Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire

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

• William Whorwood bef. 1544–1545
• William Paget, 1st Baron Paget bef. 1547–1563
• Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex 1569–1576
• Thomas Trentham bef. 1577–1587
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex bef. 1594–1601
• Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard 1601 – aft. 1608
• Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1617–1627
• Sir Edward Littleton 1627–1628
• Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1628 –1642
• Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet 1642–1646
• Interregnum
• William Paget, 5th Baron Paget 1660–1678
• James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1678–1680
• Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1680–1681
• Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 1681–1688
• Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar 1688–1689
• William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 1689–1713
• Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 1713–1715
• Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 1715–1725
• Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers 1725–1729
• vacant?
• John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower 1742–1754
• Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 1755–1799
• George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford 1799–1828
• Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot 1828–1849

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

References

• Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646
• Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828