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Custos Rotulorum of Lancashire

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This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Lancashire.

  • Bartilmew Hesketh c.1535
  • Sir John Holcroft 1547–1560
  • Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet by 1598–1623
  • Sir Richard Molyneux by 1627–1630
  • James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby by 1636
  • Interregnum 1646–1660
  • Richard Kirkby 1664–1681
  • Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneux c.1685–1689
  • Hon Charles Gerard 1689–1701
  • James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1702–1710
  • James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton 1710–1712
  • vacant
  • James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1714–1736
  • The office was permanently joined with that of Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire before 1834.

    References

    Custos Rotulorum of Lancashire Wikipedia