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From 1385 to 1390 Ralph Eure [aged 35] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
From 1397 to 1399 Ralph Eure [aged 47] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
On 21st January 1405 Thomas Rokeby [aged 25] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland which office he held until November 1405.
In 1454 Robert Manners [aged 46] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1527, 1533, 1542, 1548 and 1554 John Delaval [aged 28] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1578 William Fenwick [aged 28] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1601 Edward Talbot 8th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 39] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1601 Nicholas Forster [aged 61] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1609 Edward Talbot 8th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 47] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
Before 17th October 1609, when his inventory of £824 was appraised by John Salkeld, Thomas Orde, George Harbottle, Nicholas Forster [aged 69] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1612 Claudius Forster 1st Baronet [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1619 John Fenwick 1st Baronet [aged 49] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1644 John Fenwick 1st Baronet [aged 74] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1649 Ralph Delaval 1st Baronet [aged 26] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1688 William Blackett 1st Baronet [aged 30] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1729 Francis Blake Delaval [aged 36] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1731 Walter Calverley aka Blackett 2nd Baronet [aged 23] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1772 Francis Blake 1st Baronet [aged 62] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1801 Charles Miles Lambert Monck 6th Baronet [aged 21] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1807 William Blackett 5th Baronet [aged 47] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1833 Edward Blackett 6th Baronet [aged 27] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
In 1884 Arthur Monck aka Middleton 7th Baronet [aged 45] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1911 Captain James Harold Cuthbert [aged 34] was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.
John Heron of Ford Castle Northumberland was appointed High Sheriff of Northumberland.