This is a list of sheriffs and since 1998 high sheriffs of Worcestershire.
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.
Under the same act Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form the new county of Hereford and Worcester, therefore the office of Sheriff of Worcestershire was replaced by that of High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester. However, in 1998 the new county was dissolved, restoring Herefordshire and Worcestershire and creating the offices of High Sheriff of Herefordshire and High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
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Medieval
Henry II (25 October 1154 – 6 July 1189)
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England; Rev George Miller, The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester
Richard I 6 July 1189 – 6 April 1199
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
John 1199–1216
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Henry III 1216–1272
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Edward I 1272–1307
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
William de Bello Campo Comes Warwick 1–26
Guido de Bello Campo 27–35
Edward II 7 July 1307 – 25 January 1327
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Guido de Bello Campo, Comes Warwick and Robert de Berkenhall
Guido de Bello Campo, Comes Warwick and Walter de Perthrope 2–5
Guido de Bello Campo, and Robert de Warwick 6–7
Guido de Bello Campo 8
Johan de Hernyold 9
Walter de Bello Campo 10–11
William Stracy 12–14
William de Bello Campo 15–16
Nicholas Russell 17–18
Walter de Kokesey 19
Edward III 25 January 1327 – 1377
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Richard II 1377–99
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Henry IV Bolingbroke 30 September 1399 – 1413
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Henry V 20 March 1413 – 1422
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Henry VI
Richard de Bello Campo 1–15
Norman Washburne, Subvice 16
Henry Beauchamp 18
Thomas Lyttelton 26
Richard Nevyle 28
Edward IV (first reign) 4 March 1461 – 2 October 1470
Gualterus Skull 12
James Radclyffe 20
Richard III 26 June 1483 – 1485
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Henry VII 22 August 1485 – 1509
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Humphrey Stafford
John Savage II, mil.13-24
Early modern
Henry VIII 21 April 1509 – 1547
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Edward VI 28 January 1547 – 1553
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Mary I 19 July 1553 – 1558
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Elizabeth I 1558 – 1603
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
James I 24 March 1603 – 1625
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
Charles I (1625–49)
Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England