This is an incomplete list of sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in England from 1154 until the abolition of the office in 1965.[1]
Exceptionally, the two counties shared a single sheriff .[2] [3] Cambridgeshire proper, the Isle of Ely and Huntingdonshire . This was done in a three-year cycle, with an inhabitant of each area occupying the office in turn.[4]
Note: the years shown are the date of commencement of the sheriff's year of office. For example, the high sheriff appointed in March 1892 "for the year 1892" held office until March 1893.
1600–1699
24 November 1600: William Hynde , of Madingley , Cambs.
2 December 1601: Sir John Cutts , of Childerley , Cambs.
7 December 1602: Thomas Wendy, of Haslingfield , Cambs.
1 December 1603: John Bedell, of Hamerton , Hunts.
5 November 1604: Sir John Peyton , of Isleham , Cambs.
2 February 1605: Sir Robert Bevill, of Chesterton , Hunts.
17 November 1606: Sir Thomas Jermy, of Teversham , Cambs.
9 November 1607: Sir Robert Payne of Midloe , Hunts.
12 November 1608: John Cage, of Longstowe , Cambs.
1609: Sir Oliver Cheney
6 November 1610: Sir Roger Millicent, of Barham in Linton , Cambs.
1611: Sir Simeon Steward , of Stuntney , Isle of Ely
1612: Edward Hind, of Madingley , Cambs.
1613: Thomas Baldwin, of Great Staughton , Hunts.
1614: Edward Aldred
6 November 1615: Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet , of Wilburton , Isle of Ely
11 November 1616: Francis Brown, of Hunts.
6 November 1617: William Wendy, of Haslingfield , Cambs.
9 November 1618: Sir Thomas Steward, of Stuntney , Isle of Ely
1619: Sir John Cutts , of Swavesey and Childerley
6 November 1620: Thomas Maples, of Stow , Hunts.
1621: Robert Symons, of Witchford , Isle of Ely
7 November 1622: Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet , of Isleham , Cambs.
1623: Robert Audley, of Great Gransden , Hunts.
1624: Sir James Reynolds, of Fen Ditton , Cambs.
1625: Martin Pierce, of Cambridge, Cambs.
1626: John Goldsburgh, of Godmanchester , Hunts.
4 November 1627: Robert Hagar, of Bourn , Cambs.
1628: Thomas Parke, of Wisbech , Isle of Ely
1629: Jacob Pedley, of Abbotsley , Hunts.
7 November 1630: Thomas Terrell the elder, of Fulbourn , Cambs.
1631: Richard Covell or Colvile, of Newton , Isle of Ely
1632: Sir Capell Bedell, 1st Baronet , of Hamerton , Hunts.
10 November 1633: Anthony Cage, of Longstowe , Cambs.
5 November 1634: Robert Balam, of Elm , Isle of Ely
1635: Sir Lodowick Dyer, 1st Baronet, of Great Staughton , Hunts. From 1636 to 1642 separate sheriffs were appointed for Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. [4]
Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire:
Sheriffs of Huntingdonshire:
In 1642, the appointment of joint Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire resumed.
1642: Robert Coke
1643: Christopher Rose, of Cambridge , Cambs.
30 December 1643: Thomas Martin, of Barton , Cambs.
1644: Onslow Winch
1645: Tristram Diamond
1 December 1646: John Hobart[17]
1647: Francis Bickley[18]
1647: Tristram Dimond of Upwell .[19]
30 May 1648: Thomas Marshe, of Swaffham, Cambs.
23 November 1648: Henry Pickering , of Paxton, Hunts.
7 November 1649: Robert Castle, of East Hatley, Cambs.
7 November 1650: John Towers,[22] Haddenham , Isle of Ely
4 November 1651: Sir Heneage Proby,[23] Elton Hall , Hunts.
12 November 1652: Levinus Bennet , of Babraham, Cambridgeshire
10 November 1653: Sir William Sidney[24]
16 November 1653: William Fisher, of Wisbech , Isle of Ely[19]
1654: Hugh Audley, of St Ives Priory , Hunts.
