Custos Rotulorum of Monmouthshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Monmouthshire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire
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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 Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (historic)
Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....
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- Richard Morgan bef. 1544–1556
- Thomas SomersetThomas SomersetThomas Somerset was an English Roman Catholic layman, kept imprisoned for long periods by Elizabeth I of England.-Life:...
bef. 1558 – aft. 1562 - Rowland Morgan bef. 1564 – aft. 1577
- William Herbert bef. 1584–1593
- Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke KG was an English peer of the Elizabethan era.-Life:He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. His aunt was queen consort Catherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. Herbert was responsible for the costly restoration of Cardiff Castle...
bef. 1594–1601 - Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of WorcesterEdward Somerset, 4th Earl of WorcesterEdward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, KG, Earl Marshal was an English aristocrat. He was an important advisor to King James I, serving as Lord Privy Seal....
1601–1628 - William Herbert, 3rd Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 3rd Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, KG, PC was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he founded Pembroke College, Oxford with King James. He was warden of the Forest of Dean, and constable of St Briavels from 1608...
1628–1630 - Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 4th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery KG was an English courtier and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I...
1630 – aft. 1636 - Sir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st BaronetSir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st BaronetSir Nicholas Kemeys, 1st Baronet was a Welsh landowner and soldier during the English Civil War in South Wales and played a key part in events in the region during that conflict.- Lineage :...
1645–1646 - English InterregnumEnglish InterregnumThe English Interregnum was the period of parliamentary and military rule by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the Commonwealth of England after the English Civil War...
- Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of BeaufortHenry Somerset, 1st Duke of BeaufortHenry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC was an English peer. He was styled Lord Herbert from 1646 until 3 April 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester....
1660–1689 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of MacclesfieldCharles Gerard, 1st Earl of MacclesfieldCharles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier.-Life:The eldest son of Sir Charles Gerard, he was a member of an old Lancashire family, his great-grandfather having been Sir Gilbert Gerard of Ince, in that county, one of the most distinguished judges...
1689–1694 - Thomas MorganThomas Morgan (of Dderw)Thomas Morgan, JP was a Welsh Whig politician of the 17th century.The eldest son of William Morgan and his first wife Blanche, Morgan inherited his father's estate upon the latter's death in 1680...
1695–1700 - John MorganJohn Morgan (of Rhiwpera)John Morgan was a Welsh politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the youngest son of William Morgan and his wife Blanche. When his elder brother Thomas Morgan died without surviving children in 1700, he inherited the family estates, the two middle brothers having predeceased him...
1701–1720
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Monmouthshire was held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, except for the period from 1602 to 1629, when it formed a separate lieutenancy in conjunction with Glamorgan...
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