castle in Maidstone [4] |
1434 | William Clifford of Bobbin [4] |
1435 | William Manston of Manston in Thanet [4] |
1436 | James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele, of Kemsing and Seal [4] [5] |
1437 | Richard Waller of Groombridge in Speldherst [4] |
1438 | Edward Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden [4] |
1439 | Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne |
1440 | John Yeard of Denton near Eleham [4] |
1441 | John Warner of Sheppey [4] |
1442 | William Maries of Preston [4] |
1443 | Sir Thomas Browne of Beechworth [4] |
1444 | William Cromer of Tunstall [4] [13] (killed by Jack Cade) |
1445 | John Thorneberry of Feversham [4] |
1446 | William Isley of Sundridge [4] |
1447 | William Kene of Ospring [4] |
1448 | Stephen St. Leger of Ulcomb [4] |
1449 | Henry Cromer of Tunstall. [4] [13] |
1450 | Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne |
1451 | Robert Horne of Kinardington [4] |
1452 | Thomas Ballard of Horton [4] |
1453 | John Fogge of Repton in Ashford [4] |
1454 | John Cheney of Shurland in Sheppey, Kt, [4] |
1455 | Philip Belknap of the Mote [4] |
1456 | Alexander Iden [4] [5] (capturer of Jack Cade) [14] |
1457 | John Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden [4] |
1458 | Sir Gervase Clifton of Canterbury, Kt. |
1459 | Sir Thomas Browne of Beechworth [4] |
1460 | Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall [4] [12] |
1460 | John Isaac of Patricksborne [4] |
1461–1462 | Sir William Peach of Lullingstone, Kt. [4] |
1463 | John Digges of Barham [4] |
1464 | Alexander Clifford of Bobbing [4] |
1465 | Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne. [4] [11] (first term) |
1466 | Sir John Culpeper, Kt. [4] |
1467 | Ralph I St. Leger (d.1470) of Ulcombe [4] |
1468 | Henry Ferrers of Peckham [4] |
1469 | John Bramstone of Preston [4] |
1470 | Sir Richard Culpeper of Oxonhoath, West Peckham. [4] [15] |
1471 | James Peckham of Yaldham in Wrotham [4] |
1472 | Sir John Fogge of Repton in Ashford., Kt [4] |
1473 | John Isley of Sundridge [4] |
1474 | Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne. [4] [11] (second term) |
1475 | John Green of Chesilhurst [4] |
1476 | William Cheney of Shurland [4] |
1477 | Richard Haute of Ightham Mote [4] |
1478 | Richard Lee of Delce [4] |
1479 | Sir John Fogge of Repton in Ashford, Kt. [4] |
1480 | George Brown of Wickham [4] |
1481–1482 | Richard Haute of Ightham Mote [4] |
1483 | Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne [4] [11] |
1484 | John Barrune of the Grange in Gillingham [4] |
1485 | Sir R. Brakenberry of the Mote [4] (killed Bosworth, 1485) |
1485 | William Cheney of Shurland in Sheppey [4] |
1486 | John Pimpe of Nettlested [4] |
1487 | Henry Ferrers of Great Peckham [4] |
1488 | Walter Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook [4] |
1489 | Sir William Boleyn of Hever Castle [4] |
1490 | Sir William Scott of Brabourne [4] [12] |
1491 | John Darell [4] |
1492 | Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye [4] |
1493 | Sir Richard Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden, Kt. [4] |
1494 | John Pech of Lullingstone [4] |
1495 | John Digges of Barham [4] |
1496 | Sir James Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst [4] [16] |
1497 | Lewes Clifford of Bobbing [4] |
1498 | Robert Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe. [4] [17] |
1499 | Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury. [4] |
1500 | Thomas Iden of Westwell. [4] |
1501 | Sir William Scott of Brabourne [4] [12] |
1502 | Ralph St Leger of Ulcombe. [4] |
1503 | William Cromer of Tunstall [4] |
1504 | John Langley of Knolton. [4] |
1505 | Sir Thomas Kempe KB of Ollantigh. [4] |
1506 | Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury [4] |
1507 | Henry Vane of Tunbridge. [4] |
1508 | Reginald Peckham of Yaldham [4] |
