High Sheriff of Wiltshire

This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Wiltshire.
Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle.
On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Wiltshire was retitled as High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

Sheriff

To 1400

1066: Edric
1067–1070: Philippe de Buckland
1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff
1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury
1110: William of Pont de L'Arche
1119: Edward d'Évreux
1120: Humphrey "The Great" De BOHUN – Bearer of the Royal Standard in 1120 in the battle of Benneville in Normandy
????: Walter FitzEdward of Salisbury
1130: Warin de Lisures or Lisoriis
????: "William the Late Sheriff", so called in 1155
1152–1159: Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury
1160–1162: Richard Clericus
1163: Milo de Dauntesey
1164–1181: Richard de Wilton or de Wilteshire
1181: Michael Belet and Robert Malde
1182: ditto 1181 and Roger Fitz Renfr or Renf
1183–1187: Robert Mauduit
1189: Hugh Bardolf
1190: William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, son of Patrick
1191: Robert de Tregoz
1192: William d'Évreux
1193–1197: William d'Évreux and Thomas d'Évreux his son
1197–1198: Stephen of Thornham and Alexander de Ros
1199: Stephen of Thornham and Wandragesil de Courselles
1200–1203: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Robert de Berneres
1207: Geoffrey de Neville
1210: Robert de Veteriponte jointly with Nicholas de Vipont
1211–1212: Robert de Veteriponte
1215–1225: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
1226: Simon de Hale, or de Hales
1227: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
1228: John of Monmouth and Walter de Bumesey
1229–1230: John of Monmouth
1231–1234: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
1235: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and Robert de Hogesham
1236: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury
1237: William Gerebred / Robert de Hogesham
1238–1239: Robert de Hogesham
1240–1245: Nicholas de Haversham
1246–1248: Nicholas de Lusteshull
1249–1252: William de Tynchiden
1253–1254: William de Tenhide and his son John
1255–1257: John de Verund
1258–1259: John de Verund and Geoffrey Scudamor
1260: John de Verund
1261–1263: Rad. Cussell
1264: Rad. de Aungers and John de Aungers
1265: Rad. de Aungers
1266–1270: William de Duy and Stephen de Edworth
1271: Stephen de Edwarth and Walter de Strichesley
1272–1274: Walter de Strichesley
1275–1280: Hildebrand of London
1281–1288: John de Wotton
1289–1290: Richard de Combe
1291–1295: Thomas de St Omero
1296–1298: Walter Pavely
1299–1300: John of Newtown
1301–1303: John of Hertinger
1304: Henry of Cobham
1305–1306: John de Gerberge
1307: Andreas de Grimstead
1308–1309: Alex Cheverell and John de Sto Laudo
1310: William de Harden
1311: Adam Walrand
1312–1313: Adam Walrand and John Kingston
1314: John de Holt and Sir Philip de la Beche
1315–1316: Sir Philip de la Beche
1317–1319: Walter de Risum
1320–1321: Adam de Tichbourne and Adam Walrand
1322: Walter le Longe
1323–1325: Sir Adam Walrand
1327: Sir Adam Walrand
1328: Sir Philip de la Beche
1329–1331: Sir John Mauduit
1332: Gifford le Long
1333: John Mauduit and William Randolph
1334: John Tichbourne and John Mauduit
1335–1336: Gilbert de Berewik and Reginald de Paveley
1337: Sir Peter Doynel and Gilbert de Berewik
1338–1340: John Mauduit
1341: Thomas de Sto Mauro and Robert Lokes
1342–1344: John Mauduit
1345–1346: John Roches
1347: John Roches and Thomas Semor
1348–1350: Robert Russell
1350:
1351–1353: Thomas de la River
1354: John Everard of Stratford-sub-Castle
1355–1360: Thomas Hungerford
1361–1366: Henry Sturmy
1367–1371: Walter de Haywood
1372: William de Worston
1373: Henry Sturmy
1374: Sir John Dauntsey
1375: Sir John Delamare
1376–1377: Ralph Cheyne
1378: Peter de Cusaunce and William de Worston
1379–1380: Rad. de Norton
1381: Laurence de Sco. Martino and Hugo Cheyne
1382: Nicholas Woodhall
1383: Sir Bernard Brocas
1384–1385: John Lancaster
1386–1387: John Salesbury
1388–1389: Ralph Cheyne
1390: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
1391: John Roches
1392: Robert Dyneley of Fittleton
1393: John Gawen of Norrington
1394: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
1395: Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne
1396: Thomas Bonham
1397–1399: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
1400: John Dauntsey

