Custos Rotulorum of The West Riding of Yorkshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

  • Sir Richard Lyster bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
  • Sir Thomas Gargrave bef. 1558–1579
  • Francis Wortley 1579–1583
  • Sir Cotton Gargrave 1584–1588
  • Sir John Savile bef. 1594–1616
  • Sir Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baronet 1616–1626
  • Sir John Savile 1626–1630
  • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1630–1641
  • Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641–1646
  • Interregnum
  • Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron 1660–1671
  • George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1671–1679
  • Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington 1679–1685
  • vacant
  • Lord Thomas Howard 1688–1689
  • George Saville, 1st Marquess of Halifax 1689–1695
  • vacant
  • Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington 1699–1704

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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