• The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which...
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  • 1530–7 July 1597) of Creeksea Place in Essex, England, served as High Sheriff of Essex in 1589, a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Commissioners appointed...
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  • tradition of service in mid-ranking posts under Henry II. Geoffrey's elder brother, Simon Fitz Peter, was at various times High Sheriff of Northamptonshire...
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    John Howard (died 1437) (category High sheriffs of Essex)
    reign of King Henry IV but he continued to sit as a JP and serve on royal commissions. He served the first of two terms as High Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire...
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  • George Corwin (category Sheriffs of Essex County, Massachusetts)
    was the High Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials, for which he signed warrants for the arrest and execution of those condemned...
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  • Aubrey de Vere II (category High sheriffs of Essex)
    and Stephen. Henry I also appointed him as sheriff of London and Essex and co-sheriff with Richard Basset of eleven counties. In 1130 he owed the king...
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  • Edward Joseph Todhunter (category High sheriffs of Essex)
    soldier and High Sheriff of Essex. Ted Todhunter was born on his family's estate of Kingsmoor House and Stewards farm in Great Parndon, Essex. He attended...
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  • Richard de Lucy (category High sheriffs of Essex)
    as Richard the Loyal, was first noted as High Sheriff of Essex, after which he was made Chief Justiciar of England. The De Lucy family took its surname...
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    Jennifer Tolhurst (category High sheriffs of Essex)
    vice-chairman of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee. She was High Sheriff of Essex in 2005. Tolhurst lives in Danbury with her husband, Philip. They...
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    created Baronet Child of Wanstead in the County of Essex. In 1685 he was elected MP for Ludlow. He served as High Sheriff of Essex in 1689. Child's advocacy...
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