Custos Rotulorum of Somerset

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

  • Sir William Portman bef. 1554–1557
  • Sir Hugh Paulet bef. 1558–1573
  • Sir Amias Paulet bef. 1577–1588
  • Sir John Popham bef. 1594–1607
  • Sir Edward Phelips 1608–1614
  • James Ley, 1st Baron Ley bef. 1621–1625
  • Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough 1625–1636
  • John Coventry 1636–1646
  • Interregnum
  • William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset 1660
  • Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1660–1668
  • Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester 1668–1672
  • John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset 1672–1675
  • Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1675–1688
  • Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave 1688
  • Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1688–1690
  • John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge 1690–1712
  • John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett 1713–1714
  • Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery 1714–1721

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Somerset.

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