HIGH SHERIFFS OF THE COUNTY.
1800—William Smith, Esq., Eardiston.
1801—Thomas Phillips, Esq., Broadway.
1802—Thomas Newnham, Esq., Broadwas.
1803—John Phillips, Esq., Winterdyne.
1804—Edward Knight, Esq., Wolverley (ob.), and Thomas Holme Esq., Beoley.
1805—John Amphlett, Esq., Clent.
1806—Sir Thomas Winnington, Bart., Stamford.
1807—Thomas Bland, Esq., Ham Court.
1808—Sir John Pakington, Bart., Westwood.
1809—Henry Bromley, Esq., Abberley Hall.
1810—Joseph Smith, Esq., Sion Hill.
1811—Thomas Hawkes, Esq., Dudley.
1812—John Baker, Esq., Wolverley.
1813—E. Lechmere Charlton, Esq., Hanley.
1814—John Knight, Esq., Lea Castle.
1815—Edward Dixon, Esq., Dudley.
1816—Joseph Lea, Esq., The Hill.
1817—John Taylor, Esq., Strensham.
1818—Samuel Wall, Esq., Hallow Park.
1819—John Jeffreys, Esq., Blakebrook.
1820—Richard Griffiths, Esq., Thorngrove.
1821—Elias Isaac, Esq., Boughton House.
1822—Samuel Ryland, Esq., Northfield.
1823—John Williams, Esq., Pitmaston.
1824—Sir C. S. Smith, Bart., Eardiston.
1825—T. S. Vernon, Esq., Shrawley.
1826—James Taylor, Esq., Moor Green.
1827—George Farley, Esq., Henwick House.
1828—George Meredith, Esq., Berrington, near Tenbury.
1829—E. Rudge, Esq., Manor House, Evesham.
1830—John Scott, Esq., Stourbridge.
1831—O. Ricardo, Esq., Bromsberrow Place.
1832—John Joseph Martin, Esq., Ham Court.
1833—John Brown, Esq., Lea Castle.
1834—John Howard Galton, Esq., Hadzor House.
1835—Sir Edward Blount, Bart., Mawley Hall.
1836—Sir O. P. Wakeman, Bart., Perdiswell.
1837—W. A. Roberts, Esq., Bewdley.
1838—Robert Berkeley, jun., Esq., Spetchley.
1839—William Congreve Russell, Esq.
1840—James Foster, Esq., Stourton Castle.
1841—T. C. Hornyold, Esq., Blackmore Park.
1842—Edward Holland, Esq., Dumbleton.
1843—William Robins, Esq., Hagley.
1844—John Richards, Esq., Wassell Grove.
1845—Thomas Simcox Lea, Esq., Astley Hall.
1846—William Hemming, Esq., Bordesley Park.
1847—E. G. Stone, Esq., Chambers Court.
1848—John Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Northfield.
1849—John Dent, Esq., Worcester.
1850—J. G. Watkins, Esq., Woodfield.
CHAIRMEN OF PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISIONS.
Worcester Division—Early part of present century—Thomas Bund, Esq.
1810 to 1820—Rev. Arthur Onslow, D.D., Dean of Worcester.
1820 to 1842—Rev. John Foley, Holt.
Present Chairmen (alternately)—T. G. Curtler, Esq., and Rev. John Pearson.
Hundred House Division—To 1834, Sir C. S. Smith, Bart.
Present Chairman—The Rev. Thomas Pearson.
Pershore Division—1800 to 1836—Thomas Beale Cooper, Esq., M.D., Richard Hudson, Esq., and Lieutenant General Thomas Marriott.
Present Chairman—C. E. Hanford, Esq.
Bromsgrove Division—1833 (when the Petty Sessions were first held here)—The Hon. and Rev. Walter Hutchinson Lord Aston.
Present Chairman—The Rev. William Vernon.
Evesham Division (formed 1842)—Thomas B. Cooper, Esq., M.D.
Stourport Division (formed 1848)—Thomas Simcox Lea, Esq.
Tenbury Division (formed 1845)—Rev. Charles Turner Farley.
Blockley Division—Early part of the present century—Rev. J. R. Hall and William Broughton, Esq.
1827 to present time—William Dickens, Esq.
Dudley Division—1800—The Rev. Joseph Cartwright.
1811—The Rev. William Smith.
Present Chairmen—Thomas Badger, Esq., or the senior magistrate in attendance.
Droitwich Division—Early part of the century—The Rev. J. V. Vashon and the Hon. and Rev. Lord Aston.
1844—Rev. William Vernon.
Upton Division—18-- Rev. George Turberville.
1838—Rev. Charles Dunne.
1850—Rev. A. B. Lechmere.
In the Kidderminster, Halesowen, Northfield, and Stourbridge Divisions it has not been the practice to appoint any permanent chairmen.