Records in ancient documents indicate that the office was in existence before 1300, reference being made in an old paper to Reginald de Clerk in1258.
The following list is extracted from Johnson’s book on the City of Hereford (Click to Expand)
| William de Ayleston | circa.1300 | Thomas Gibbs | 1526 |
| John Babe | 1321 | Richard Welshe | |
| Thomas Buyton | 1385 | John Warnecombe | 1547 |
| John Swaynston | 1452 | John Elliots | |
| John Delamer | 1453 | John Clark | 1556 |
| John Swaynston | Thomas Clarck | 1576 | |
| Thomas Mymme | 1454 | John Clark | 1616 |
| John Barton | 1455 | James Clarke -appointed by charter for life | 1620 |
| William Mey | 1463 | Thomas Clark – appointed by charter | 1682 |
| John Barton | 1464 | James Lane | 1704 |
| William Mey | 1465 | James Wellington | 1704 |
| William Mey | 1474 | Thomas Williams | 1731 |
| John Baker | 1492 | Thomas More | 1765 |
| John Goodman | 1494 | Lacon Lambe | 1765 |
| John Goodman | 1497 | Thomas Russell | 1804 |
| John Goodman | 1498 | William Pateshall | 1823 |
| Walter Blackeston | 1507 | Richard Johnson | 1832 |
| Walter Blackeston | 1511 | Joseph Carless | 1868 |
| Richard Warnecombe | 1516 | Wilfred Townsend Carless | 1911 |
| Arthur Holt | 1911 | ||
| Robert Battersby | 1916 | ||
| Thomas Bruce Feltham | 1929 | ||
| John Austen Weston | 1960 | ||
| Harry George Culliss | 1968 | ||
| Charles Edward Stuart Willis | 1978 | ||
| The City of Hereford Charter Trustees | |||
| F H H Pilkington | 1998 | ||
| City Parish – Hereford City Council | |||
| Martin Daniel Fellows | 2000 | ||
| Stephen J Kerry | 2009 | ||
