Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire explained

This 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
Sir John Savile bef. 1594 - 1616
Sir Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baronet 1616 - 1626
Sir John Savile 1626 - 1630
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1630 - 1641
Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641 - 1646
Interregnum
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron 1660 - 1671
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1671 - 1679
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington 1679 - 1685
vacant
Lord Thomas Howard 1688 - 1689
George Saville, 1st Marquess of Halifax 1689 - 1695
vacant
Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington 1699 - 1704

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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