High Sheriff of Limerick City

The High Sheriff of Limerick City was the Sovereign's judicial representative in the city of the City of Limerick. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.^[1] Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.^[2] The office was abolished in 1920 on the formation of the Irish Free State.

High Sheriffs of Limerick City

16th century

1500 John Everard; Richard Fitz-Nicholas Creagh
1501 Robert Stackpol; Edmond Comyn
1502 Richard Harrold; Thomas Cromwell
1503 Robert Roche; Nicholas Bonevyle
1504 Nicholas Lawless; Nicholas Fitz-John Arthur; John Lewis or Lawless
1505 Nicholas Creagh; Nicholas Rochford
1506 Rhicard Whyte; Richard Sergeant
1507 Nicholas Harold; Nicholas Ryce
1508 Thomas Yong; Richard Sergeant
1509 David Comyn; Richard Boneovle
1510 Walter Rice; Richard Fanning
1511 Patrick Fanning; Thomas Rochfort
1512 David Whyte; Peter Comyn
1513 James Stretch; Christopher Harrold
1514 Christopher Creagh; James Fitz-Edward Arthur
1515 William Long; William Arthur
1516 Richard Milonis (Fitz-Milo) Arthur; Galfridus Stretch
1517 James Harrold; Peter Walter Arthur
1518 George Stretch; Peter Fitz-William Creagh
1519 Edmond Harrold; Daniel Fitz-John Arthur
1520 Stephen Creagh; Thomas Woulfe
1521 William Fanning; Andrew Harrold
1522 John Ryce; Thomas Arthur
1523 James Creagh; Stephen Comyn
1524 Peter Creagh; Patrick Everard
1525 Richard Comyn; Patrick Everard
1526 Nicholas Fitz-Thomas Creagh; John Nangyll
1527 John Fitz-Nicholas Arthur; Peter Fitz-Christopher Arthur
1528 William Creagh; Leonard Creagh
1529 Nicholas Comyn; Patrick Long
1530 William Verdun; Richard Stackpol
1531 John Harrold; Roland Arthur
1532 George Creagh; William White
1533 David Ryce; Thomas Long
1534 Bartholomew Stretch; John Fitz-John Stretch
1535 Dominick Whyte; Oeunepherous Fitz-Christopher Arthur
1536 John Comyn; Jasper Fanning
1537 William Yong; Patrick Ryce
1538 James Fox; James Roche
1539 William Stretch; Thomas Creagh
1540 David Creagh; James Loftus
1541 Walter Harold; Dominick Comyn
1542 William Stretch; James Stackpol
1543 William Creagh; William Yong
1544 Andrew Harrold; Hector Fitz-James Arthur
1545 Patrick Long; George Rochfort
1546 William Verdun; Myles Stretch
1547 Thomas Arthur; John Stackpol
1548 Peter Whyte; James Creagh
1549 John Harrold; Christopher Creagh
1550 James Stretch; Edward Fitz-Daniel Arthur
1551 Clement Fanning; Nicholas Harrold
1552 Roland Harold; Philip Rochford
1553 Nicholas Whyte; John Creagh
1554 William Fox; Richard Fanning
1555 David Comyn; Thomas Creagh
1556 Peter Fitz-Leonard Creagh; George Roche
1557 Richard Arthur; John Everard
1558 Stephen Whyte; Dominick Creagh
1559 Dominick Fanning; Thomas Fitz-Peter Creagh
1560 Thomas Fitz-Patrick Creagh; Richard Young
1561 Patrick Rochford; David Cromwell
1562 Nicholas Woulfe; Patrick Fox
1563 John Comyn; John Fanning
1564 George Fanning; Thomas Harrold
1565 Patrick Creagh; William Creagh
1567 James Creagh; John Wolfe
1568 Thomas Fitz-Arthur; Richard Cromwell
1569 Nicholas Price; Stephen Whyte
1570 Dominick Everard; Daniel Fitz-David Arthur
1571 George Fitz-Daniel Arthur; George Comyn
1572 Philip Comyn; Jordan Roche
1573 Thomas Stretch; Milo Fitz-Eustace Arthur
1574 George Cromwell; Nicholas Whyte
1575 Stephen Fitz-Dominick Whyte; David Rochfort
1576 William Fitz-John Arthur; Patrick Fanning
1577 Walter Fitz-Patrick Ryan; Nicholas Stretch
1578 John Stretch; Peter Stretch
1579 Thomas Stretch; Arthur Creagh
1580 Andrew Creagh; Edward Fitz-Hector Arthur
1581 Thomas Yong; George Harrold
1582 Peter Fitz-Dominick Creagh; Peter Oenopherous Arthur
1583 Oliver Harrold; Nicholas Bourke
1584 Nicholas Harrold; Patrick Midchell
1585 Patrick Woulfe; Oliver Bourke
1586 Robert Whyte; James Cromwell
1587 Stephen Roche; Edmond Comyn
1588 Martin Creagh (died); Walter Ryce and Patrick Woulf
1589 William Fitz-William Creagh; Thomas Stackpol
1590 Thomas Woulf; Nicholas Fox
1591 Edmond Fox; Richard Woulfe
1592 John Fitz-Andrew Comyn de Parke; David Woulfe
1593 Bartholomew Fitz-Jas. Stretch; Ed. Fitz-Stephen Whyte
1594 Dom. Fitz-John Arthur; Edward Stretch
1595 John Fitz-John Stretch; Clement Fanning
1596 Bartholomew Stackpol; Robert Bourke
1597 William Fitz-Thos.Arthur; James Fitz-Stephen Whyte
1598 Philip Roche; Thomas Bourke
1599 David Fitz-Nicholas Whyte; Michael Waters

