High Sheriff of Cumberland

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 April.

The post of High Sheriff of Cumberland existed from the creation of the county in the twelfth century up until 1974 when the administrative and ceremonial or geographic county of Cumberland became part of Cumbria.

List of High Sheriffs

High Sheriffs of Cumberland have included:

1100–1199

• 1158–1171 Robert fitz Truite
• 1172 Robert fitz Truite and Adam his son
• 1173 Adam son of Robert Truite
• 1174 Robert de Vans
• 1175
• 1176 Robert Truitt and Adam his son
• 1177–1178 Robert de Vallibus (Vaux)
• 1179 Robert de Vallibus and Roger de Legiere
• 1180–1183 Robert de Vallibus
• 1184–1185 Hugh de Norwich
• 1186 Hugh de Norwich and Nicholas his brother
• 1189–1197 William of Aldelin
• 1199–1200 William de Stutevill and John Laleman
• 1189–1199 Hugh Bardulf
• 1198 Robert de Tateshall

1200–1299

2

• 1265: Roger de Leybourne
• 1268–78: Sir Ranulph de Dacre of Dacre, Cumberland
• Robert Courtenay

1300–1399

2

1400–1499

2

1500–1599

2

1600–1699

2

1700–1799

2

1800–1899

2

1900–1973

2

References

• The History of the Worthies of England Volume 1