High Sheriff of Wiltshire



This is a list of the sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) 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.

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 (2º B. Bohun of Taterford) – 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 (Richard de Wilton)
 * 1163: Milo de Dauntesey
 * 1164–1181: Richard de Wilton or de Wilteshire
 * 1181: Michael Belet and Robert Malde (Mauduit)
 * 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 (as above)
 * 1193–1197: William d'Évreux (as above) and Thomas d'Évreux (otherwise Devereux) 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 (i.e., de Vipont) jointly with Nicholas de Vipont
 * 1211–1212: Robert de Veteriponte (i.e., de Vipont)
 * 1215–1225: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (died in office)
 * 1226: Simon de Hale, or de Hales (previously Sheriff of Yorkshire 1223-5)
 * 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 (otherwise Scudamore)
 * 1260: John de Verund
 * 1261–1263: Rad. [i.e. Radulphus otherwise Rafe or Ralph] 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 (otherwise Sir Hildebrand de Londres)
 * 1281–1288: John de Wotton
 * 1289–1290: Richard de Combe
 * 1291–1295: Thomas de St Omero (otherwise de St-Omer)
 * 1296–1298: Walter Pavely (otherwise Paveley)
 * 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 (otherwise de St Lo or Saint Lowe)
 * 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 (i.e. de Berwick)
 * 1338–1340: John Mauduit
 * 1341: Thomas de Sto Mauro (otherwise Seymour) and Robert Lokes
 * 1342–1344: John Mauduit
 * 1345–1346: John Roches
 * 1347: John Roches and Thomas Semor (otherwise Seymour, see also 1341)
 * 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. (i.e. Radulphus) de Norton
 * 1381: Laurence de Sco. Martino (otherwise de St Martin) 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 (or Moyne) 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. (i.e. Radulphus for Rafe or Ralph) Grene (otherwise Green)
 * 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 (otherwise Calston) of Littlecote and Upton Lovell
 * 1416: Robert Andrewe (or Andrew)
 * 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 (see 1420)
 * 1423: Sir Robert Shotesbrook (or Shottesbrook)
 * 1424: William Finderne
 * 1425: Walter Pauncefoot
 * 1426: John Stourton, of Stourton
 * 1427: William Darell, of Littlecote (see 1420)
 * 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 (see 1426)
 * 1434: Sir Stephen Popham of Popham
 * 1435: Edmund or Edward Hungerford
 * 1436: William Beauchamp
 * 1437: Sir John Stourton (see 1426)
 * 1438: Sir John VI Lisle
 * 1439: John St Loe (or Saint Lowe)
 * 1440: John Norris
 * 1441: Richard Restwold of Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire and Sindlesham, Berkshire
 * 1442: William Beauchamp
 * 1443: Sir John Bainton (otherwise Bayntun, see 1429), of Falstone (or Fallersdon) 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 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 (see 1456)
 * 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 Laurence 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 (? of Bere Regis, Dorset)
 * 1488: Thomas Vinour
 * 1489: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (1st term)
 * 1490: Constantius (i.e. Constantine) Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
 * 1491: John Lye, of Flamstone in Bishopstone
 * 1492: John Yorke, of Helthrop, near Ramsbury
 * 1493: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (2nd term)
 * 1494: Richard Puddesey
 * 1495: Constantius (i.e. Constantine) Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
 * 1496: George Chaderton (otherwise Chadderton or Chatterton), of Lydiard Millicent
 * 1497: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (3rd term)
 * 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 (see 1500)
 * 1507: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
 * 1508: John Mompesson
 * 1509: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (4th term)
 * 1510: Sir Walter Hungerford
 * 1511: Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (1st term)
 * 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 (see 1507)
 * 1519: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (5th term)
 * 1520: John Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
 * 1521: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bourton, Bishop's Cannings
 * 1522: Sir Edward Bayntun, of Bromham
 * 1523: Thomas Yorke
 * 1524: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall (see 1518)
 * 1525: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (2nd term)
 * 1526: Sir John Bourchier
 * 1527: Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
 * 1528: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley)
 * 1529: John Horsey, of Martin
 * 1530: Thomas Yorke
 * 1531: Thomas Bonham, of Great Wishford
 * 1532: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley)
 * 1533: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle
 * 1534: Robert Baynard, of Lackham
 * 1535: Thomas Yorke (see 1530)
 * 1536: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (3rd term)
 * 1537: Sir John Brydges
 * 1538: Sir Anthony Hungerford (see 1527)
 * 1539: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bishop's Cannings
 * 1540: Edward Mompesson
 * 1541: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (4th term)
 * 1542: John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford (1st term)
 * 1543: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), 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 (2nd term)
 * 1551: William Stumpe died and replaced by Sir James Stumpe of Charlton and Malmesbury (1st term)
 * 1552: Sir William Sharington (or Sherington), of Lacock Abbey (died in office)
 * 1553: Edward Baynard, of Lackham
 * 1553: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings
 * 1554: Robert Hungerford of Cadnam (otherwise Cadenham)
 * 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 (2nd term)
 * 1559: George Ludlow
 * 1560: Sir John Marvyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Gifford (3rd term)
 * 1561: George Penruddock of Ivy Church, Laverstock, and Compton Chamberlayne
 * 1562: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings (see 1553)
 * 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 (see 1555)
 * 1572: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle (see 1557)
 * 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 (otherwise Erneley), of Bourton, in Bishop's Cannings, and Whetham, Calne
 * 1580: William Brouncker of Melksham
 * 1581: Sir Walter Hungerford (see 1572)
 * 1582: Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
 * 1583: John Snell of Kington St Michael
 * 1584: Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey (see 1573)
 * 1585: Edmund Ludlow of Hill Deverill
 * 1586: Richard Moody, of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
 * 1587: Sir Walter Hungerford (see 1581)
 * 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 (otherwise Sadler or Sadlier) 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 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 (?Choke)
 * 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 (otherwise Awdley), of Colepark, Malmesbury
 * 1655: John Dove, of Salisbury
 * 1656: Robert Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren near Highworth
 * 1657: (?Robert) 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 Grobham 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: (John Davenant: altered to) 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: (James Blatch: altered to) Stephen Blatch, of Westbury
 * 1691: Henry Wallis, of Trowbridge
 * 1692: Henry Nourse (altered to Sir William Pynsent, Bt, and again to 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, (? of Richardston near Winterbourne Basset)
 * 1699: (Walter Ernle: altered to) John Kyrle (otherwise Curll), of Turley near Bradford
 * 1700: (Joseph Houlton: altered to) Francis Merewether of Easterton, Market Lavington

