Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Berkshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
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Custos rotulorum
Custos rotulorum is the keeper of an English county's records and, by virtue of that office, the highest civil officer in the county...
of Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
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- Sir William EssexWilliam EssexSir William Essex was the High Sheriff and MP for Berkshire in England.Sir William was the son of Thomas Essex of Lambourn in Berkshire and his wife, Elizabeth daughter of William Babthorpe of Elstone in Leicestershire. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Rogers of Beckett Hall in...
bef. 1544–1548 - Robert KeilwayRobert KeilwayRobert Keilway was an English politician and court official.He was Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries, Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire, the Member of Parliament for Bristol and legal advisor to the Lord Protector of England, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. He lived at Minster Lovell...
1549–1581 - Sir Henry NevilleHenry Neville (Gentleman of the Privy Chamber)Sir Henry Neville was Gentleman of the Privy chamber to King Edward VI.-Family background:Sir Henry Neville's father was Sir Edward Neville Sir Henry Neville (ca. 1520 – 1593) was Gentleman of the Privy chamber to King Edward VI.-Family background:Sir Henry Neville's father was Sir Edward...
bef. 1584–1593 - Sir Edward NorreysEdward NorreysSir Edward Norreys was a 16th century Governor of Ostend and English Member of Parliament.Norreys was the third son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys and his wife, Lady Margery Williams, then of Wytham in Berkshire . He was elected as Member of Parliament for Abingdon in the Parliaments of...
1601–1603 - Sir Henry Neville bef. 1605–1615
- Sir Francis MooreFrancis Moore (barrister)Sir Francis Moore was a prominent Jacobean barrister and MP.He was born the posthumous son of Edward Moore, a yeoman of East Ilsley in Berkshire and educated at Reading Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford....
1615–1621 - Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron LovelaceRichard Lovelace, 1st Baron LovelaceRichard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lovelace in 1627....
1621–1634 - William Craven, 1st Earl of CravenWilliam Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608-1697)William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven, PC was an English nobleman and soldier.His father William Craven was born in a poor family in Appletreewick in North Yorkshire but moved to London, became wealthy, and was Lord Mayor of London in 1610.Craven fought for Frederick V on the Continent and fell in...
1634–1689 - Henry Howard, 7th Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC, Earl Marshal was a politician and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer.He married Mary Mordaunt, the only daughter and heiress of...
1689–1701
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire.-Lord Lieutenants of Berkshire:*Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset 1551 – 22 January 1552...
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