Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of the West Riding of Yorkshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
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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 the West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire
The 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 , was based closely on the historic boundaries...
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- Sir Richard LysterRichard LysterSir Richard Lyster 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. Michael's Church Southampton," describes both the judge's grandfather, Thomas, and his father, John, as of...
bef. 1544 – aft. 1547 - Sir Thomas GargraveThomas GargraveSir Thomas Gargrave was a Yorkshire Knight who served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1565 and 1569. His principal residence was at Nostell Priory, one of many grants of land that Gargrave secured during his lifetime...
bef. 1558–1579 - Francis Wortley 1579–1583
- Sir Cotton Gargrave 1584–1588
- Sir John Savile bef. 1594–1616
- Sir Thomas Wentworth, 2nd BaronetThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of StraffordThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1639 he instituted a harsh rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland...
1616–1626 - Sir John Savile 1626–1630
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of StraffordThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of StraffordThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1639 he instituted a harsh rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland...
1630–1641 - Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount SavileThomas Savile, 1st Earl of SussexThomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex Thomas Savile was born on 14 September 1590, the son of John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pomfret and Elizabeth Cary. He was baptised at Doddington-Pigot in the English county of Cheshire....
1641–1646 - Interregnum
- Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of CameronThomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of CameronThomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron was a general and parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War...
1660–1671 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 20th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG, PC, FRS was an English statesman and poet.- Upbringing and education :...
1671–1679 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of BurlingtonRichard Boyle, 1st Earl of BurlingtonRichard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier.-Early years:...
1679–1685 - vacant
- Lord Thomas Howard 1688–1689
- George Saville, 1st Marquess of Halifax 1689–1695
- vacant
- Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of BurlingtonCharles Boyle, 2nd Earl of BurlingtonCharles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford, PC was a peer, courtier and politician....
1699–1704
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
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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