• For Sheriffs prior to 1568 see
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests • 1567: Sir Anthony Strelley • 1568: Thomas Cowper • 1569: John Byron • 1570: John Nevill • 1571:
Robert Markham • 1572:
Sir Gervase Clifton (4th term) • 1573:
William Holles of Haughton • 1574:
Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford • 1575:
Henry Pierrepont of
Holme Pierrepont • 1576: George Chaworth of Wiverton • 1577:
Thomas Markham of Ollerton • 1578:
John Biron of
Newstead Abbey • 1579: Sir
Francis Willoughby of
Wollaton Hall (1st term) • 1580: George Nevill • 1581: William Sutton of Arundel • 1582: Francis Molyneux of
Teversal Manor • 1583:
Robert Markham • 1584: Brian Lassels • 1585: John Sydenham • 1586: George Chaworth • 1587:
Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford • 1588: Sir
Francis Willoughby of
Wollaton Hall (2nd term) • 1589: John Byron • 1590: Thomas Thornhough • 1591:
John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare of Haughton • 1592: John Basset • 1593: Sir
Francis Willoughby of
Wollaton Hall (3rd term) • 1594: William Sutton • 1595:
Richard Whalley of Kirton and Screveton • 1596:
John Biron of
Newstead Abbey • 1597: John Thorold • 1598: Henry Chaworth • 1599: Brian Lassels ==17th century==