1509 | Sir William Cromer of Tunstall [4] |
1510 | James Digges of Digges Court, Barham. [4] |
1511 | Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529). [4] |
1512 | Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye [4] |
1513 | Sir John Norton of Northwood in Milton, Kt. [4] |
1514 | Alexander Colepeper of Bedbury in Goudherst [4] |
1515 | Thomas Cheney of Shurland, Isle of Sheppey [4] |
1516 | Sir William Scott of Brabourne [4] [12] |
1517 | Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529). [4] |
1518 | John Crispe of Quex in Birchington [4] |
1519 | Sir John Wilshire of Stone castle in Stone near Dartford [4] |
1520 | John Roper of St. Dunstans [4] |
1521 | Throwley replaced by Robert Sonds of Towne [4] |
1522 | Sir John Fogg of Repton in Ashford [4] |
1523 | Sir George Guildford of Hemsted in Benenden [4] |
1524 | Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne [4] [11] |
1525 | Henry Vane [4] |
1526 | William Whetenhall of Peckham [4] |
1527 | Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall, Smeeth [4] [12] |
1528 | William Kempe of Olantigh in Wye [4] |
1529 | Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe [4] [17] |
1530 | William Waller of Groombridge in Speldherst [4] |
1531 | Sir Richard Clement of Ightham Mote [4] |
1532 | Sir William Finch of the Mote near Canterbury, Kt. [4] |
1533 | Thomas Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook [4] |
1534 | Sir Thomas Poynings of Ostenhanger, in Stanford [4] |
1535 | Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe [4] [17] |
1536 | Sir Thomas Wyatt of Alington Castle, Kt [4] |
1537 | Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne [4] [11] |
1538 | Sir William Sidney of Pensherst. Kt [4] |
1539 | Sir Anthony St. Leger of Ulcombe. [4] |
1540 | Anthony Sonds of Throwley [4] |
1541 | Sir Reginald Scott of Scot's Hall [4] [12] [13] |
1542 | Sir Henry Isley of Sundridge, Kt. [4] |
1543 | Sir Humphrey Stile of Langley Parke in Beckenham, Kt. [4] |
1544 | Sir John Fogg of Repton in Ashford, Kt. [4] |
1545 | Sir Percivall Hart of Lullingstone, Kt. [4] |
1546 | Henry Crispe of Quex in Birchington [4] |
1547 | William Sedley, of Scadbury in Southfleet [2] [4] |
1548 | Sir George Harper of Sutton Valence [2] [4] |
1549 | Thomas Culpeper of Bedgbury [2] [4] |
1550 | Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle [2] [4] |
1551 | Sir Henry Isley of Sundridge. [2] [4] |
1552 | Sir John Guildford of Hemsted [2] [4] |
1553 | Sir Robert Southwell of Mereworth [4] [5] |
1554 | William Roper of Welhall [4] |
1555 | Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye [4] |
1556 | Sir Thomas Moyle [18] |
1557 | George Vane of Badsell in Capel [4] |
1558 | Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe [4] [17] |
1559 | Nicholas Crispe of Whitstable [4] |
1560 | Warham St Leger of Ulcombe [4] |
1561 | John Tufton [4] |
1562 | Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle. [4] |
1563 | Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst [4] [16] |
1564 | Sir Thomas Kempe, Kt. of Olantigh in Wye [4] |
1565 | John Mainey (died May, 1566) [4] |
1566 | William Isley of Sundridge [4] |
1566 | John Sedley of Southfleet [4] [19] |
1567 | Willam Cromer of Tunstall, near Sittingbourne [4] [13] |
1568 | John Browne of Horton [4] |
1569 | Edward Isaac [4] |
1570 | John Leonard of Chevening [4] |
1571 | Walter Mainey the elder, of Stapleherst [4] |
1572 | Thomas Fane [4] [5] |
1573 | Thomas Willoughby of Boreplace in Chidingstone [4] |
1574 | Sir James Hales, Kt., of the Dungeon near Canterbury [4] |
1575 | John Tufton of Hothfield [4] |
1576 | Sir Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall [4] [12] |
1577 | Edward Boys of Fredvile in Nonington [4] |
1578 | Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe [4] [17] |
1579 | Thomas Coppinger [4] |
1580 | Thomas Fane of Burston and Thomas Sonds of Throwley [4] |
