Office Holders
| Term | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ?1280-1290 | John Kirkby | |
| 1290-1314 | Gilbert of Rothbury | |
| 1315 | Robert of Ashby | |
| 1316- | William of Airmyn | |
| c1327-post 1334 | Henry of Edenstowe | |
| c1340-1346 | Thomas of Brayton | |
| in office 1351 & 1352 | John of Coddington | |
| in office 1377 | Geoffrey Martin | |
| in office 1377 | Edmund Brudenell | |
| ?1372-1386 | Richard de Ravenser | |
| ?c1381 | John de Waltham | |
| ante 1384-1394 | John de Scarle | |
| 1394-1414 | John Rome | |
| 1414-1423 | John Frank | |
| 1424-1436 | William Prestwyke | |
| 1437-1438 | John Bate | |
| 1438-1447 | Thomas Kirkby | |
| 1447-1470 | John Fawkes | |
| 1470-1471 | Baldwin Hyde | |
| 1471-1483 | John Gunthorpe | |
| 1483-1485 | Thomas Hutton | |
| 1485-1496 | John Morgan | |
| 1496-1509 | Richard Hatton | |
| 1509-1523 | John Taylor | |
| 1523-1531 | Brian Tuke | |
| 1531-1540 | Edward North | |
| 1540-1541 | Thomas Soulemont | |
| 1541-1543 | William Paget | |
| NA | Thomas Knight | |
| 1550-1551 | John Mason | |
| 1574-NA | Francis Spelman | |
| 1574-1597 | Anthony Mason | |
| 1597-1609 | Thomas Smith | Knighted 1603 |
| 1609-1621 | Robert Bowyer | |
| 1621-1635 | Henry Elsynge | |
| 1635-1637 | Thomas Knyvett | |
| 1637-1638 | Daniel Bedingfield | |
| 1638-1644 | John Browne | |
| 1644 | Edward Norgate | |
| 1649-1660 | Henry Scobell | |
| 1660-1691 | John Browne | |
| 1691-1716 | Matthew Johnson | |
| 1716-1740 | William Cowper | |
| 1740-1788 | Ashley Cowper | |
| 1788-1818 | George Rose | |
| 1818-1855 | George Henry Rose | |
| 1855-1875 | John Shaw-Lefevre | |
| 1875-1885 | William Rose | |
| 1885-1917 | Henry Graham | |
| 1917-1930 | Arthur Thring | |
| 1930-1934 | Edward Alderson | |
| 1934-1949 | Henry Badeley | |
| 1949-1953 | Robert Overbury | |
| 1953-1959 | Francis Lascelles | |
| 1959-1963 | Victor Goodman | |
| 1963-1974 | David Stephens | |
| 1974-1983 | Peter Henderson | |
| 1983-1990 | John Sainty | |
| 1991-1997 | Michael Wheeler-Booth | |
| 1997-13 July 2003 | Michael Davies | |
| 14 July 2003-3 November 2007 | Paul Hayter | |
| 4 November 2007-15 April 2011 | Michael Pownall | |
| 16 April 2011 – present | David Beamish |
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