Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum
of Worcestershire
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For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
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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 Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
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- Sir John Pakington 1544–1551
- William SheldonWilliam SheldonWilliam Herbert Sheldon was an American psychologist and numismatist.- Biography :Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1898, William Sheldon distinguished himself in two fields....
bef. 1558–1570 - Sir Thomas Russell bef. 1573–1574
- Sir John LytteltonSir John Lyttelton (1520-1590)Sir John Lyttelton was the son of Sir John Lyttelton of Frankley and his wife Elizabeth daughter and coheir of Sir Gilbert Talbot. He was of age in 1541. He was made constable of Dudley Castle and keeper of the old and new parks there in 1553. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth...
bef. 1577–1590 - Sir John PakingtonSir John Pakington (1549-1625)Sir John Pakington of Westwood Park near Droitwich and Aylesbury courtier in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He...
bef. 1594–1623 - Sir John Pakington, 1st BaronetSir John Pakington, 1st BaronetSir John Pakington, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of Sir John Pakington, but predeceased his father. His marriage to Frances, the daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, produced two children, including his heir Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet.-References:*Burke's Peerage and Baronetage , s.v...
1623–1624 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron CoventryThomas Coventry, 1st Baron CoventryThomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry was a prominent English lawyer, politician and judge during the early 17th century.-Education and early legal career:...
1624–1628 - Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron CoventryThomas Coventry, 2nd Baron CoventryThomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1626 and 1629 and was subsequently a member of the House of Lords. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1628–1646, 1660–1661 - George Coventry, 3rd Baron CoventryGeorge Coventry, 3rd Baron CoventryGeorge Coventry, 3rd Baron Coventry was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry and Mary Craven....
1661–1680 - John Coventry, 4th Baron Coventry 1681–1687
- Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington 1688–1689
- Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of CoventryThomas Coventry, 1st Earl of CoventryThomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry , known as the Hon. Thomas Coventry from 1640 to 1687 and as the Lord Coventry from 1687 to 1697, was an English politician....
1689–1699 - Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of CoventryThomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of CoventryThomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry was an English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Thomas Coventry from 1685 to 1697 and Viscount Deerhurst until 1699....
1699–1710 - Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of PlymouthOther Windsor, 2nd Earl of PlymouthOther Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth was a British peer, styled Lord Windsor from 1682 to 1687.The son of Other Windsor, Lord Windsor and Elizabeth Turvey, he succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Plymouth in 1687. On 12 April 1706, he was awarded a DCL by Oxford...
1710–1715 - John Somers, 1st Baron SomersJohn Somers, 1st Baron SomersJohn Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, FRS was an English Whig jurist and statesman. Somers first came to national attention in the trial of the Seven Bishops where he was on the their defence counsel. He published tracts on political topics such as the succession to the crown, where he elaborated his...
1715–1716 - vacant
- Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker 1719
- William Coventry, 5th Earl of CoventryWilliam Coventry, 5th Earl of CoventryWilliam Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry PC , known as William Coventry until 1719, was a British politician.Coventry was the son of Walter Coventry and his wife Anne . His grandfather Walter Coventry was the youngest brother of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry...
1719–1751
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Since 1719, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire.-Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire to 1974:...
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