Lists of Custodes Rotulorum
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Custos rotulorum, Latin for "keeper of the rolls", the keeper of the English
county records, is by virtue of that office the highest civil officer in the county. The position is now largely ceremonial.
England
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county records, is by virtue of that office the highest civil officer in the county. The position is now largely ceremonial.
England
- BedfordshireCustos Rotulorum of BedfordshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire.* John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso bef. 1558 – 1582* John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso bef...
- BerkshireCustos Rotulorum of BerkshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire.*Sir William Essex bef. 1544–1548*Robert Keilway 1549–1581*Sir Henry Neville bef. 1584–1593*Sir Edward Norreys 1601–1603*Sir Henry Neville bef...
- BuckinghamshireCustos Rotulorum of BuckinghamshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire.* Sir Francis Bryan bef. 1544 – bef. 1547* Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford bef. 1547 – c. 1578* Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey of Wilton c...
- CambridgeshireCustos Rotulorum of CambridgeshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire. The office was created in 1368, at which time the Isle of Ely, Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough did not form part of the county.* Sir John Hynde bef. 1544–1550...
- CheshireCustos Rotulorum of CheshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.* Richard Sampson, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield bef. 1544–1547* Sir Thomas Holcroft 1548–1558* Richard Harpour 1558–?* William Gerard bef. 1564 – bef. 1573...
- CornwallCustos Rotulorum of CornwallThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall.* Sir John Chamond ?–1544* Sir Richard Grenville 1544–1550* Sir John Arundell bef. 1558 – aft. 1558* Sir William Godolphin bef. 1562–1570* Peter Edgcumbe bef...
- CumberlandCustos Rotulorum of CumberlandThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland.* Anthony Barwys bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Thomas Salkeld bef. 1558 – aft. 1562* Sir Thomas Dacre bef. 1564–1566...
- DerbyshireCustos Rotulorum of DerbyshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Derbyshire.* Sir John Vernon bef. 1544 – aft. 1544* Sir Francis Leke bef. 1547 – bef. 1580* Sir John Manners 1580–1611 * Sir George Manners bef...
- DevonCustos Rotulorum of DevonThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Devon.* Sir Thomas Denys bef. 1541 – aft. 1547* Sir Peter Carew bef. 1558–1575* Sir Gawain Carew bef. 1577 – bef. 1584* Sir John Gilbert bef...
- DorsetCustos Rotulorum of DorsetThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Dorset.* Sir Thomas Arundell bef. 1547–1552* Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon bef. 1558–1582* Sir Matthew Arundell bef. 1584–1598...
- Durham
- East Riding of YorkshireCustos Rotulorum of the East Riding of YorkshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire.* Sir William Babthorpe bef. 1544–1555* Christopher Estoft bef. 1558–1566* John Vaughan bef. 1573–1577* Ralph Rokeby 1577 – aft. 1584...
- EssexCustos Rotulorum of EssexThis is a list of people who have served as custos rotulorum of Essex.* Sir William Petre bef. 1544–1572* Sir Anthony Cooke c. 1573–1576* Sir Thomas Mildmay c. 1577–1608* Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk bef...
- GloucestershireCustos Rotulorum of GloucestershireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire.*Sir Edmund Tame bef. 1544–1544*Sir Anthony Kingston 1544?–1556*Sir Nicholas Arnold bef. 1558–1580*Sir Thomas Throckmorton bef. 1584 – aft. 1596...
- HampshireCustos Rotulorum of HampshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire.*William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester bef. 1544 – aft. 1558*John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester bef. 1562–1576*Sir Francis Walsingham bef. 1577–1590...
- HerefordshireCustos Rotulorum of HerefordshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire.* John Scudamore bef. 1544* Richard Warnecombe bef. 1544–1547* John Scudamore 1547–1571 * Sir James Croft bef...
- HertfordshireCustos Rotulorum of HertfordshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Hertfordshire.* Sir Henry Parker bef. 1544–1552* Sir Thomas Parry bef. 1558–1560* Sir Ralph Sadler bef. 1562 – aft. 1579* Sir John Brograve c. 1583–1613...
- HuntingdonshireCustos Rotulorum of HuntingdonshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire.* Sir Richard Cromwell bef. 1544* William Cooke 1544–1553* Sir Robert Tyrwhitt bef. 1558 – bef. 1562...
- KentCustos Rotulorum of KentThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Kent.* Sir John Baker bef. 1544–1558* Thomas Wotton bef. 1562–1587* Sir Henry Cobham 1587–1592* Sir Edward Hoby bef...
- LancashireCustos Rotulorum of LancashireThis is an incomplete list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Lancashire.* James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1702–1710* James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton 1710–1712* vacant* James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1714–1736...
