Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Norfolk
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
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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 Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
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- Sir Richard Southwell bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
- Sir James BoleynJames BoleynJames Boleyn was a courtier in the reign of Henry VIII of England and chancellor of the household of his niece, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII and thus the great-uncle of Elizabeth I...
bef. 1558–1561 - Sir William WoodhouseWilliam WoodhouseWilliam Henry Woodhouse was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1884 and 1885....
bef. 1562–1564 - Sir Christopher HeydonChristopher HeydonSir Christopher Heydon was an English soldier, Member of Parliament, and writer on astrology.-Background:Born in Surrey, Heydon was the eldest son of Sir William Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Woodhouse of Hickling, Norfolk...
bef. 1573–1579 - Sir Dru Drury bef. 1584–1617
- Sir Phillip Woodhouse, 1st Baronet 1617
- Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel KG, was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. When he died he possessed 700 paintings, along with large collections of sculpture,...
1617–1636 - Henry Howard, Lord MaltraversHenry Howard, 22nd Earl of ArundelHenry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, PC was an English noble and the second son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Lady Alethea Talbot, later 13th Baroness Furnivall...
1636–1646 - Interregnum
- Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd BaronetSir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd BaronetSir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet was an English baronet and Member of Parliament.Wodehouse was the son of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Baronet, and Blanche, daughter of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon...
1660–1681 - Henry Richardson, 3rd Lord Cramond 1681–1689
- Henry Howard, 7th Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC, Earl Marshal was a politician and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer.He married Mary Mordaunt, the only daughter and heiress of...
1689–1701
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.*Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex 1557–1559*Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1559–1572...
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