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In 1538 John Williams 1st Baron Williams [aged 38] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire which position he held until 1539.
In 1544 John Williams 1st Baron Williams [aged 44] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire which position he held until 1545.
In 1553 John Williams 1st Baron Williams [aged 53] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire which position he held until 1545.
In 1554 Richard Brydges [aged 54] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
Before 14th November 1559 Thomas Brydges [aged 63] was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester, High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
In 1562 Henry Norreys [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
In 1567 Edward Unton [aged 33] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1575 Thomas Parry [aged 34] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1600 Samuel Backhouse [aged 45] was High Sheriff of Berkshire during which time he was visited by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 66].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1616 William Standen of Arborfield, Berkshire was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1619 Humphrey Forster 1st Baronet [aged 24] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1635 Greville Verney 15th Baron Latimer 7th Baron Willoughby [aged 49] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1744 Thomas Head was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1766 William East 1st Baronet [aged 27] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1821 Frederick West [aged 54] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1822 Gilbert East 2nd Baronet [aged 58] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.