High Sheriff of Oxfordshire


The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.
The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older than the other crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, which came about after 1545. Between 1248 and 1566 Berkshire and Oxfordshire formed a joint shrievalty. See High Sheriff of Berkshire.

List of High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire

  • 1066–1068: Saewold
  • 1066–1086: Edwin
  • 1087: Svain

12th century

  • 1100-1135: William
  • 1100-1135: Peter
  • c. 1130: Restold
  • 1131: Robert D'Oyly
  • c. 1142–?: William de Chesney
  • 1135–1154: Henry de Oxford
  • 1155–1159: Henry D'Oyly, 4th Baron Hocknorton
  • 1160: Manasser Arsick and Henry D'Oyly, 4th Baron Hocknorton
  • 1161–1162: Manasser Arsick
  • 1163: Thomas Basset
  • 1164–1169: Adam de Catmore
  • 1170–1174: Alard Banastre
  • 1175–1178: Robert de Tureville
  • 1179–1181: : Geoffrey Hose
  • 1181: –1184 : Robert de Whitfield
  • 1184: –1186 : Alanus de Furnell
  • 1186: –1190: Robert de la Mare
  • 1187–1194: : William Briwere
  • 1194: –1196: Henry D'Oyly, 5th Baron Hocknorton
  • 1197–1199: Hugh de Neville

13th century

1248–1566

See High Sheriff of Berkshire