15th century

1401: William Worfton of Broad Hinton and John Gawayne
1402: William Cheyne of Brooke
1403–1404: Walter Beauchamp
1405: Walter Hungerford
1406: Rad. Grene
1407: Walter Beauchamp
1408: Sir Robert Corbet
1409: William Cheyne
1410: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston Castle
1411: Thomas Bonham
1413: Sir Elias Delamere, of Fisherton Delamere
1414: Henry Thorpe of Newton Tony
1415: Thomas Calstone of Littlecote and Upton Lovell
1416: Robert Andrewe
1417: William Finderne
1418: Sir William Sturmy, of Wulfhall
1419: Thomas Ringwood, of Loveraz Coulesfield
1420–1421: William Darell, of Littlecote
1422: William Darell, of Littlecote
1423: Sir Robert Shotesbrook
1424: William Finderne
1425: Walter Pauncefoot
1426: [John Stourton, Wiltshire|Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton|John Stourton], of Stourton
1427: William Darell, of Littlecote
1428: John Pawlet, of Fisherton Delamere
1429: Sir John Bayntun, of Fallersdon
1430: David Cervington, of Longford Castle
1431: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
1432: Walter Strickland
1433: Sir John Stourton, of Stourton
1434: Sir Stephen Popham of Popham
1435: Edmund or Edward Hungerford
1436: William Beauchamp
1437: Sir John Stourton
1438: Sir John VI Lisle
1439: John St Loe
1440: John Norris
1441: Richard Restwold of Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire and Sindlesham, Berkshire
1442: William Beauchamp
1443: Sir John Bainton, of Falstone and of Shaw near Melksham
1444: John Basket, of Lydiard Millicent
1445: Richard Restwold of Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire and Sindlesham, Berkshire
1446: William Stafford
1447: William Beauchamp
1448: John Norreys
1449: Philip Baynard, of Lackham
1450: Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall
1451: John Nanson
1452: Edward Stradling, of Dauntsey
1453: John Willoughby, of Brooke Hall near Westbury
1454: George Darell, of Littlecote
1455: Sir Reginald Stourton, of Stourton
1456: Henry Long, of [South South Wraxall Manor|Wraxall Manor|Wraxall]
1457: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
1458: Hugh Pilkenham or Pekenham
1459: John Ferris, of Blunsdon St Andrew
1461: George Darell
1462–1463: Sir Reginald Stourton, of Stourton
1464: Sir Roger Tocotes
1465: Sir George Darell
1466: Sir Thomas de la Mare
1467: Christopher Wolsley
1468: Sir Richard Darell
1469: Sir George Darell
1470: Sir Lawrence Raynsford
1471: Sir Roger Tocotes
1472: Sir Maurice Berkeley
1473: Sir John Willoughby
1474: William Collingbourne, of Collingbourne Ducis
1475: Henry Long of Wraxall
1476: Walter Bonham
1477: Edward Hartgill
1478: John Mompesson, of Bathampton Wyly
1479: Walter Hungerford, of Farley Castle
1480: Charles Bulkeley
1481: William Collingbourne, of Collingbourne Ducis
1482: John Mompesson
1483: Henry Long of Wraxall
1484: Edward Hartgill
1485: Sir Roger Tocotes
1486: John Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
1487: Sir John Turberville
1488: Thomas Vinour
1489: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote
1490: Constantius Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
1491: John Lye, of Flamstone in Bishopstone
1492: John Yorke, of Helthrop, near Ramsbury
1493: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote
1494: Richard Puddesey
1495: Constantius Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
1496: George Chaderton, of Lydiard Millicent
1497: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote
1498: Sir George Seymour
1499: Sir John Huddlestone
1500: Sir Thomas Long, of South Wraxall and Draycot

