Custos rotulorum (pl. custodes rotulorum), Latin for "keeper of the rolls", the keeper of the English county records, is by virtue of that office the highest civil officer in the county. The position is now largely ceremonial.
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West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the 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), was based closely on the historic boundaries.
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Sir Richard Lyster (c.1480-1553) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.

Origins and early career

Sir Frederick Madden in his "Remarks on the Monument of Sir Richard Lyster in St.
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 – May 12, 1641) was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War.
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 – May 12, 1641) was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War.
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George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, KG, PC, FRS (January 10, 1628 – April 16, 1687), was an English statesman.

Upbringing and education

George was brought up by King Charles I together with his younger brother Francis and the King's own children.
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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork, and 1st Baron Clifford of Lanesborough, (October 20,1612 - January 15, 1698), was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier.
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Lord Thomas Howard (1511-1537) was a son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, by his second marriage to Agnes Tilney.

He secretly married, or had a relationship with, King Henry VII's granddaughter (and so Henry VIII's niece and well in line to the throne) Margaret
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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (November 11, 1633 - April 5, 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician.

Family and early life

He was the great-grandson of Sir George Savile of Lupset and Thornhill in Yorkshire (created baronet in 1611) was the eldest
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This is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from its creation in 1660 to its abolition on 31 March 1974. From 1699 until 1974, all Lords Lieutenant were also Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Custos rotulorum (pl. custodes rotulorum), Latin for "keeper of the rolls", the keeper of the English county records, is by virtue of that office the highest civil officer in the county. The position is now largely ceremonial.
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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire.

• John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
• Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso bef. 1558 – 1582
• John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire.

• Sir William Essex bef. 1544–1548
• Robert Keilway 1549–1581
• Sir Henry Neville bef. 1584–1593
• Sir Edward Norreys 1601–1603
• Sir Henry Neville bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire.

• Sir Francis Bryan bef. 1544 – bef. 1547
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford bef. 1547 – c. 1578
• Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey of Wilton c.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire. The office was created in 1368.

• Sir John Hynde bef. 1544–1550
• Sir James Dyer bef. 1558 – aft. 1564
• Roger North, 2nd Baron North bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.

• Richard Sampson, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield bef. 1544–1547
• Sir Thomas Holcroft 1548–1558
• Richard Harpour 1558–?
• William Gerard bef. 1564 – bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall.

• Sir John Chamond ?–1544
• Sir Richard Grenville 1544–1550
• Sir John Arundell bef. 1558 – aft. 1558
• Sir William Godolphin bef. 1562–1570
• Peter Edgcumbe bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland.

• Anthony Barwys bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
• Thomas Salkeld bef. 1558 – aft. 1562
• Sir Thomas Dacre bef. 1564–1566
• Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Derbyshire.

• Sir John Vernon bef. 1544 – aft. 1544
• Sir Francis Leke bef. 1547 – bef. 1580
• John Manners 1580–1611
• George Manners bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Devon.

• Sir Thomas Denys bef. 1541 – aft. 1547
• Sir Peter Carew bef. 1558–1575
• Sir Gawain Carew bef. 1577 – bef. 1584
• Sir John Gilbert bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Dorset.

• Sir Thomas Arundell bef. 1547–1552
• Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon bef. 1558–1582
• Sir Matthew Arundell bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

• Sir William Babthorpe bef. 1544–1555
• Christopher Estoft bef. 1558–1566
• John Vaughan bef. 1573–1577
• Ralph Rokeby 1577 – aft.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Essex.

• Sir William Petre bef. 1544–1572
• Sir Anthony Cooke c. 1573–1576
• Sir Thomas Mildmay c. 1577–1608
• Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire.

• Sir Edmund Tame bef. 1544–1544
• Sir Anthony Kingston 1544?–1556
• Sir Nicholas Arnold bef. 1558–1580
• Sir Thomas Throckmorton bef. 1584 – aft.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire.

• William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester bef. 1544 – aft. 1558
• John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester bef. 1562–1576
• Sir Francis Walsingham bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire.

• John Scudamore bef. 1544
• Richard Warnecombe bef. 1544–1547
• John Scudamore 1547–1571
• Sir James Croft bef. 1573 – bef. 1577
• Sir John Scudamore bef.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Hertfordshire.

• Sir Henry Parker bef. 1544–1552
• Sir Thomas Parry bef. 1558–1560
• Sir Ralph Sadler bef. 1562 – aft. 1579
• Sir John Brograve c.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum (Keeper of the Rolls) of Huntingdonshire.

• Sir Richard Cromwell bef. 1544
• William Cooke 1544–1553
• Sir Robert Tyrwhitt bef. 1558 – bef. 1562
• William Lawrence bef. 1562 – aft.

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This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Kent.

• Sir John Baker bef. 1544–1558
• Thomas Wotton bef. 1562–1587
• Sir Henry Cobham 1587–1592
• Sir Edward Hoby bef.

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This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Lancashire.

• James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1702–1710
• James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton 1710–1712
• vacant
• James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1714–1736

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