1581 | Sir George Heart of Lullingstone [4] |
1582 | Sir Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle [4] |
1583 | Justinian Champneyes of Bexley [4] |
1584 | Michael Sondes of Throwley [4] |
1585 | Willam Cromer of Tunstall [4] [13] |
1586 | James Hales of the Dungeon near Canterbury [4] |
1587 | John Fineux of Herne [4] |
1588 | Richard Hardres of Great Hardres [4] |
1589 | William Sedley of Southfleet [4] [19] |
1590 | Thomas Willoughby of Boreplace in Chidingstone [4] |
1591 | Sampson Lennard of Chepening [4] |
1592 | Robert Binge of Wrotham [4] |
1593 | Michael Sondes of Throwley [4] |
1594 | Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe, (Baron Wotton from 1603) [4] [17] |
1595 | Thomas Palmer of Hougham [4] |
1596 | Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell (later Baronet Finch) [4] |
1597 | Thomas Kemp of Olantigh in Wye [4] |
1598 | Martin Barnham, of Holingborne [4] |
1599 | Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall, East Peckham [4] |
Dates | Name |
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1600 | John Smith of Westenhanger Castle, near Hythe [4] |
1601 | Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall in Smeeth [4] |
1602 | Peter Manwood of St. Stevens [4] |
1603 | James Cromer of Tunstall. [4] [13] |
1604 | Sir Thomas Baker of Sissinghurst Castle. [4] |
1605 | Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell, Kt. (later Baronet Finch) [4] |
1606 | Sir Norton Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, Kt. [4] |
1607 | Robert Edolph of Hinxhill [4] |
1608 | Sir Edward Hales of Woodchurch [4] |
1608 | Nicholas Miller of Oxonhoath, West Peckham. [15] |
1609 | Sir William Withens of Eltham, Kt [4] |
1610 | Sir Nicholas Gilborne of Charing, Kt. [4] |
1611 | Sir Maxmilian Dallison of Halling, Kt [4] |
1612 | Sir William Stede of Harietsham, Kt. [4] |
1613 | Sir Anthony Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kt. [4] |
1614 | Sir Edward Filmer of East Sutton Place. [4] |
1615 | Sir Edwin Sandys of Norburne, Kt. [4] |
1616 | William Beswick, of Horsmanden [4] |
1617 | Gabriel Livesey of Hollingborne [4] |
1618 | Thomas Norton of Bobbing [4] |
1619 | Edward Scott of Scot's Hall in Smeeth [4] |
1620 | Sir John Sedley Bt of The Friars, Aylesford [4] [19] |
1621 | Thomas Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook [4] |
1622 | Sir George Fane of Burston in Hunton, Kt. [4] |
1623 | Sir John Hayward of Hollingbourne, Kt [4] |
1624 | Sir Thomas Hamond of Brasted, Kt [4] |
1625 | Sir Isaak Sedley Bt of Great Chart. [4] [19] |
1626 | Sir Basil Dixwell Bt of Broome House near Canterbury. [4] |
1627 | Sir Edward Engeham of Canterbury, Kt [4] |
1628 | Sir William Campion of Combwell in Goudherst, Kt [4] |
1629 | Richard Brown [4] |
1630 | Sir Robert Lewknor Kt of Acris. [4] |
1631 | Nicholas Miller of Wrotham [4] |
1632 | Sir Thomas Style Bt of Wateringbury [4] |
1633 | Sir John Baker Bt of Sissinghurst Castle [4] |
1634 | Edward Chute, of Hinxhill [4] |
1635 | Sir William Culpeper Bt of Preston Hall, Aylesford. [4] [8] |
1636 | Sir George Sondes of Throwley, KB [4] |
1637 | Sir Thomas Hendley of Coureshorn in Cranbrook, Kt [4] |
1638 | Sir Edward Master of Canterbury. Kt [4] |
1639 | David Polhill of Otford [4] |
1640 | James Hugeson of Kinsted [4] |
1641–1643 | Sir William Brockman initially appointed but replaced by Sir John Honiwood of Elmsted, Kt. [4] |
1644 | Sir John Rayney Bt of Wrotham Place, Wrotham [4] |
1645 | Sir Edward Monins Bt of Waldershare, West Peckham [4] |
1646 | John Henden of Biddenden [4] |
1647 | Sir Stephen Scott [4] [20] |
1648 | George Selby of Ightham Mote [4] |
1649 | Henry Crispe of Quex, Birchington, [4] [5] deputised to son Sir Nicholas Crispe [2] |
1650 | George Curteis, of Chart next Sutton Valence [4] |
1651 | Thomas Fludd of Otham [4] |
1652 | Bernard Hide [4] |