16th century

1501: John Yorke
1502: Sir William Callaway
1503: Sir John Danvers, of Dauntsey
1504: John Ernle, of Etchilhampton
1505: John Gawayne, of Norrington
1506: Sir Thomas Long
1507: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
1508: John Mompesson
1509: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote
1510: Sir Walter Hungerford
1511: Henry Long of Draycot Cerne
1512: Sir Christopher Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
1513: Sir John Danvers, of Dauntsey
1514: William Bonham, of Bonham, at Stourton and Great Wishford
1515: Sir John Scrope, of Castle Combe and Oxendon
1516: Sir Nicholas Wadham (died 1542) of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.
1517: Sir Edward Hungerford
1518: Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall
1519: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote
1520: John Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
1521: John Ernle, of Bourton, Bishop's Cannings
1522: Sir Edward Bayntun, of Bromham
1523: Thomas Yorke
1524: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
1525: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne
1526: Sir John Bourchier
1527: Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
1528: John Ernle
1529: John Horsey, of Martin
1530: Thomas Yorke
1531: Thomas Bonham, of Great Wishford
1532: John Ernle
1533: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle
1534: Robert Baynard, of Lackham
1535: Thomas Yorke
1536: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne
1537: Sir John Brydges
1538: Sir Anthony Hungerford
1539: John Ernle, of Bishop's Cannings
1540: Edward Mompesson
1541: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne
1542: John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford
1543: John Ernle, of Bishop's Cannings
1544: Robert Hungerford, of Cadenham
1545: Charles Bulkeley
1546: Richard Scrope, of Castle Combe
1547: Silvester Danvers, of Dauntsey
1548: Ambrose Dauntsey
1549: John Bonham of Hazelbury
1550: John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford
1551: William Stumpe died and replaced by Sir James Stumpe of Charlton and Malmesbury
1552: Sir William Sharington (or Sherington), of Lacock Abbey
1553: Edward Baynard, of Lackham
1553: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings
1554: Robert Hungerford of Cadnam
1555: John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
1556: Sir Anthony Hungerford, of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
1557: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle
1558: Henry Brouncker, of Melksham
1558: Sir John Zouche, of Calstone near Calne
1559: Sir James Stumpe of Charlton and Malmesbury
1559: George Ludlow
1560: Sir John Marvyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Gifford
1561: George Penruddock of Ivy Church, Laverstock, and Compton Chamberlayne
1562: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings
1563: William Button of Alton Priors
1564: John Eyre of Great Chalfield
1565: Nicholas Snell of Kington St Michael
1566: Henry Sherington, of Lacock Abbey
1567: George Ludlow, of Hill Deverill
1568: Sir John Thynne of Longleat
1569: William Button, of Alton Priors and Stowell
1570: Edward Bayntun, of Rowdon
1571: John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
1572: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle
1573: Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey
1574: Sir Robert Long of Wraxall and Draycott
1575: Sir Thomas Wroughton of Broad Hinton
1576: Sir John Hungerford, of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
1577: Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton
1578: Nicholas St John of Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze
1579: Michael Ernle, of Bourton, in Bishop's Cannings, and Whetham, Calne
1580: William Brouncker of Melksham
1581: Sir Walter Hungerford
1582: Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
1583: John Snell of Kington St Michael
1584: Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey
1585: Edmund Ludlow of Hill Deverill
1586: Richard Moody, of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
1587: Sir Walter Hungerford
1588: Henry Willoughby, of Knoyle Odierne or West Knoyle
1589: John Warneford, of Sevenhampton near Highworth
1590: William Eyre of Great Chalfield
1591: Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
1592: Sir John Thynne of Longleat and Caus Castle, Shropshire
1593: John Hungerford, of Stoke near Great Bedwyn
1594: Sir Henry Sadleir of Everley
1595: John Dauntsey, of West Lavington
1596: Sir James Mervyn, of Fonthill Gifford
1597: Edward Penruddock of Compton Chamberlayne
1598: Thomas Snell, of Kington St Michael
1599: Walter Vaughan of Falstone House, Bishopstone nr Salisbury
1600: [Sir Walter Long (died 1731)|Walter Long (1565-1610)|Sir Walter Long] of South Wraxall and Draycot

