# Chief Bailiff of Hereford

The chief bailiff of Hereford was the most senior secular magistrate in the city of Hereford, England, elected by the citizens of the city annually. The role was equivalent to that of a mayor, and was superseded by that title by letters patent issued by Richard II, King of England, on 15 November, 1383. One of the King's knights, Sir John Burley, had petitioned him for this change. There were typically also two under-bailiffs.

## List of chief bailiffs of Hereford

Richard Johnson's The Ancient Customs of the City of Hereford (1882) is the only source of a complete list of bailiffs of Hereford. The complete list does not appear on any contemporary documents, and it is unclear where Johnson got his information from. Not all the names survive on court rolls.
| Date | Name |
| 1268 | Richard Bisse |
| 1269 | Adam Swain |
| 1270 | Adam Swain |
| 1271 | Walter le Wanter |
| 1272 | John Seym |
| 1273 | Hugo Seward |
| 1274 | Reginald Moniword |
| 1275 | Richard Moniword |
| 1276 | Richard Moniword |
| 1277 | John de Pyon |
| 1278 | Thomas de Pyon |
| 1279 | John Werrour |
| 1280 | John Catchpol |
| 1281 | John le Gaunter |
| 1282 | Hugo Doreward |
| 1283 | John le Suton |
| 1284 | John le Gaunter |
| 1285 | William Franklyn |
| 1286 | William Goudry |
| 1287 | John le Gaunter |
| 1288 | John le Gaunter |
| 1289 | William Framelyn |
| 1290 | John le Gaunter |
| 1291 | John le Gaunter |
| 1292 | Robert de Dyke |
| 1293 | Robert de Dyke |
| 1294 | Hugo Froue/Troue |
| 1295 | John Suton |
| 1296 | John Moniword |
| 1297 | Hugo Grovey |
| 1298 | William Vomaller |
| 1299 | John de Stretton |
| 1300 | William de Smey |
| 1301 | William de Smey |
| 1302 | Nicholas Iwayn |
| 1303 | Richard Moniword |
| 1304 | Hugh Froue/Troue |
| 1307 | Richard Moniword |
| 1308 | Richard Moniword |
| 1309 | Richard Moniword |
| 1310 | Richard Moniword |
| 1311 | Henry de Orleton |
| 1312 | Richard de Cruse |
| 1313 | Thomas Tope |
| 1314 | William de Orleton |
| 1315 | Richard Thurgin |
| 1316 | Richard Thurgin |
| 1317 | Thomas Tope |
| 1318 | Richard Moniword |
| 1319 | Philip de Werrour |
| 1320 | Richard Moniword |
| 1321 | Philip de Werrour |
| 1322 | William de Orleton |
| 1323 | William de Staunton |
| 1324 | William de Orleton |
| 1325 | John de Lansale |
| 1326 | William Horeman |
| Date | Name |
| 1327 | Thomas Cope |
| 1328 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1329 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1330 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1331 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1332 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1333 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1334 | John de la Barre |
| 1335 | Thomas Thorpe |
| 1336 | Walter le Catchpole |
| 1337 | Roger Colling |
| 1338 | Walter le Catchpole |
| 1339 | Walter de la Barre |
| 1340 | Walter de la Barre |
| 1341 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1342 | Robert de Hompton |
| 1343 | Nicholas de Bromyard |
| 1344 | Richard Aubrey |
| 1345 | Richard Aubrey |
| 1346 | Nicholas de Bromyard |
| 1347 | Nicholas de Bromyard |
| 1348 | Nicholas de Bromyard |
| 1349 | Richard de Bromyard |
| 1350 | Richard de Bromyard |
| 1351 | Richard Hamond |
| 1352 | Henry Catchpole |
| 1353 | John le Bailiff |
| 1354 | John le Bailiff |
| 1355 | John Field |
| 1356 | Bartholomew le Clerk |
| 1357 | Henry Catchpole |
| 1358 | John le Clerk |
| 1359 | Walter de Ailmeston |
| 1360 | John Field |
| 1361 | Bartholomew le Clerk |
| 1362 | Walter Ailmeston |
| 1363 | Thomas Don |
| 1364 | Walter de Ailmeston |
| 1365 | Richard Elliot |
| 1366 | John Bailiff |
| 1367 | John Blod |
| 1368 | William Colling |
| 1369 | Henry Catchpole |
| 1370 | Richard Elliot |
| 1371 | John Blod |
| 1372 | Richard Elliot |
| 1373 | William Colling |
| 1373 | John Goldsmith |
| 1375 | Henry Catchpole |
| 1376 | William Delamere |
| 1377 | Richard Falke |
| 1378 | Hugh Osborne |
| 1379 | Richard Falke |
| 1380 | Richard Palmer |
| 1381 | Richard Falke |
| 1382 | Richard Falke |
| 1383 | Thomas Benger |
| 1384– | Mayors of Hereford |