Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire

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Custos rotulorum (pl. custodes rotulorum), is Latin for "keeper of the rolls". The appointed person was the keeper of the county records and was the highest civil officer in the county.

Until 1545 the Lord Chancellor appointed the Custos Rotulorum but after that date the post was appointed by the crown.

Below is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum for Worcestershire.

• Sir John Pakington 1544 - 1551
• William Sheldon bef. 1558 - 1570
• Sir Thomas Russell bef. 1573 - 1574
• Sir John Lyttelton bef. 1577 - 1590
• Sir John Pakington bef. 1594 - 1623
• Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet 1623 - 1624
• Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry 1624 - 1628
• Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry 1628 - 1646, 1660 - 1661
• George Coventry, 3rd Baron Coventry 1661 - 1680
• John Coventry, 4th Baron Coventry 1681 - 1687
• Francis Smith 2nd Viscount Carrington 1688 - 1689
• Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry 1689 - 1699
• Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry 1699–1710
• Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth 1710–1715
• John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1715 - 1716
• vacant
• Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker 1719
• William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry 1719 - 1751

From 1719 to 1836 the post was held concurrently with that of the Lord Lieutenant for the county and in 1836 the two posts have been amalgamated under the title Lord Lieutenant.

See Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire for later custodes rotulorum.

[edit] References

• Institute of Historical Research Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646 Accessed 19.1.2009