17th century

1601: Henry Bayntun of Bromham House
1602: Sir Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
1603: Sir Jasper Moore, of Heytesbury
1604: Sir Alexander Tutt of Idmiston
1605: John Hungerford of Cadnam, Bremhill
1606: Gabriel Pile
1607: Sir Thomas Thynne, of Longleat
1608: Richard Goddard, of Standon Hussey
1609: John Ayliffe, of Brinkworth and Grittenham
1610: Sir Giles Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
1611: Sir William Button, 1st Baronet, of Alton Priors and of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
1612: Francis Popham, of Littlecote
1613: Sir William Pawlett, of Edington
1614: Henry Mervyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Giffard
1615: Thomas Moore, of Heytesbury
1616: Sir Richard Grobham, of Great Wishford, Berwick St Leonard and Nettleton
1617: Sir John Horton, of Iford and Westwood
1618: Sir Henry Moody of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
1619: Sir Henry Poole of Oaksey
1620: Sir Charles Pleydell, of Midgehall in Lydiard Tregoze
1621: Sir William Pawlett, of Edington
1622: Sir John Lambe Kt, of Coulston
1623: Gifford Long of Rowde Ashton
1624: Edward Reade, of Corsham
1625: Sir Francis Seymour
1626: Sir Giles Estcourt, 1st Baronet of Long Newnton
1627: Sir Walter Long, Bt of Whaddon
1628: John Duckett, of Hartham near Corsham
1629: Sir Robert Baynard of Lackham
1630: John Topp of Stockton
1631: Sir Edward Hungerford of Corsham and Farleigh Hungerford
1632: Sir John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
1633: Sir Henry Ludlow, of Maiden Bradley
1634: Francis Goddard, of Standon Hussey and Cliffe Pypard
1635: Sir George Ayliffe, of Foxley and Grittenham in Brinkworth
1636: Sir Nevil Poole, of Poole Keynes
1637: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham House, Bromham
1638: John Grubbe, of Potterne and Cherhill
1639: John Duke, of Lake
1640: Giles Eyre, of Brickworth
1641: Robert Chivers, of Calne, Quemerford, and Leigh Delamere
1642: Sir George Vaughan, of Fallersdon
1643: Sir John Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
1644: Sir James Long, Bt, of Draycot Cerne
1645: Edmund Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, and Alexander Thistlethwaite, of Winterslow
1646: Sir Henry Chalk
1647: Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Bt
1648: Edward Tooker, of Maddington
1649: William Calley, of Burderop
1650: Thomas Bond of Ogbourne St George
1651: Lawrence Washington of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
1652: Sir Henry Clerk, of Enford near Amesbury
1653: Thomas Long, of Little Cheverell
1654: Hugh Audley, of Colepark, Malmesbury
1655: John Dove, of Salisbury
1656: Robert Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren near Highworth
1657: Hippesley
1658: John Ernle of Bourton in Bishop's Cannings and of Whetham in Calne
1659: Isaac Burgess
1660: Edward Horton, of Great Chaldfield, near Bradford
1661: Sir James Thynne of Longleat
1662: Sir Walter Ernle, 1st Baronet of Etchilhampton
1663: Sir Henry Coker, of Hill Deverill
1664: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham
1665: Thomas Mompesson, of Corton in Boyton
12 November 1665: Sir John Weld, of Compton Bassett
7 November 1666: Christopher Willoughby, of Bishopstone
6 November 1667: John Long, of Little Cheverell
6 November 1668: Sir Richard Howe, of Berwick St Leonard
11 November 1669: John Hall, of Bradford-on-Avon
4 November 1670: Sir Robert Button, 3rd Baronet, of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
9 November 1671: Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet, of Whaddon
11 November 1672: Walter Smith, of Shalbourne and Great Bedwyn
12 November 1673: Bernard Pawlett, of Cottles, near Bradford
5 November 1674: Thomas Goddard, of Swindon
15 November 1675: Sir Matthew Andrews, of Mere
10 November 1676: Giles Earl
18 November 1676: Richard Hart
23 November 1676: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
17 November 1677: Henry Chivers, of Calne and Quemerford
14 November 1678: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
13 November 1679: Giles Earle
late 1679: Thomas Earle, of Eastcourt House, Crudwell
4 November 1680: John Jacob
1681: Thomas Gore, of Alderton
1682: Richard Lewis, of Edington
1683: Sir Edmund Warneford of Sevenhampton near Highworth
1684: George Willoughby of Bishopstone
1685: William Chafyn, of Zeals Monachorum
1686: John Davenant, of Landford in Frustfield Hundred
1687: Richard Chaundler of Idmiston
1688: Sir Jeremy Craye
1689: John Wyndham of Norrington
1690: Stephen Blatch, of Westbury
1691: Henry Wallis, of Trowbridge
1692: Henry Nourse
1693: Sir Thomas Estcourt, of Sherston Pinkney
1694: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Urchfont
1695: Gifford Yerbury
1696: Joseph Houlton, of Trowbridge
1697: John Benett, of Norton Bavant
1698: Thomas Baskerville,
1699: John Kyrle, of Turley near Bradford
1700: Francis Merewether of Easterton, Market Lavington

