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 the
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...
.
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Sir Richard Lyster bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
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Sir Thomas Gargrave bef. 1558–1579
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Francis Wortley 1579–1583
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Sir Cotton Gargrave 1584–1588
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Sir John Savile bef. 1594–1616
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Sir Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baronet 1616–1626
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Sir John Savile 1626–1630
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, (13 April 1593 ( N.S.)12 May 1641), was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1 ...
1630–1641
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Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641–1646
* ''Interregnum''
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Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 161212 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. An adept and talented command ...
1660–1671
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George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 20th Baron de Ros, (30 January 1628 – 16 April 1687) was an English statesman and poet.
Life
Early life
George was the son of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favourite of James I a ...
1671–1679
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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork (20 October 1612 – 15 January 1698) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who served as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and was a Cavalier.
Early life
He was born at ''The College'' in Youghal in ...
1679–1685
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Lord Thomas Howard 1688–1689
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George Saville, 1st Marquess of Halifax 1689–1695
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Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington
Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford, PC (died 9 February 1704) was an English peer, courtier and politician.
Early life
Hon. Charles Boyle was the eldest son of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan a ...
1699–1704
For later custodes rotulorum, see
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
References
Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
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Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...
West Riding of Yorkshire