1653 | John Earle of Thanet, of Hothfield [4] |
1654 | Sir Humphrey Tufton, Bt. of the Mote in Maidstone [4] |
1655–1657 | Sir Michael Livesey, Bt. of East-Church in the Isle of Sheppey [4] |
1658 | Charles Bowles of Chetham [4] |
1660 | Thomas Plummer [2] |
1661 | Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet of Hall Place, Bexley |
1662 | David Polhill of Chipsted [2] |
1663 | Nicholas Toke of Goddington, in Great Chart [2] |
1664 | Thomas Biggs [2] |
1665 | Sir John Beale Bt of Farningham Court, near Maidstone. |
1666 | Sir Humphrey Miller, 1st Baronet, of Oxenhoath [15] [21] |
1667 | Sir William Leech [22] of Squerryes |
1668 | Sir John Williams, Baronet, [23] of Elham Court, Elham |
1669 | Robert Jaques [24] |
1670 | Sir John Dorrel [25] |
1671 | Sir William Hugessen, [26] of Provender, in Norton [2] |
1672 | John Twisleton, [27] of Horsman's Place, in Dartford [2] |
1673 | Edward Roper [28] replaced by April 1673 by Sir Bernard Hyde, of Sundridge [2] |
1674 | William Gomeldon, [29] of Somerfield Court, in Sellindge [2] |
1675 | Francis Vanacker [30] |
1676 | Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet, [31] of Deptford |
1677 | John Grove, of Tunstall [32] replaced 22 November 1676 by Thomas Cadwell [33] [2] |
1678 | Sir Richard Betenson, 1st Baronet [34] of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst [16] replaced 17 November 1677 by William Allen, of Marden [35] |
1679 | Sir Richard Betenson, 1st Baronet, [36] of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst [16] |
1680 | Ralph Petley, [37] of Hartley Wood Corner [38] replaced late 1680 by George Etkins of Gravesend [2] |
1681 | Sir Henry Palmer, of Wingham [39] |
1684 | Archibald Clinkard of Sutton Valence [2] [40] [41] [42] |
1685–1688 | William Rooke of Canterbury (later Sir William Rooke) [2] [43] [44] [45] [46] |
1689 | Sir Robert Filmer Bt of East Sutton Place [2] |
1690 | Thomas Adrian of Bifrons, in Patriksbourn [2] |
1691 | Sir Henry Palmer, Bt of Wingham [2] |
1692 | Sir John Marsham of the Mote, Maidstone (died 1692) [2] |
1693 | Sir Nicholas Toke of Goddington, in Great Chart [2] |
1694 | Edmund Davenport of Greensted-Green, in Darent [2] |
1695 | William Cage of Milgate, Bearsted [2] |
1696 | Solomon Hougham of Sandwich [47] |
1697 | Richard Goodhugh of Tonbridge [2] |
1698 | George Children of Tunbridge [2] |
1699 | John Amherst, esq. of East Farleigh [2] |
1700 | William Woodgate [2] |
1701 | Isaac Loader of Deptford [2] |
1702 | Bowyer Hendley of Gore-court, in Otham [2] |
1703 | Thomas Golding of Leyborne [2] |
1704 | Sir Thomas Culpeper Bt of Preston Hall, Aylesford. [8] |
1705 | Sir Edward Betenson, Bt of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst. |
1706 | Snelling Thomas of Deptford [2] |
1707 | Percival Hart of Lullingstone [48] |
1708 | James Codd of Goudhurst (died in office) replaced by Stephen Stringer of Goudhurst [49] |
1709 | Sir Comport Fytche Bt of Mount Markfall, Eltham. |
1710 | Sir Thomas Style, 4th Baronet of Wateringbury [2] |
1711 | Humphrey Style of Langley, in Beckenham [2] |
1712 | John Hooker of Little Peckham [2] |
1713 | Leonard Bartholomew of Oxonhoath, West Peckham [15] |
1714 | John Lynch of Grove, in Staple [2] |
1715 | David Polhill of Chipstead [2] |
1716 | Richard Gee of Orpington [2] |
1717 | Richard Sheldon of Aldington, in Thurnham [2] |
1718 | John Stevens [2] |
1719 | John Hamilton, Jnr [50] [51] |
1720 | Sir Charles Farnaby of Kippington, in Sevenoke [2] |
1721 | Jonathan Smith of Ingres, in Swanscombe [2] |
1722 | Peter Burrell of Beckenham [2] |
1723 | William Glanville of St. Cleres, in Ightham [2] |
1724 | Sir Robert Austen, 4th Baronet of Hall Place, Bexley. |
1725 | James Master of Yotes, in Mereworth [2] |
1726 | John Savage (died and replaced May 1726 by Richard Lewen) |
1727 | Samuel Pugh, of Beckenham [52] |
1728 | Robert Weller of Tunbridge [2] |