1655: Thomas Duckett, of Steeple Morden , Cambs.
1656: Richard Woodward
1657: Thomas Bateman
1658: John Jenkinson
5 November 1660: William Colville, of Newton , Isle of Ely
1661: Sir John Hewet, 2nd Baronet , of Hunts.
1662: Sir Thomas Hatton, 2nd Baronet , of Long Stanton , Cambs.
1663: William March, of Haddenham , Isle of Ely
1664: John Dryden, of Chesterton , Hunts.
12 November 1665: Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet , of Fen Ditton , Cambs.[25]
7 November 1666: John Caryll,[26] Chatteris , Isle of Ely
6 November 1667: Sir Robert Sewster,[27] Upwood , Hunts.
6 November 1668: William Whitmore[29]
25 November 1668: James Thompson,[30] Trumpington , Cambs.
11 November 1669: Haynes Barley,[31] Wilburton , Isle of Ely
3 November 1670: John Bradbourne,[32]
9 November 1671: John Clerke,[33] Snailwell , Cambs.
11 November 1672: Thomas or Richard Read,[34] Whittlesea , Isle of Ely[19]
12 November 1673: Castel Sherard,[35] Glatton , Hunts.
5 November 1674: George Pike,[36] Meldreth , Cambs.
15 November 1675: Christopher Turner, of Whittlesea , Isle of Ely
9 November 1676: William Drury[37]
18 November 1676: Richard Drury,[38] Somersham , Hunts.
15 November 1677: Charles Baron, of Little Eversden , Cambs.[39]
14 November 1678: Thomas Wiseman,[40] Whittlesea , Isle of Ely
13 November 1679: William Harlock[41]
1679: Hugh Bonfoy, of Abbots Ripton , Hunts.
4 November 1680: Sir Thomas Sclater, 1st Baronet ,[42]
10 November 1681: Sir Robert Swayne[43]
17 November 1681: Robert Swaine,[44] Leverington , Isle of Ely [19]
13 November 1682: John Bigg,[45] Graffham , Hunts.
12 November 1683: Sir Henry Pickering ,[46] Whaddon , Cambs.
20 November 1684: Samuel Fortrey ,[47]
30 November 1685: Peter Pheasant[48]
7 December 1685: Sir John Hewet, 3rd Baronet ,[49]
25 November 1686: Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet ,[50] Gamlingay , Cambs.
23 January 1688: Sir Robert Cotton ,[51] Hatley St George , Cambs.
8 November 1688: Sir Robert Bernard, 3rd Baronet [52]
17 November 1688: Henry Kingsley[53]
18 March 1689: James Torkington,[54] Great Stukeley , Hunts.
18 November 1689: Felix Calvert[55]
25 November 1689: William Calvert,[56] Childerley , Cambs.
27 November 1690: Nicholas Mallabar,[57] Ely , Isle of Ely
14 December 1691: Sir John Marshall[58]
21 December 1691: Sir Robert Dacres[59]
31 December 1691: Sir Robert Bernard, 3rd Baronet ,[60] Brampton , Hunts.
17 November 1692: Robert Swann,[61]
16 November 1693: William Tanner,[62]
6 December 1694: Arthur Joscelyne,[63] Stapleford , Cambs.
5 December 1695: Granado Piggott ,[64] Abington Pigotts , Hunts.
3 December 1696: Thomas Harrison, of March , Isle of Ely[65]
16 December 1697: Erasmus Smith[66]
23 December 1697: Robert Tompson,[67] Stanground , Hunts.
22 December 1698: William Eversden of Great Eversden , Cambs.[69]
20 November 1699: Richard Read[70]
23 November 1699: Richard Parlett Read, of Chatteris , Isle of Ely[71] [19]