Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland explained
This 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, 3rd Baron Eure 1596 - 1598
- Sir Robert Carey 1598 - bef. 1605
- Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury bef. 1605 - 1618
- Sir Ralph Delaval 1618 - 1628
- William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Newcastle 1628 - 1632
- Sir William Widdrington 1632 - 1646
- Interregnum
- William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington 1660 - 1675
- Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle 1675 - 1688
- Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 1689 - 1721
- Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough 1722 - 1740
- Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville 1740 - 1753
- Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1753 - 1786
- Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1786 - 1800
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 1800 - 1802
- Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1802 - 1817
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
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