- LeicestershireCustos Rotulorum of LeicestershireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.* John Beaumont bef. 1544–1558* Francis Cave 1558 – aft. 1564* Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon bef. 1573–1595...
- LincolnshireCustos Rotulorum of LincolnshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Lincolnshire.At the inception of the office , a custos rotulorum was appointed for each of the three Parts of Lincolnshire: Richard Ogle for Holland, Sir Richard Hussey for Kesteven, and Sir Thomas Heneage for Lindsey...
- MiddlesexCustos Rotulorum of MiddlesexThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Middlesex.* Sir Roger Cholmley bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of Loughborough bef. 1558 – 1571* Richard Goderick bef. 1562 – bef. 1564...
- NorfolkCustos Rotulorum of NorfolkThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.* Sir Richard Southwell bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Sir James Boleyn bef. 1558–1561* Sir William Woodhouse bef. 1562–1564* Sir Christopher Heydon bef. 1573–1579...
- NorthamptonshireCustos Rotulorum of NorthamptonshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire.* Sir Edward Montagu bef. 1544–1557* William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley bef. 1564 – aft. 1584* Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter bef...
- North Riding of YorkshireCustos Rotulorum of the North Riding of YorkshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire.* Sir Leonard Beckwith bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Sir Henry Gates bef...
- NorthumberlandCustos Rotulorum of NorthumberlandThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland.* Robert Horsley bef. 1547–?* Sir Robert Brandling bef. 1558–1568* Sir John Forster bef. 1573 – aft. 1594* Ralph Eure, 4th Baron Eure 1596–1598...
- NottinghamshireCustos Rotulorum of NottinghamshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Nottinghamshire.* Michael Stanhope bef. 1544–1552* Sir John Byron bef. 1558–1567* Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland bef. 1573–1587...
- OxfordshireCustos Rotulorum of OxfordshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Oxfordshire.* William Fermor bef. 1544–1552* John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame bef. 1558–1559* Sir Francis Knollys bef. 1562 – aft. 1584* William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury bef...
- RutlandCustos Rotulorum of RutlandThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.* Sir Edward Montagu bef. 1544–1557* Kenelm Digby bef. 1558–1590* Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter bef...
- ShropshireCustos Rotulorum of ShropshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire.* Thomas Holte bef. 1544–1546* Sir Thomas Bromley 1546–1555* Humphrey Onslow bef. 1562 – aft. 1564* George Bromley bef. 1573–1589* Sir George Mainwaring bef...
- SomersetCustos Rotulorum of SomersetThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Somerset.* Sir William Portman bef. 1554–1557* Sir Hugh Paulet bef. 1558–1573* Sir Amias Paulet bef. 1577–1588* Sir John Popham bef. 1594–1607...
- StaffordshireCustos Rotulorum of StaffordshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire.* William Whorwood bef. 1544–1545* William Paget, 1st Baron Paget bef. 1547–1563* Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex bef. 1573–1576...
- SuffolkCustos Rotulorum of SuffolkThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk.* Sir Humphrey Wingfield bef. 1544–1545* John Gosnold bef. 1547–1554* Sir William Cordell bef. 1558 – bef. 1562* Sir Clement Heigham bef. 1562–1571...
- SurreyCustos Rotulorum of SurreyThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Surrey.* Sir Thomas Pope bef. 1544–1559* William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham bef. 1562–1573* Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1573–1585...
- SussexCustos Rotulorum of SussexThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Sussex.* Sir William Shelley bef. 1544–1549* Sir Richard Sackville 1549–1566* Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset bef...
- WarwickshireCustos Rotulorum of WarwickshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire.* Sir George Throckmorton bef. 1544–1552* Sir Ambrose Cave bef. 1558–1568* Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester bef. 1573–1588...
- WestmorlandCustos Rotulorum of WestmorlandThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland.* Ambrose Middleton bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Alan Bellingham bef. 1558–1578* Sir Thomas Boynton bef...
- West Riding of YorkshireCustos Rotulorum of the West Riding of YorkshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire.* Sir Richard Lyster bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Sir Thomas Gargrave bef. 1558–1579* Francis Wortley 1579–1583* Sir Cotton Gargrave 1584–1588...
- WiltshireCustos Rotulorum of WiltshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.* Sir Richard Lyster bef. 1544–1553* Sir John Thynne bef. 1558–1580* Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke bef. 1584–1601...
- WorcestershireCustos Rotulorum of WorcestershireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire.* Sir John Pakington 1544–1551* William Sheldon bef. 1558–1570* Sir Thomas Russell bef. 1573–1574* Sir John Lyttelton bef. 1577–1590...
Wales
- AngleseyCustos Rotulorum of AngleseyThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey.* Thomas Holte bef. 1544–1546* Sir Richard Bulkeley bef. 1558–1572* Sir Richard Bulkeley bef. 1577 – bef. 1584...
- BrecknockshireCustos Rotulorum of BrecknockshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire.* Sir William Vaughan c. 1544* Sir Roger Vaughan bef. 1558–1571* Richard Price bef. 1573–1586/1587* Sir Robert Knollys bef. 1594 – aft...
- CaernarvonshireCustos Rotulorum of CaernarvonshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire.* Sir Richard Bulkeley c. 1544* John Wyn ap Meredith c. 1558* Maurice Wynn bef. 1562 – aft. 1577* Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester bef. 1579–1588...
- CardiganshireCustos Rotulorum of CardiganshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire.* Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford 1543–1558* John Price 1558 – aft. 1579* George Devereux c. 1584* Richard Price bef. 1594 – aft. 1608...
- CarmarthenshireCustos Rotulorum of CarmarthenshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire.* Richard Devereux 1543 – bef. 1558* Sir Thomas Jones bef. 1558 – bef. 1559* Sir Henry Jones bef. 1562–1586* Sir Thomas Jones 1586 – bef. 1594...
- DenbighshireCustos Rotulorum of DenbighshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.* Sir John Salusbury bef. 1544 – c. 1548* Sir John Salusbury bef. 1558–aft. 1564* Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester bef. 1573–1588...
- FlintshireCustos Rotulorum of FlintshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire.* Sir Nicholas Hare bef. 1544–1557* John Griffith bef. 1558 – aft. 1579* Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester bef. 1584–1588...
- GlamorganCustos Rotulorum of GlamorganThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan.* William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1543–1570* Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1570–1601* Sir John Herbert 1601–1603...
- MerionethshireCustos Rotulorum of MerionethshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Merionethshire.* John Wyn ap Meredith bef. 1544 – bef. 1558* Ellis Price bef. 1558 – bef. 1562* Owen ap John ap Howell Vaughan bef. 1562 – bef. 1564...
- MonmouthshireCustos Rotulorum of MonmouthshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Monmouthshire.* Richard Morgan bef. 1544–1556* Thomas Somerset bef. 1558 – aft. 1562* Rowland Morgan bef. 1564 – aft. 1577* William Herbert bef. 1584–1593...
- MontgomeryshireCustos Rotulorum of MontgomeryshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire.* Sir John Salusbury bef. 1544 – c. 1548* Edward Herbert bef...
- PembrokeshireCustos Rotulorum of PembrokeshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire.* John Vaughan bef. 1544 – bef. 1558* Thomas Cathern bef. 1558 – bef. 1562* Sir John Perrot bef. 1562–1592...
- RadnorshireCustos Rotulorum of RadnorshireThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Radnorshire.* Sir Edward Harley 1660–1685* Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester 1685–1689* Sir Rowland Gwynne 1689–1702...
Ireland
- Carlow (merged with Lord LieutenancyLord Lieutenant of CarlowThis is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Carlow. The office was created on 23 August 1831.* John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough 17 October 1831 – 1838* John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough November 1838 – 28 January 1880...
before 1838) - Cavan
- DublinCustos Rotulorum of DublinThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of County Dublin.*1661-1671 William St Lawrence, 12th Baron Howth*1709-1715 Chambre Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath*1789-1821 Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton...
- Fermanagh (merged with Lord LieutenancyLord Lieutenant of FermanaghThis is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh. The office was created on 23 August 1831.*John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen 17 October 1831 – 31 March 1840...
before 1963) - Kerry (merged with Lord LieutenancyLord Lieutenant of KerryThis is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kerry. The office was created on 23 August 1831.*Valentine Browne, 2nd Earl of Kenmare 7 October 1831 – 31 October 1853*Henry Arthur Herbert 22 November 1854 – 26 February 1866...
before 1746) - Kilkenny
- Limerick
- Louth (merged with Lord LieutenancyLord Lieutenant of LouthThis is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth. The office was created on 23 August 1831.*Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew 9 December 1831 – 10 December 1866*John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell 14 January 1867 – 17 April 1879...
before 1911) - MayoCustos Rotulorum of Mayo-Incumbents:*1663–1682?: Sir George Bingham, 2nd Bt*1682–1714?: Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Bt*1772–1773: Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran*1773–1786: Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of ArranFor later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Mayo...
- Meath
- Monaghan
- Queen's County
- RoscommonCustos Rotulorum of RoscommonThis is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of County Roscommon.*Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough*1772–1797: Edward King, 1st Earl of Kingston*1797–1799: Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston...
- Tyrone