Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Cheshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
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Custos rotulorum
Custos rotulorum is the keeper of an English county's records and, by virtue of that office, the highest civil officer in the county...
of Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
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- Richard SampsonRichard SampsonRichard Sampson was an English clergyman and composer of sacred music, who was Anglican bishop of Chichester and subsequently of Coventry and Lichfield.-Biography:...
, Bishop of Coventry and LichfieldBishop of LichfieldThe Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 4,516 km² of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed...
bef. 1544–1547 - Sir Thomas HolcroftSir Thomas HolcroftSir Thomas Holcroft was a sixteenth-century English courtier and politician.He was born at Vale Royal, Cheshire, the son of John Holcroft and Margaret Massey...
1548–1558 - Richard Harpour 1558–?
- William Gerard bef. 1564 – bef. 1573
- Sir Edward FittonEdward Fitton (the elder)Sir Edward Fitton , known as Edward Fitton the elder, was Lord President of Connaught and Thomond and the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth and Mary Harbottle...
bef. 1573–1579 - Sir Hugh Cholmondeley (the elder) 1579–1597
- Sir Hugh Cholmondeley (the younger) 1597–1601
- Sir John EgertonJohn EgertonJohn Egerton, an American journalist, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, June 14, 1935, the son of William G. Egerton and Rebecca White Egerton. The family settled in Cadiz, Kentucky, where John graduated from Trigg County High School in 1953. He attended Western Kentucky University 1953-54, then...
1601–1614 - Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet 1621–1644
- Sir Orlando Bridgeman 1644–1646?
- Interregnum
- Sir George Booth, 2nd BaronetGeorge Booth, 1st Baron DelamerGeorge Booth, 1st Baron Delamer , known as Sir George Booth, 2nd Baronet, from 1652 to 1661, was an English peer.-Civil War:...
1660–1673 - Lord Henry BoothHenry Booth, 1st Earl of WarringtonHenry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington was a Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688, Mayor of Chester and author.-Life:...
1673–1682 - William Stanley, 9th Earl of DerbyWilliam Stanley, 9th Earl of DerbyWilliam Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby , styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer.Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirkhoven...
1682–1688 - William Herbert, 1st Marquess of PowisWilliam Herbert, 1st Marquess of PowisWilliam Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, PC was an English nobleman.He succeeded his father, the 2nd Baron Powis, as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667, and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by King Charles II and Viscount Montgomery, of the Town of Montgomery, and Marquess of Powis in 1687 by King James II,...
1688–1689 - Henry Booth, 2nd Baron DelamereHenry Booth, 1st Earl of WarringtonHenry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington was a Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688, Mayor of Chester and author.-Life:...
1689–1694
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.-Lord Lieutenants of Cheshire:-References:*-External links:*...
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