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 ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county tow ...

. * Richard Sampson, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield bef. 1544–1547 *

Sir Thomas Holcroft Sir Thomas Holcroft (1505–31 July 1558) was a sixteenth-century English courtier, soldier, politician and landowner. Holcroft's fortune was made from speculation in former monastic properties, after having distinguished himself during the An ...

1548–1558 * Richard Harpour 1558–? *

William Gerard Sir William Gerard (1518–1581) was an Elizabethan statesman, who had a distinguished record of government service in England, Wales and most notably in Ireland. He sat in the House of Commons for Chester for many years, and was Vice-President ...

bef. 1564 – bef. 1573 * Sir Edward Fitton bef. 1573–1579 * Sir Hugh Cholmondeley (the elder) 1579–1597 * Sir

Hugh Cholmondeley (the younger) Hugh Cholmondeley may refer to: * Hugh Cholmondeley (soldier) (1513–1596), English soldier * Hugh Cholmondeley (priest) (1770–1825), Dean of Chester Cathedral 1806–1815 * Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley (1662–1725), British peer ...

1597–1601 * Sir John Egerton 1601–1614 *

Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...

1621–1644 * Sir Orlando Bridgeman 1644–1646? * ''Interregnum'' * Sir George Booth, 2nd Baronet 1660–1673 * Lord Henry Booth 1673–1682 * William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 1682–1688 *

William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, PC (16262 June 1696) was an English nobleman, best remembered for his suffering during the Popish Plot. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667 and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by King C ...

1688–1689 * Henry Booth, 2nd Baron Delamere 1689–1694 For later custodes rotulorum, see

Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire. Lord Lieutenants of Cheshire Vice Lieutenants * Honourable Alan de Tat ...

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Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
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Local government in Cheshire