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
Buckinghamshire.
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Sir Francis Bryan
Sir Francis Bryan (about 1490 – 2 February 1550) was an English courtier and diplomat during the reign of Henry VIII. He was Chief Gentleman of the Privy chamber and Lord Justice of Ireland. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Bryan always ret ...
bef. 1544 – bef. 1547
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Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford bef. 1547 – c. 1578
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Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey of Wilton c. 1578–1593
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Sir John Fortescue John Fortescue may refer to:
* Sir John Fortescue (judge) (c. 1394–1479), English lawyer and judge, MP for Tavistock, Totnes, Plympton Erle and Wiltshire
* Sir John Fortescue of Salden (1531/1533–1607), third Chancellor of the Exchequer of Eng ...
1594–1600
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Sir Francis Fortescue 1600–1617
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 1617–1628
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John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater KB, PC (1579 – 4 December 1649) was an English peer and politician from the Egerton family.
The son of Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he matriculated at Brasenose ...
1628–1649
* ''Interregnum''
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John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater 1660–1686
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George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys 1686–1689
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Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron Wharton 1689–1702
For later custodes rotulorum, see
Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there wa ...
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References
Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
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Local government in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire