High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire.
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 its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March.
From 1068 until 1567, the position existed as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests. From 1568 separate appointments were made for the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and for the High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
16th century
- For Sheriffs prior to 1568 see High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests
- 1567: Sir Anthony Strelley
- 1568: Thomas Cowper
- 1569: John Byron
- 1570: John Nevill
- 1571: Robert Markham
- 1572: Sir Gervase Clifton
- 1573: William Holles of Haughton
- 1574: Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford
- 1575: Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont
- 1576: George Chaworth of Wiverton
- 1577: Thomas Markham of Ollerton
- 1578: John Biron of Newstead Abbey
- 1579: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall
- 1580: George Nevill
- 1581: William Sutton of Arundel
- 1582: Francis Molyneux of Teversal Manor
- 1583: Robert Markham
- 1584: Brian Lassels
- 1585: John Sydenham
- 1586: George Chaworth
- 1587: Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford
- 1588: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall
- 1589: John Byron
- 1590: Thomas Thornhough
- 1591: John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare of Haughton
- 1592: John Basset
- 1593: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall
- 1594: William Sutton
- 1595: Richard Whalley of Kirton and Screveton
- 1596: John Biron of Newstead Abbey
- 1597: John Thorold
- 1598: Henry Chaworth
- 1599: Brian Lassels