17th century

1600 Simon Fanning; Robert Arthur
1601 William Fitz-Thomas Stretch; James Fitz-Edward Arthur; David Fitz-Walter Ryce
1602 James Fitz-James Whyte; William Myeagh
1603 Thomas Fitz-Philip Comyn; Thomas Fitz-Patrick Creagh
1604 David Fitz-Milo Comyn; Thomas Fitz Patrick Creagh
1605 Dominick Fitz-Peter Creagh; James Woulf
1606 Christopher Arthur; P. Creagh
1607 Nicholas Whyte; William Hally
1608 William Creagh; George White.
1609 William Myeagh; Dominick Creagh
1610 Walter Whyte; Jasper Whyte
1611 David Fitz-Geoffrey Ryce, (2 months); Christopher Creagh
1612 Patrick Fitz-Henry Whyte; John Skeolan
1613 John FitzJohn Arthur; George Woulfe
1614 Nicholas Fitz-Nicholas Stretch; William Roch de Cahiravahalla
1614 William Rochford; Peter Fitz-Peter Creagh
1614 Thomas Power; Arthur Fanning; Christopher Fitz- D. Arthur
1615 James White Fitz-Henry; Walter Fitz-Richard Arthur
1615 George Sexten; George Rochford
1615 Nicholas Fitz-Henry Whyte; George Rochford
1616 James Fitz-John Stretch; George Rochford
1616 John Fitz-John Stretch; Richard Lawless
1617 George Fitz-James Creagh; Peter Harrold
1618 Edward Sexten; David Roch
1619 Edward Sexten; Philip Ronane
1620
1621 James Lawless; Robert Lawless
1622 Peter Harrold; Philip Ronane
1623 George Fitz-James Creagh; Patrick Lawless
1624 James Sexten; Edward Barkley
1625 Nicholas Fanning; John Meyeagh
1626 James Fitz-Bw. Stackpol; George Bourke
1627 Andrew Fitz-Andrew Creagh; Peter Fitz-Oliver Harrold
1628 Dominick Fitz-Bw. Whyte; Edward Skeolane
1629 Peter Fitz-Andrew Creagh; William Fitz-Stephen Roch
1630 Stephen Fitz-James Whyte; Robert Hally
1631 Stephen Stretch; Dominick Tyrry
1632 James Fitz-Stephen Whyte; Francis Fanning
1633 James Fitz-Ed Fox; Peter Fitz-Peter Creagh
1634 John Fitz-Thomas Bourk; William Fitz-Peter Creagh
1635 Daniel Nihell; James Fitz-Water Ryce
1636 Luke Stretch; William Leyseaght
1637 James Fitz-John Creagh; James Hackett
1638 James Fitz-David Whyte; Nicholas Fitz-Ed. Fox
1639 David Fitz-David Whyte; William Fitz-William Stretch
1640 John Fitz-Jasper Comyn; Henry Cassy
1641 Thomas fitz-James Whyte; George Fitz-Patrick Rochfort
1642 Laurence Whyte; Laurence Ryce
1643 Thomas Fitz-David Comyn; James Sanfield
1644 James Mahowne; Patrick Meyeagh
1645 Thomas Fitz-Patrick Stretch; Edmund Fritz-Stephen Roch
1646 David Fitz-Peter Creagh; James Fitz-George Sexten
1647 Bartholomew Fitz-David Ryce; Patrick Woulfe
1648 Patrick Fitz-Oliver Arthur; Andrew Bourk
1649 David Rochefort; James Bonefield
1650 Martin Fitz-Andrew Creagh; Nicholas Ronan
1651 Stephen Fitz-David Skeolan; William Fitz-David Creagh
1656 John Comyn; Peter Ash
1657 John Comyn; Peter Ash
1658 Jeremy Heywood; Christopher Keyes
1659 Robert Passy; John Crabb
1660 Henry Price; Robert Shutt
1661 James Banting; William Pope
1662 Henry Salfield; William Joint
1663 Thomas Martin; John Burn
1664 John Lence; Samuel Foxon
1665 Henry Price; John Symmes
1666 John Backner; John Arthur
1667 William York; Anthony Bartlett
1668 Edward Clock; John Bennett
1669 Rowland Bonton; Henry Clinton
1670 Francis Whittamor; George Bockendoght
1671 Daniel Hignett; John Hart
1672 John Beer; John Halpin
1673 Robert Higgins; Bartholomew Ast.
1674 Thomas Rose; Robert Smith
1675 George Roche; William Craven
1676 Pierce Graham; Edward Waight
1677 Richard Lyllis; Wm. Clifford
1678 Thomas Long; John Bond
1679 William Allen; Moses Woodroff
1680 Richard Ingram; Thomas Meagher
1681 John Craven; Nathaniel Webb
1682 Edward Clark; Giles Spencer
1683 Richard Allen; John Ford
1684 Daniel Bowman; Simon White
1685 Thomas Breveter; Samuel Bartlett
1686 John Young; James Robinson
1687 Thomas Harrold; Peter Monsell
1688 Francis White; Philip Stackpole
1689 Thomas Creagh; Richard Harrold
1690 James Arthur; Nicholas Morrough
1691 John Young; James Robinson
1692 Zachary Holland; Bartholomew Lee
1693 Wm. Davis; Abraham Bowman
1694 Henry Chaplain; Charles Atkins
1695 Richard Sexten; George Roche
1696 John Vincent; Pierse Piersy
1697 Thomas Flaxon; John Higgins
1698 Tock Roche; Raudal Holland
1699 Richard Craven; Ezechias Holland