18th century

 * 1701: Richard Jones of Ramsbury
 * 1702: (William Willoughby: altered to) 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: (Thomas Blatch: altered to) Andrew Duke, of Bulford
 * 1707: Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
 * 1708: Francis Kenton
 * 1709: (Oliver Calley: altered to) 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 (or Wallis), 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 (or William Wyndham?)
 * 1741: Anthony Guy, of Chippenham
 * 1742: William Batt, of Salisbury
 * 1743: John or William Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
 * 1744: (John Walters of Titherley: altered to) 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 (otherwise Benett), of Pyt House
 * 1759: William Norris, of Nonesuch House, Bromham
 * 1760: George Flower, of Devizes
 * 1761: Scrope (otherwise Scroop) 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 (New Sarum)
 * 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 [or of Roundway]
 * 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: The Right Hon. 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 Palmer of Lackham, Lacock
 * 1904: Hugh Morrison, of Fonthill, Tisbury
 * 1905: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, of Grittleton
 * 1906: Sir Gabriel 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, M.V.O.
 * 1928: Robert William Awdry of Little Cheverell, Wilts, T.D.
 * 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, M.C.
 * 1934: Brigadier-General Edward Harding-Newman of Portway House, Warminster, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O.
 * 1935: Herbert Paton Holt of Manor House, Great Somerford, Chippenham, M.C.
 * 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, C.B.E. of Stanton House, Highworth, Swindon.
 * 1959: Hugh Trefusis Brassey, M.C., 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, MC (born 1912)
 * 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,

20th century

 * 1974: Martin Anthony Gibbs of Sheldon Manor, Chippenham
 * 1975: Captain Robert Henry Heywood-Lonsdale, M.B.E., M.C., 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 (Nicky) 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: (Susan) Olivia Chapple, near Salisbury