This is a list of people who have served as
Custos Rotulorum
''Custos rotulorum'' (; plural: ''custodes rotulorum''; Latin for "keeper of the rolls", ) is a civic post that is recognised in the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and in Jamaica.
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The ''custos rotulorum'' i ...
of
Cardiganshire
Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cer ...
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Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford
Walter Devereux, 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Viscount Hereford, KG (1488 – 17 September 1558) was an English courtier and parliamentarian.
Baron Ferrers
Walter was the son and heir of John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers ...
1543–1558
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John Price 1558 – aft. 1579
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George Devereux
Georges Devereux (born György Dobó; 13 September 1908 – 28 May 1985) was a Hungarian-French ethnologist and psychoanalyst, often considered the founder of ethnopsychiatry. c. 1584
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Richard Price
Richard Price (23 February 1723 – 19 April 1791) was a British moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer, pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French ...
1590 – 1592, 1594 – 1623
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Sir John Lewis bef. 1621–1623
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Sir John Lewis 1623–1626
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William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton
William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, Order of the Garter, KG (died 24 June 1630), known as 2nd Baron Compton from 1589 to 1618, was an England, English nobleman, Peerage, peer, and politician.
Northampton was the son of Henry Compton, 1st ...
1626–1630
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Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery
Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery KB, PC (c. 1600 – 1686), styled The Honourable from 1621 until 1628 and then Lord Vaughan until 1634, was a Welsh soldier, peer and politician.
Born the son of a Welsh noble with an Irish peerage, Vaughan ...
1630–1646
* ''Interregnum''
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Francis Vaughan, Lord Vaughan
Francis may refer to:
People
* Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Francis (surname)
Places
*Rural ...
1660–1667
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Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery
Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery KB, PC (c. 1600 – 1686), styled The Honourable from 1621 until 1628 and then Lord Vaughan until 1634, was a Welsh soldier, peer and politician.
Born the son of a Welsh noble with an Irish peerage, Vaughan ...
1670–1686
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John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery
John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery KB, PRS (baptised 8 July 1639 – 12 January 1713), styled Lord Vaughan from 1643 to 1686, was a Welsh nobleman and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica between 1675 and 1678.
Life
He ...
1686–1713
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Price Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford 1714
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John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne 1714–1721
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John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne
John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne (c.1695 – 15 January 1741) was a Welsh landowner and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. Apparently a heavy drinker, who kept several mistresses, he informally separated ...
1721–1741
* ''vacant''
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Thomas Johnes 1743–1780
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Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne 1780–1800
For later custodes rotulorum, see
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire.
References
Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828
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Cardiganshire
Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cer ...