Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire explained
This 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 1569 - 1576
- Thomas Trentham bef. 1577 - 1587
- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex bef. 1594 - 1601
- Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard 1601 - aft. 1608
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1617 - 1627
- Sir Edward Littleton 1627 - 1628
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1628 - 1642
- Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet 1642 - 1646
- Interregnum
- William Paget, 5th Baron Paget 1660 - 1678
- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1678 - 1680
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1680 - 1681
- Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 1681 - 1688
- Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar 1688 - 1689
- William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 1689 - 1713
- Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 1713 - 1715
- Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 1715 - 1725
- Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers 1725 - 1729
- vacant?
- John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower 1742 - 1754
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 1755 - 1799
- George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford 1799 - 1828
- Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot 1828 - 1849
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
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