High Sheriff of Northumberland

This is a list of the high sheriffs of the English county of Northumberland. The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. 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 defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March.

11th century

• 1076–1080 Gilebert
• 1085–1095 Arkell Morel, supposed slayer of Malcolm Canmore, King of Scots at the Battle of Alnwick.

12th century

• 1107–1118 Joint Ligulf and Aluric
• 1119–1132 Odard
• 1133–1150 Adam son of Odard
• 1154 Odard
• 1155–1170 William de Vesci, Lord of Alnwick
• 1171–1184 Roger de Stuteville
• 1185–1188 Roger de Glanville
• 1189 William de Stuteville
• 1190 William de Stuteville and Reginald Basset
• 1191–1193 William de Stuteville
• 1194–1199 Hugh Bardulf

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

References

• The history of the worthies of England, Volume 2 By Thomas Fuller
• The Sheriffs of Northumberland by C H Hunter Blair – Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities Published 1843