This is a list of sheriffs and since 1974 high sheriffs of Cambridgeshire.
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the 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. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff.
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Before 1154
Tempore Regis Eduardi: Aluric Godricson, Orgar, Blacuin
1066: Elfric
1070–c.1090: Picot of Cambridge
c.1110–1122: Gilbert
c.1125–1129: Fulk
Michaelmas 1129: Richard Basset with Aubrey de Vere
c.1133: Fulk
1140: Payn
From 1154 until 1635, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
1636–1641
3 October 1636: Sir John Carleton, 1st Baronet, of Cheveley
30 September 1637: Sir Thomas Chicheley, of Wimpole Hall
4 November 1638: Sir Thomas Wendy, of Haslingfield
1639: Thomas Prichard, of Trumpington
1640: John Crane, of Kingston
1641: Sir John Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Landwade
From 1642 until 1965, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. From 1965 until 1974, sheriffs were Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.