Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Caernarvonshire.
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
.
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 Caernarvonshire.
- Sir Richard Bulkeley c. 1544
- John Wyn ap Meredith c. 1558
- Maurice WynnMaurice WynnMaurice Wynn or Morys Wynn ap John of Gwydir was a Welsh courtier and politician.He was the eldest son of John "Wynn" ap Maredudd from whom he inherited the Gwydir estate in 1559....
bef. 1562 – aft. 1577 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Dudley, 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death...
bef. 1579–1588 - William MauriceWilliam MauriceSir William Maurice was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611.Maurice was the son of Morys ap Ellis ap Morys, and grandson of Ellis ap Morris of Clennenau. He was one of the Council of the Marches of Wales. He was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire...
bef. 1594–1596 - Sir Thomas Mostyn 1596–1618
- Sir John Wynn, 1st BaronetSir John Wynn, 1st BaronetSir John Wynn, 1st Baronet , Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary, was the son of Morys Wynn ap John. He claimed to be directly descended from the princes of Gwynedd through Rhodri ab Owain son of Owain Gwynedd. However, this claim is disputed in a publication of 1884 entitled...
1618–1627 - Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd BaronetSir Richard Wynn, 2nd BaronetSir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1649....
1627–1646 - Interregnum
- Sir Richard Wynn, 4th BaronetSir Richard Wynn, 4th BaronetSir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet succeeded his father Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet at Gwydir in 1660.He was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire for 1657, Member of the Parliament of England for Caernarvonshire, 1647–53 and 1661–75, and was associated with the municipal government of Denbigh...
1660–1674 - Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley 1679–1689
- Lord Edward Russell 1689–1714
- Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and KestevenPeregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and KestevenPeregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess of Lindsey, 5th Earl of Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby PC , also styled Hon...
1714–1739 - Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet 1739–1755
- Sir John Wynn, 2nd BaronetSir John Wynn, 2nd BaronetSir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet was a British Member of Parliament, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet and his wife Frances Glynn....
1756–1773 - Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron NewboroughThomas Wynn, 1st Baron NewboroughThomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough , known as Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, from 1773 to 1776, was a British Member of Parliament.Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet...
1773–1781
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire. Since 1778, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire...
.