Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Bedfordshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
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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 Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
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- John Mordaunt, 1st Baron MordauntJohn Mordaunt, 1st Baron MordauntJohn Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt was an English politician and peer.He was the son of John Mordaunt of Turvey, Bedfordshire, who was MP and speaker of the house. He was admitted to the Middle temple in 1503 to be trained as a lawyer....
bef. 1544 – aft. 1547 - Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of BletsoOliver St John, 1st Baron St John of BletsoOliver St John of Bletsoe, 1st Baron St John of Bletso was an English peer.St John was the son of Sir John St John of Bletsoe and Spelsbury and his wife Margaret . His paternal great-great-great-grandfather Sir Oliver St John of Bletsoe, Spelsbury and Lydiard Tregoze Oliver St John of Bletsoe,...
bef. 1558 – 1582 - John St John, 2nd Baron St John of BletsoJohn St John, 2nd Baron St John of BletsoJohn St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso was an English peer. The son of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso, and Agnes Fisher, he succeeded to the barony upon his father's death in 1582....
bef. 1584 – 1596 - Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of BletsoOliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of BletsoOliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1588 until 1596 when he inherited the peerage as Baron St John of Bletso....
1596–1618 - Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of ClevelandThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of ClevelandThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland was a Cavalier general who fought for Charles I during the English Civil War.He was the eldest son of Henry Wentworth, 3rd Baron Wentworth and Anne Hopton. His paternal grandfather was Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth, the last Englishman to hold Calais...
1618–1667 - Oliver St John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke 1667–1681 jointly with
- Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyRobert Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyRobert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS was the son of Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin....
1671–1685 - Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of AilesburyThomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of AilesburyThomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin and Lady Diana Grey. His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter...
1685–1689 - Paulet St John, 3rd Earl of BolingbrokePaulet St John, 3rd Earl of BolingbrokePaulet St John, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke , known as Paulet St John until 1688, was an English peer and politician....
1689–1711
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. Since 1711, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire.*William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1549–1551...
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