18th century

1700: Walter Parker; George Robinson
1701:
1708: Francis Sargent;
1714: Benjamin Barrington^{[citation needed]}
1715:
1720: John Graves;
1721:
1729:Benjamin Barrington^{[citation needed]}
1730:
1734: Peter Sargent;
1735: Richard Graves;James Sargent
1736: Henry Long;
1737:
1743: Henry Ievers;^[3]
1744:
1747: Francis Sargent;
1757: William Goggin;
1758:
1761: Francis Sargent;
1765: Francis Sargent;
1775: William Fitzgerald; William Gabbett
1776: Christopher Knight; Thomas Vincent
1777: Charles Sargent; Francis Russell.
1778: John Gabbett; Amos Vereker.
1779: Hugh Gough, John Harrison.
1780: Edward Parker; John Ferrar
1781: William Fosbery; John Frederick Furnell
1782: Georgc Tomkins; Hugh Brady.
1783: John Fitzgerald; William Russell
1784: William Wallace; Michael Blood
1785: Joseph Sargent; Arthur Vincent.
1786: William Piercy; Henry Rose.
1787: Robert Wallace; Samuel Hunter.
1788: John Cripps; William Hunt.
1789: Henry D'Esterre; Thomas Moroney.
1790: John Augustine Ievers; Bryan M'Mahon.
1791: George Sargeant; David Dwyer.
1792; Ralph Westrop; Henry Brady.
1793: George Davis; Thomas Edwards.
1794: Robert Briscoe; Joseph Cripps.
1795: Nicholas Mahon; Frederick Price.
1796: Robert Briscoe; Andrew Watson.
1797: Francis Lloyd; Richard Webb.
1798: Andrew Watson; Henry Pierce Carroll.
1799: Francis Lloyd; Richard Webb

