Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Suffolk
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
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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 Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
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- Sir Humphrey WingfieldHumphrey WingfieldHumphrey Wingfield was an English lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536.-Early life:He was the twelfth son of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John FitzLewis of West Horndon, Essex; Sir Richard Wingfield and Sir Robert...
bef. 1544–1545 - John Gosnold bef. 1547–1554
- Sir William CordellWilliam CordellSir William Cordell was Solicitor General and Master of the Rolls during the reign of Queen Mary I and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I....
bef. 1558 – bef. 1562 - Sir Clement Heigham bef. 1562–1571
- James Rivett bef. 1573 – aft. 1584
- Sir Robert JermynRobert JermynSir Robert Jermyn was an English politician.He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Ambrose Jermyn and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1560–61. In 1577 he succeeded to his father's Suffolk estates and seat at Rushbrooke, Suffolk's largest and finest moated Tudor mansion. Around this time he...
bef. 1594 – 1614 - Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of SuffolkThomas Howard, 1st Earl of SuffolkAdmiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
bef. 1621–1624? - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
1624–1640 - James Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
1640–1681
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Since 1642, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk.-Lord Lieutenants of Suffolk:*Sir Anthony Wingfield 1551–1552 jointly with*? 1551–?...
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