This is a list of people who have served as
Custos Rotulorum
''Custos rotulorum'' (; plural: ''custodes rotulorum''; Latin for "keeper of the rolls", ) is a civic post that is recognised in the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and in Jamaica.
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The ''custos rotulorum'' is t ...
of
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
.
*Sir
Edmund Tame
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector".
Persons named Edmund include:
People Kings an ...
bef. 1544–1544
*Sir
Anthony Kingston
Sir Anthony Kingston (ca. 1508 – 14 April 1556) was an English royal official, holder of various positions under several Tudor monarchs.A.D.K. Hawkyard, 'Kingston, Anthony (by 1512-56), of Cadleigh, Devon and Painswick, Glos.', in S.T. Bind ...
1544?–1556
*Sir
Nicholas Arnold bef. 1558–1580
*Sir
Thomas Throckmorton bef. 1584 – 1602 (deprived of office)
*Sir
John Poyntz
John Poyntz (ca. 14851544) was an English courtier and politician, Member of Parliament for Devizes in 1529.
Poyntz was the second son of Sir Robert Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, by Margaret, an illegitimate daughter of Anthony Woodv ...
1602 – aft. 1608
*
Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos
Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos (10 August 1621) of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, was an English nobleman and courtier.
Early life
He was the only son of William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos, who died on 18 November 1602, and Mary Hopton, w ...
bef. 1621–1621
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Sir John Bridgeman
Sir John Bridgeman, SL (1568/69 – 5 February 1638) was a barrister of the Inner Temple, serjeant-at-law and local magnate in the West of England during the early 17th century.
Early career
Bridgeman came from a minor gentry family settled a ...
1621–1638
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Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry (157814 January 1640) was a prominent English lawyer, politician and judge during the early 17th century.
Education and early legal career
He entered Balliol College, Oxford, in 1592, and the Inner Temple in ...
1638–1640
*''vacant?''
*''Interregnum''
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George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley
George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley PC FRS (1628 – 10 October 1698) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 until 1658 when he succeeded to the peerage.
Life
Berkeley was the son of George Berkele ...
1660–1689
*
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley, KB, PC, FRS (8 April 1649 – 24 September 1710) was a British nobleman and diplomat, known as Sir Charles Berkeley from 1661 to 1679 and styled Viscount Dursley from 1679 to 1698.
Life
The son of George ...
1689–1710
For later custodes rotulorum, see
Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Since 1694, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire.
* Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos 1559–?
*Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chando ...
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References
Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
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History of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...