19th century

1800: Philip Russell; Henry Collis.
1801: Edward Moroney; Thos. E. Wilkinson.
1802: Abraham Russell; Henry Collis.
1803: Henry Pierce Carroll; Colclough Stritch.
1804: Henry Pierce Carroll; Colclough Stritch.
1805: Ab. Colclough Strich; Bryan M'Mahon.
1806: Henry Pierce Carroll; D. F. G. Mahony.
1807: Edmond Morony; Thomas Westropp.
1808: Edmond Morony; Thomas Westropp
1809: Edmond Morony; Thomas Westropp
1810: Edmond Morony; Thomas Westropp
1811: D. F. G. Mahony; Henry Watson.
1812: Henry Collis; Arthur Brereton.
1813: Henry Collis; Arthur Brereton.
1814: Henry Collis; Arthur Brereton
1815: Henry Collis; Arthur Brereton
1816: Henry Collis; Arthur Brereton
1817: Henry Collis; Arthur Brereton
1818: W. M. Jackson; J. M'Al. Taverner
1819: W. M. Jackson; William Taylor.
1820: W. M. Jackson; William Taylor.
1821: W. Taylor; Andrew James Watson.
1822: W. Taylor; Andrew James Watson
1823: John Piercy; Henry Rose
1824: William Hunt; William Piercy
1825: John Harrison; John Westropp
1826: A. J. Watson; Richard Franklin Jnr.
1827: John S. T. Piercy; Edmond Moroney Jnr.
1828: William Gibson; John Standish.
1829: William Piercy; George Lloyd.
1830: Andrew James Watson: Henry Mahon.
1831: Edmond Moroney; Ralph Westropp Brereton.
1832: Richard Franklin; George Sexton.
1833: William Piercy; Samuel Moore Watson.
1834: George Lloyd: Francis Philip Russell.
1835: Edmond Moroney jnr.; Ralph W. Brereton
1836: Henry Mahon; Hughes Russell.
1837: Richard Franklin; Henry Vereker.
1838: George Lloyd; James Sexton.
1839: Robert Hunt; Thomas F. G. Sexton.
1840: Ralph Westropp Brereton; Thomas Lloyd.
1841: Robert Ringrose Gelston; Arthur V. Warson.
1842: Dr. Gelston.
1843: John Norrls Russell.
1844: Samuel Dickson.
1845: William Roche.
1846: Henry Watson.
1847: Richard Russell.
1848: Henry Maunsell
1849: David Leahy Arthur.
1850: William Spaight of Derry Castle.^[4]
1851: P. A. Shannon.
1852: William Gabbett
1853: Sir James Spaight, J.P., D.L ^[4]
1854: Major George Gavin.
1855: Francis Grene
1856: Helenus White.
1857: Captain Michael Gavin.
1858: Thomas Kane, M.D.
1859: Andrew V. Watson.
1860: Edward Murphy.
1861: Thompson Russell.
1862: Robert Hunt.
1863: Thorns Boyse
1864: H. C. Vereker.
1865: John Thomas M'Sheehy.
1866: Eugene O'Callaghan.
1867: Eugene O'Callaghan.
1868: Lawrence Quinlivan.
1869: John Quin.
1870: John MacDonnell.
1871: John MacDonnell.
1872: John Howley.
1873: Michael Robert Ryan.
1874: Robert McDonnell
1875: John McDonnell
1876: Thomas Enright O'Brien.
1877: Charles Dawson
1878: William L. Hunt
1879: Charles McDonnell.
1880: Maurice Lenihan.
1881: Octavius Wallace
1882: William Boyd.
1883: William Boyd.
1884: Stephen Dowling.
1885: Stephen Dowling.
1886: Lawrence O'Keeffe
1887: James O'Mara
1888: Stephen O'Mara
1889: William J. O'Donnell.
1890: William M. Nolan.
1891: Patrick E. Bourke
1892: Thomas McMahon Cregan.
1893: Michael Spain.
1894: Patrick Kenna.
1895: Patrick Kenna
1896: Joseph P. Gaffney.
1897: Stephen Byrne Quin.
1898: Stephen Byrne Quin.
1899: Sir Thomas Henry Cleeve

20th century

1900: Seamus F. de Barra.
1901: Patrick McDonnell.
1902: Patrick McDonnell.
1903: James Flynn.
1904: James Flynn.
1905: E. J. Long.
1906: E. J. Long.
1907: Sir Thomas Henry Cleeve.
1908: Sir Thomas Henry Cleeve.
1909: W.L. Stokes.
1910: William Holliday.
1911: Charles McDonnell.
1912: Charles McDonnell.
1913: Stephen O'Mara.
1914: Stephen O'Mara.
1915: Thomas S. Lawlor.
1916: Thomas S. Lawlor.
1917: James H. Roche.
1918: James H. Roche.
1918: Maurice P. Riordan.
1919: Maurice P. O'Riordan.
1920 – Office abolished.

References

^ John David Griffith Davies; Frederick Robert Worts (1928). England in the Middle Ages: Its Problems and Legacies. A. A. Knopf. p. 119.
^ Alexander, George Glover (1915). The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales). The University Press. pp. 89.
^ A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke
^ ^a ^b "Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland"

[1] John David Griffith Davies; Frederick Robert Worts (1928). England in the Middle Ages: Its Problems and Legacies. A. A. Knopf. p. 119.

[Alexander-2] Alexander, George Glover (1915). The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales). The University Press. pp. 89.

[3] A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke

[LGI-4] "Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland"

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