The following are names of the high sheriffs and under-sheriffs of Glamorganshire in Wales between 1571 and 1624. Many of these men were sheriff or under-sheriff more than once; if it is clear that an entry is for the same person as listed earlier, I have listed all the years for which they served. It is interesting to note how many fathers and sons and brothers served together as high sheriff and under-sheriff. There are 129 different men listed here; of them, William, John, and Thomas are the three most popular given names, accounting for 14.7%, 13.9%, and 12.4% of the total given names respectively.
Anthony | 2 |
Anthony Mansel | 1591 |
Anthony Powell | 1594, 1604 |
Christopher | 2 |
Christopher Turbervill | 1550, 1569 |
Christopher Turbervill | 1616 (possibly same as above, or his son) |
David | 5 |
David Evans | 1563 |
David John Vaughan | 1553 |
David Kemeys | 1617 |
David Lloyd | 1611 |
David Robert | 1571 |
Edmund | 1 |
Edmund Mathew | 1593 |
Edward | 11 |
Edward Button | 1589 (son of Miles Button) |
Edward Carne | 1543, 155 |
Edward Holland | 1566 |
Edward Kemeys | 1575, 1585, 1595, 1605 |
Edward Lewis | 1549, 1556, 1560 |
Edward Lewis | 1602 (probably son of above) |
Edward Lewis | 1613 |
Edward Mansel | 1576 |
Edward Prichard | 1600 |
Edward Stradling | 1574, 1583, 1596 |
Edward Van | 1619 |
Evan | 1 |
Evan Thomas ap Evan | 1615 |
Gabriel | 2 |
Gabriel Lewis | 1587, 1615 |
Gabriel Lewis | 1602 (possibly same as above) |
George | 5 |
George Herbert | 1541, 1553 |
George Herbert | 1584 |
George Kemeys | 1588 |
George Lewis | 1611 |
George Mathew | 1545 |
George Williams | 1620 |
Henry | 4 |
Henry Lewis | 1552 |
Henry Mathew | 1580, 1590 (brother of William Mathew) |
Henry Matthew | 1569 |
Henry Penry | 1617 |
Hopkin | 2 |
Hopkin David Edward | 1606 |
Hopkin Evans | 1601 |
James | 4 |
James Button | 1543 |
James Button | 1557 (possibly same as above) |
James Thomas | 1551 |
James Thomas | 1551 (son of James Thomas) |
Jenkin | 4 |
Jenkin Cradock | 1622 |
Jenkin Franklin | 1541 |
Jenkin Williams | 1558 |
Jenkin Williams | 1573 |
John | 18 |
John Andrew | 1585 |
John Carne | 1561, 1588 |
John Carne | 1601, 1621 (same as above, or his son) |
John Gamage | 1586 |
John Gwyn | 1598 (died) |
John Kemeys | 1562 |
John Powell | 1624 |
John Rowe | 1623 |
John Smith | 1549 |
John Smith | 1560 |
John Smith | 1567 |
John Smith | 1572 |
John Stradling | 1596 |
John Stradling | 1608, 1620 |
John Thomas | 1579 |
John Thomas Bassett | 1546 |
John Turbervill | 1544 |
John Unett | 1559 |
Lambrook | 1 |
Lambrook Stradling | 1583 |
Lewis | 4 |
Lewis Griffith | 1579 |
Lewis Griffith | 1582 (possibly same as above) |
Lewis Griffith | 1592 |
Lewis Thomas ap William | 1612, 1624 |
Leyson | 1 |
Leyson Lewis | 1574 |
Marmaduke | 1 |
Marmaduke Mathew | 1593 |
Miles | 4 |
Miles Button | 1555, 1557 |
Miles Button | 1565, 1571, 1589 |
Miles Mathew | 1547 |
Miles Mathew | 1614 (brother of Thomas Mathew) |
Morgan | 3 |
Morgan Cradock | 1605 |
Morgan Gibbon | 1590 |
Morgan Meyrick | 1610 |
Nicholas | 1 |
Nicholas Herbert | 1577, 1586 |
Owen | 1 |
Owen Price | 1619 |
Philip | 2 |
Philip William Eglwysilan | 1612 |
Philip Williams | 1607 |
Rees/Rice | 3 |
Rees Knapp | 1616 |
Rees Lewis | 1584 |
Rice Mansel | 1542, 1554 |
Reynold | 1 |
Reynold David | 1577 |
Richard | 5 |
Richard Bassett | 1597, 1609 |
Richard Button | 1565 |
Richard Gwynn | 1573 |
Richard Thomas | 1563 |
Richard Walwyn | 1559 |
Robert | 2 |
Robert Mathew | 1618 (brother of William Mathew) |
Robert Stradling | 1548 (brother of Thomas Stradling) |
Roger | 1 |
Roger Seys | 1570 |
Rowland | 1 |
Rowland Morgan | 1598, 1607 |
Thomas | 16 |
Thomas Aubrey | 1603 |
Thomas Bassett | 1597, 1609 (son of Richard Bassett) |
Thomas Bassett | 1603 |
Thomas Carne | 1562, 1572, 1581 |
Thomas Griffith | 1556 |
Thomas Griffith | 1561 |
Thomas Lewis | 1545 |
Thomas Lewis | 1561, 1570, 1587 |
Thomas Lewis | 1599 |
Thomas Lewis Reynold | 1599 |
Thomas Mansel | 1594, 1604, 1623 |
Thomas Mathew | 1614 |
Thomas Powell | 1550, 1554 |
Thomas Powell | 1576 |
Thomas Pranch | 1591 |
Thomas Stradling | 1548 |
Walter | 2 |
Walter Williams | 1568 |
Walter Williams | 1575 |
William | 19 |
William Bassett | 1542, 1544, 1558 |
William Bassett | 1622 |
William David | 1581 |
William Herbert | 1552, 1567 |
William Herbert | 1564, 1578 |
William Herbert | 1564, 1578, 1582 |
William Herbert | 1592, 1606 (same as above, or his son) |
William Jenkins | 1566 |
William Jones | 1547 |
William Mathew | 1568, 1580 |
William Mathew | 1618 |
William Meyrick | 1546 |
William Powell | 1598 |
William Robert | 1613 |
William Roberts | 1621 |
William St. John | 1595 |
William Stradling | 1608 |
William Williams | 1600 |
W. Meyrick | 1610 (brother of Morgan Meyrick) (it is my guess that W. is an abbreviation for William) |
Source: Nicholas, Thomas. The History and Antiquities of Glamorganshire and Its Families, (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1874).