This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland.
Robert Horsley bef. 1547–?Sir Robert Brandling bef. 1558–1568Sir John Forster bef. 1573 – aft. 1594Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure 1596–1598Sir Robert Carey 1598 – bef. 1605Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury bef. 1605–1618Sir Ralph Delaval 1618–1628William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Newcastle 1628–1632Sir William Widdrington 1632–1646InterregnumWilliam Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington 1660–1675Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle 1675–1688Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 1689–1721Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough 1722–1740Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville 1740–1753Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1753–1786Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1786–1800William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 1800–1802Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1802–1817For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.