Custos Rotulorum of Somerset explained
This 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
- Sir Edward Phelips 1608 - 1614
- James Ley, 1st Baron Ley bef. 1621 - 1625
- Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough 1625 - 1636
- John Coventry 1636 - 1646
- Interregnum
- William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset 1660
- Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1660 - 1668
- Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester 1668 - 1672
- John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset 1672 - 1675
- Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1675 - 1688
- Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave 1688
- Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1688 - 1690
- John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge 1690 - 1712
- John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett 1713 - 1714
- Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery 1714 - 1721
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Somerset.
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