18th century

1701: Richard Jones of Ramsbury
1702: Christopher Willoughby, of West Knoyle
1703: Richard Long of Collingbourne
1704: Walter Long of South Wraxall
1705: John Flower, of Grimstead, or of Worton, near Devizes
1706: Andrew Duke, of Bulford
1707: Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
1708: Francis Kenton
1709: Walter Ernle, of Conock, Chirton
1710: William Benson of Amesbury
1711: Daniel Webb of Monkton Farleigh
1712: John Cox of Kemble, near Malmesbury
1713: John Smith, of Alton Priors
1714: Richard Goddard of Swindon
1715: Matthew Pitts, of Salisbury
1716: John Eyles, of Devizes
1717: Robert Houlton replaced by Calthorpe Parker Long then Thomas Bennett of Steeple Ashton
1718: George Speke Petty, of Cheney Court and Haselbury House, Box
1719: John Askew, of Lydiard Millicent
1720: Caleb Bayley replaced by John Vilett, of Swindon
1721: Henry Read, of Crowood
1722: Edward Hill, of Wanborough
1723: Ralph Freke, of Hannington, near Highworth
1724: Joseph Houlton, of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and Grittleton, Wiltshire
1725: John Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
1726: Henry Long, of Melksham
1727: John Mills, of Cherhill, Calne replaced by William Coleman
1728: Walter Hungerford of Studley House, Calne
1729: Henry Hungerford, of Fyfield, Milton Lislebonne
1730: Ezekiel Wallace, of Lucknam, Colerne
1731: Henry Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
1732: John Smith, of Whitley, Calne
1733: Job Polden, of Imber
1734: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh and Chalford
1735: William Vilett, of Swindon
1736: Richard Baskerville, of Berwick Bassett
1736: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge
1737: William Hedges of Compton Bassett
1738: Isaac Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
1739: William Wyndham, of Dinton
1740: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge
1741: Anthony Guy, of Chippenham
1742: William Batt, of Salisbury
1743: John or William Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
1744: Fulke Greville, of Wilbury House, Newton Toney
1745: Walter Long, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Preshaw, Hampshire
1746: Godfrey Huckle Kneller, of Donhead Hall, Donhead St Mary
1747: William Phipps, of Heywood
1748: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
1749: Thomas Cooper, of Salisbury
1750: James Bartlett, of Salisbury
1751: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
1752: Thomas Cooper, of Cumberwell, near Bradford
1753: Edward Polhill, of Heale House, Woodford, near Salisbury
1754: William Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
1755: Arthur Evans, of the Close, Salisbury
1756: John Jacob, of Tockenham Wick House, Lyneham
1757: William Coles, of the Close, Salisbury
1758: Thomas Bennett, of Pyt House
1759: William Norris, of Nonesuch House, Bromham
1760: George Flower, of Devizes
1761: Scrope Egerton, of Salisbury
1762: Prince Sutton, of Devizes
1763: John Talbot of Lacock Abbey
1764: Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
1765: Benjamin Adamson, of Kemble
1766: Edward Medlicott, of Warminster
1767: Edward Goddard, of Cliffe Pypard
1768: Edmund Lambert, of Boyton
1769: William Talk, of Salisbury
1770: Thomas Maundrell, of Blacklands, near Calne
1771: William Langham, of Ramsbury Manor
1772: Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury
1773: Edward Poore, of Rushall
1774: Thomas Estcourt, of Newnton
1775: Francis Dugdale Astley, of Everley
1776: William Northey, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
1777: Joseph Colborne, of Hardenhuish, Chippenham
1778: William Beach, of Nether Avon House
1779: Robert Cooper, of Salisbury
1780: Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham House
1781: William Hayter, of Newton Toney
1782: William Bowles, of Heale House
1783: Thomas Hussey, of Salisbury
1784: William Chaffin Grove of Zeals House, Mere
1785: James Sutton of New Park, Devizes
1786: Seymour Wroughton, of Eastcott, Urchfont
1787: Isaac William Webb Horlock, of Ashwick, Marshfield, Gloucestershire
1788: Robert Ashe, of Langley Burrell
1789: Thomas Grove, of Ferne
1790: Gifford Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
1791: John Awdry, of Notton, Lacock
1792: Matthew Humphries, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
1793: John Gaisford, of Iford House, near Bradford
1794: Richard Godolphin Long, of Rood Ashton
1795: James Montagu, of Alderton and Lackham
1796: Gilbert Trowe Beckett Turner, of Penley House, Westbury
1797: Sir John Methuen Poore, 1st Bt. of Rushall
1798: John Benett of Pyt House
1799: Edward Hinxman, of Little Durnford
1800: George Yalden Fort, of Alderbury