1729 | Thomas May of Godmersham Park, near Canterbury [53] |
1730 | Mawdistly Best of Park House, Boxley |
1731 | James Brookes of Lewisham [2] |
1732 | William James, of Igtham [54] |
1733 | Sir Brook Bridges Bt of Goodneston Park near Sandwich, who died in office and was followed by Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Bt of Mersham Hatch. |
1734 | Henry Hicks of Deptford [55] |
1735 | Baldwin Duppa, junior of Hollingbourn [2] |
1736 | Abraham Spencer of Penhurst [2] |
1737 | Thomas Malyn of Chislehurst [56] |
1738 | Jones Raymond of Langley in Beckenham, replaced by Christopher Milles of Nackington [57] |
1739 | Robert Lacey of Elmes, in Hougham. [2] |
1740 | John Smith of Lee [58] |
1741 | John Lidgbird of Plumstead [2] |
1742 | John Mason of East Greenwich [59] |
1743 | Thomas Whitaker of Trottiscliffe [60] |
1744 | John Hodsdon of Lewisham [61] |
1745 | John Cooke of Cranbrook [62] |
1746 | Arthur Harris of Barming [63] |
1747 | William Quilter of Orpington [64] |
1748 | Samuel Collett of Greenwich [2] |
1749 | Richard Hornsby of Horton Kirby [65] |
1750 | Richard Merry of Eltham [2] |
1751 | James Best of Park House, Boxley [2] |
1752 | Sir John Honywood, Bt of Elmsted [2] |
1753 | Sir John Shaw Bt of Eltham Lodge, Eltham. [66] |
1754 | Sir Thomas Rider, Kt., of Boughton Monchelsea Place [67] |
1755 | George Sayer of Charing [68] |
1756 | John Cockaine Sole, of Bobbing, [69] |
1757 | William Glanville Evelyn, of St. Clere [70] |
1758 | Thomas Whittaker of Trottiscliff, [71] |
1759 | Pyke Buffar of Greenwich [2] [72] |
1760 | Sir Thomas Wilson of West Wickham [2] |
1761 | William Jumper of Leeds Abbey, Leeds, Kent. |
1762 | Sir George Kelly of Speldhurst, who was knighted during his shrievalty. |
1763 | William Gordon of Rochester. |
1764 | Henry Goodwin of Deptford. [73] |
1765 | Sir Richard Betenson, Bt. of Bradbourn, in Sevenoke. |
1766 | William Wilson of Plaistow [74] |
1767 | James Whatman, of Boxley [75] |
1768 | Richard Hulse, of Baldwin's, near Dartford, (second son of sir Edward Hulse). |
1769 | William Wheatley, of Erith. |
1770 | John Toke, of Goddington, in Great Chart. |
1771 | William Daniel Master, of Yotes Court, in Mereworth. |
1772 | James Flint, of Judde-house, in Ospringe. |
1773 | Josiah Fuller Farrer, of Cleve-court, in Thanet. |
1774 | Willshire Emmett,. of Wiarton, in Boughton Monchelsea. |
1775 | Granville Wheeler, of Otterden-place. |
1776 | William Perrin, esq. of Smith's-hall, in West Farleigh. |
1777 | Benjamin Harenc, of Footscray-place. |
1778 | John Ward, of Westerham. |
1779 | William Slade, of Lewisham. |
1780 | Robert Burrow, of Holwood-hill. |
1781 | John Cator, of Beckenham-place. |
1782 | Samuel Boys, of Hawkhurst. |
1783 | Henry Hawley, of the Grange, in Leyborne. since created a baronet. |
1784 | Charles Booth, of Harrietsham-place, who was knighted during his shrievalty. |
1785 | Edward Knatchbull esq. of Provenders, in Norton, (eldest son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th baronet). [76] |
1786 | Thomas Hallet Hodges, of Hemsted Park, in Benenden. |
1787 | John Cottin, of Hill-park, in Westerham. |
1788 | James Bond, of Hayes. |
1789 | John Cartier, of Bedgbury, in Goudhurst [77] |
1790 | Leonard Bartholomew, of Addington-place. |
1791 | William James Drake Brockman, of Beachborough, in Newington, near Hythe. |
1792 | Henry Streatfield, of Highstreet-house, in Chiddingstone. |
1793 | George Norman, of The Rookery, Bromley Common. [78] |
1794 | Richard Carew, of Orpington. [79] |
1795 | Gabriel Harpur, of Gore-court, in Tunstall; Samuel Chambers of that parish was appointed his deputy, and executed this office for him. [80] |
1796 | John Mumford, of Sutton at Hone. [81] |
1797 | George Grote of Beckenham [82] |
1798 | John Plumtree of Fredville [83] |
1799 | Samuel Chambers of Woodstock House [84] |
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