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High Sheriff of Dorset is in High Sheriff.
In 1445 Robert Capps was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
After 1494 Edward Redman Lord Harewood (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1519 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 20) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1528 John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1548 John Thynne (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1567 Maurice Berkeley (age 61) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1597 Thomas Freke (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1611 Thomas Freke (age 47) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1612 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In January 1636 John Freke (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset which office he held until Oct 1636.
In 1772 John Smith 1st Baronet (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1800 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1817 William Oglander 6th Baronet (age 48) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.