19th century

11 February 1801: Thomas Bush, of Bradford
3 February 1802: Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, 2nd Baronet, of Spye Park
3 February 1803: Thomas Henry Hele Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
1 February 1804: Wadham Locke, of Rowde Ford
6 February 1805: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet, of Stourhead
1 February 1806: John Paul Paul, of Ashton Keynes
4 February 1807: Thomas Calley, of Burderop Park
3 February 1808: John Houlton, of Grittleton
6 February 1809: Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet, of Wilbury House
31 January 1810: Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood House
8 February 1811: Harry Biggs, of Stockton
24 January 1812: Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court, 1st Baronet, of Heytesbury House
10 February 1813: William Fowle, of Chute, Wiltshire
4 February 1814: William Wyndham, of Dinton, Wiltshire
13 February 1815: George Eyre, of Bramshaw
1816: John Hussey, of Salisbury
1817: John Hungerford Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
1818: Alexander Powell, of Hurdcott
1819: John Long, of Monkton Farleigh
1820: Ambrose Goddard, of Swindon
1821: Ambrose Awdry, of Seend, near Devizes
1822: Edward Phillips, of Melksham
1823: John Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
1824: Sir Edward Poore Bt, of Rushall
1825: Ernle Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
1826: Thomas Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
1827: Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville, of Rockley House, near Marlborough
1828: George Wroughton Wroughton, of Wilcot House, near Pewsey
1829: George Heneage Walker Heneage, of Compton Bassett
1830: Edward William Leyborne Popham, of Littlecote House
1831: Paul Methuen, of Corsham House
1832: Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Baronet, of Amesbury
1833: William Temple, of Bishopstrow, Warminster
1834: Thomas Bolton, of Brickworth
1835: Henry Seymour, of Knoyle
1836: Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet, of Everley
1837: Sir Frederick Hutchison Hervey Bathurst, 3rd Baronet, of Clarendon
1838: Thomas Assheton Smith, of Tedworth House, near Ludgershall
1839: Charles Lewis Phipps, of Wans House
1840: William Henry Fox Talbot, of Lacock Abbey
1841: Ambrose Hussey, of Salisbury
1842: Frederick William Rooke, of Lackham
1843: Henry Stephen Olivier, of Potterne
1844: George Edward Eyre, or Warrens, Bramshaw
1845: Wade Browne, of Monkton Farleigh
1846: The Right Honourable Jacob Pleydell Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, of Longford Castle
1847: Wadham Locke, of Ashton Giffard
1848: John Henry Campbell Wyndham, of The College, Salisbury
1849: Robert Parry Nisbet, of South Broom House, Devizes
1850: Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of Heywood House, Westbury
1851: Graham Moore Michell Esmeade, of Monkton, Chippenham
1852: John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
1853: Francis Leybourne Popham, of Chilton
1854: Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
1855: Simon Watson Taylor of Urchfont
1856: Charles William Miles, of Burton Hill House, Malmesbury
1857: Alfred Morrison, of Fonthill
1858: Francis Alexander Sydenham Locke, of Rowdeford
1859: John Neilson Gladstone, of Bowdon Park
1860: Horatio Nelson Goddard, of Cliffe Manor House, Cliffe Pypard
1861: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
1862: John Elton Mervyn Prower, of Purton House, Purton, near Swindon
1863: Thomas Fraser Grove, of Ferne
1864: John Lewis Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
1865: Thomas Henry Allen Poynder, of Hartham Park, near Chippenham
1866: Ambrose Denis Hussey-Freke, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
1867: Henry Calley, of Burderop Park
1868: Charles John Thomas Conolly, of Cottles House, near Melksham
1869: Ralph Ludlow Lopes, of Sandridge Park, Melksham
1870: John Ravenhill, of Ashton Gifford House
1871: John William Gooch Spicer, of Spye Park
1872: Sir John Neald, of Grittleton House
1873: Nathaniel Barton, of Corsley House, Warminster
1874: Edward Chaddock Lowndes, of Castle Combe
1875: Charles Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
1876: William Henry Poynder of Hartham, Chippenham
1877: Richard Walmesley of Lucknam
1878: George Pargiter Fuller
1879: William Stancomb of Blount's Court, Devizes
1880: Sir Edward Antrobus, of Amesbury
1881: George Morrison of Hampworth Lodge, Downton, Salisbury
1882: Edward Pleydell-Bouverie, of The Manor House, Market Lavington
1883: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, Bt, of Fonthill Abbey, Salisbury
1884: Richard Leckonby Hothersall Phipps
1885: Charles Edward Hungerford Athol Colston, of Roundway Park, Devizes
1886: Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet, of Dauntsey House, Chippenham
1887: Clement Walker Heneage, of Compton Bassett, Calne
1888: Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
1889: John Edmund Philip Spicer, of Spye Park, Chippenham
1890: Sir John Poynder Dickson
1891: Herbert James Harris, of Bowden Hill House, Chippenham,
1892: Sir John William Kelk, 2nd Baronet
1893: Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet
1894: William Henry Laverton
1895: Charles Walker
1896: Percy Wyndham
1897: Sir John Gladstone, 4th Baronet
1898: Sir William Roger Brown, of Highfield, Trowbridge
1899: Lieutenant-Colonel Wyatt William Turner, of Pinkney Park, Malmesbury
1900: Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, of Coombe House, Shaftesbury

