Custos Rotulorum of Somerset

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Somerset. Sir William Portman bef. 1554–1557Sir Hugh Paulet bef. 1558–1573Sir Amias Paulet bef. 1577–1588Sir John Popham bef. 1594–1607Sir Edward Phelips 1608–1614James Ley, 1st Baron Ley bef.

Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of OrreryMajor-GeneralCharles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, KT, PC, FRS (28 July 1674 – 28 August 1731) was a British army officer and politician who represented Huntingdon in the House of Commons of England from 1701 to 1705. Early lifeThe second son of Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery, and his wife Lady Mary Sackville (1647–1710), daughter of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset, he was born at Little Chelsea, London. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and soon distinguished himself by his learning and abilitie...

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