20th century

1901: Charles Awdry of Shaw Hill, Melksham
1902: Edmund Clerke Schomberg of Clyffe Hall, Market Lavington
1903: George Llewellen Palmer of Lackham, Lacock, Chippenham
1904: Hugh Morrison, of Fonthill, Tisbury
1905: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, of Grittleton
1906: Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet, of Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham
1907: Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard, of The Lawn, Swindon
1908: Frederick Hastings Goldney, of Beechfield, Corsham
1909: Captain George Hounsom Fort, of Alderbury House
1910: Sir John Tankerville Goldney, of Monks Park, Corsham
1911: William Stancomb, of Blount's Court, Devizes
1912: Sir William Heward Bell
1913: Charles Penruddocke
1914: George Simon Arthur Watson-Taylor, of Erlestoke Park
1915: Sir Henry Hugh Arthur-Hoare, 6th Baronet of Stourhead
1916: George William Wynter Blathwayt, of Melksham House, Melksham
1917: John Moulton
1918: Eustace Richardson-Cox
1919: Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart
1920: Louis George Greville of Heale House, Upper Woodford
1921: Sir Frederick George Panizzi Preston of Landford Manor
1922: Charles Garnett of Greathouse, Kington Langley
1923: Bertram Erasmus Philipps of Dinton House, Dinton
1924: Washington Merritt Grant Singer
1925: Major Gerard James Buxton of Tockenham Manor, Swindon
1926: Major Robert Fleetwood Fuller of Great Chalfield, Melksham
1927: Lieut-Col Edgar Hugh Brassey of Dauntsey Park, Chippenham
1928: Robert William Awdry of Little Cheverell, Wilts
1929: Lieut-Col Arthur Carlton Nicholson of Hartham Park, Corsham, Wilts
1930: Vice-Admiral John Luce of Little Cheverell House, Devizes
1931: Claude Basil Fry, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
1932: William Cory Heward Bell
1933: Lieut-Col. William Llewellen Palmer of Rushmore Park, Salisbury
1934: Brigadier-General Edward Harding-Newman of Portway House, Warminster
1935: Herbert Paton Holt of Manor House, Great Somerford, Chippenham
1936: George Jardine Kidston
1937: Frederick George Glyn Bailey
1938: John Granville Morrison, created Lord Margadale in 1965
1939: John Morley
1940: Rupert Stephens
1941: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Glyn Bailey, of Lake House, Salisbury
1942: William Herbert Lee Ewart
1943: Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps
1944: William Llewellen Palmer
1945: Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe
1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Phillips, of Elm House, Winterbourne Dauntsey
1947: Egbert Cecil Barnes of Hungerdown, Seagry
1948: Claude Alexander Codrington of Wroughton House, Swindon
1949: Samuel Vandeleur Christie-Miller of Clarendon House, Clarendon Park, Salisbury
1950: Roger Money-Kyrle of Whetham House, Whetham, Calne
1951: Brigadier Francis Ernle Fowle of The Manor, Charlton St. Peter
1952: Guy Elland Carne Rasch
1953: Sir Noel Arkell
1954: Charles Edwin Awdry, of Notton Lodge, Lacock
1955: Sir Geoffrey Ronald Codrington of Roche Court, Winterslow
1956: Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller
1957: Arthur Guy Stratton of Manor House, Alton Priors
1958: Sir Geoffrey Ernest Tritton, 3rd Baronet, of Stanton House, Highworth, Swindon.
1959: Hugh Trefusis Brassey, of Manor Farm, Little Somerford, Chippenham
1960: Major David Adwyne Carne Rasch of Heale House, Middle Woodford
1961: Major-General George Drew Fanshawe of Farley Farm House, Farley
1962: Charles Murray Floyd
1963: Peter Thomas Wellesley Sykes
1964: Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
1965: Geoffrey Henry Barrington Chance
1966: Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto
1967: Frank Harold Elcho Skyrme
1968: Anthony William Allen Llewellen Palmer
1969: Edward Lancelot Luce
1970: Captain Roger Edward Lennox Harvey, of Parliament Piece, Ramsbury
1971: James Ian Morrison
1972: Nigel Bailey
1973: William Erskine Stobart Whetherly of Hallam, Ogbourne St George,

High Sheriff

20th century

1974: Martin Anthony Gibbs of Sheldon Manor, Chippenham
1975: Captain Robert Henry Heywood-Lonsdale, of Bapton Manor, near Warminster
1976: Gerald John Ward, of Park Farm, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire
1977: Major Anthony Richard Tumor, of Foxley Manor, Malmesbury
1978: Count Jan Badeni, of Norton Manor, Malmesbury
1979: John Michael Stratton, of Manor Farm, Stockton
1980: Major Peter Sturgis, of Church Lodge, Dauntsey Park, Chippenham
1981: Richard Flower Stratton, of "Seagrams", Kingston Deverill
1982: Samuel George Davenport, of Codford St Mary
1983: John Heatley Noble, of Puckshipton House, near Pewsey
1984: Major General John Humphrey Stephen Bowring, of Lower Swillbrook Farm, Minety
1985: Lieut-Colonel John Godfrey Jeans, of Chalke Pyt House, Broadchalke
1986: Arthur Peter Bedingfeld Scott, of Grange Farm, Maiden, Devizes
1987: Tristram Seton Sykes, of Norrington Manor, Alvediston
1988: Bonar Hugh Charles Sykes, of Conock Manor, Devizes
1989: Beresford Norman Gibbs, of Flintham House, Oaksey
1990: Nigel James Moffatt Anderson, of Hamptworth Lodge, Landford
1991: Christopher Eliot Eliot-Cohen, of Hilldrop Farm, Ramsbury
1992: George William Michael Street, of The Dairy House, Berwick St James
1993: Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Johnston
1994: Anna Ruth Grange, of Thomhill Farm, Malmesbury
1995: David John Randolph, of West Foscote Farm, Grittleton
1996: Andrew William Michael Christie-Miller, of Clarendon Park
1997: John Barnard Bush
1998: Lady Hawley, Little Cheverell House, Devizes
1999: Philip John Miles, of Middle Farm, Stanley
2000: Robert Lawton

21st century

2001: Richard David Stratton, Manor Farm, Kingston Deverill
2002: Sir Christopher Benson
2003: David Newbigging
2004: James Arkell
2005: David Margesson
2006: Geraldine Wimble
2007: Peter Pleydell-Bouverie
2008: Margaret Madeline Wilks, of Pewsey
2009: Robert Charles Floyd of Great Chalfield Manor
2010: Dame Elizabeth Louise Neville
2011: Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox of Marlborough
2012: Laura, Lady Phillips
2013: William Francis Wyldbore-Smith
2014: Peter John Gerald Addington of Hilmarton, Calne
2015: Lady Gooch of Chitterne, Warminster
2016: David Kim Hempleman-Adams of Box, Corsham
2017: Lady Marland of Odstock, Salisbury
2018: Nicola Alberry of Calne
2019: David Bedingfeld Scott of Nursteed, Devizes
2020: Major-General Ashley Truluck of Salisbury
2021: Sir Charles Hobhouse, of Monkton Farleigh, Bradford-on-Avon
2022: Fiona Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne of Calne
2023: Pradeep Bhardwaj of Wroughton, Swindon
2024: Dr Susan Olivia Chapple, near Salisbury
2025: Martin John Nye, of Chippenham