This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire.
William Whorwood bef. 1544–1545
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget bef. 1547–1563
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex 1569–1576
Thomas Trentham bef. 1577–1587
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex bef. 1594–1601
Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard 1601 – aft. 1608
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1617–1627
Sir Edward Littleton 1627–1628
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1628 –1642
Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet 1642–1646
Interregnum
William Paget, 5th Baron Paget 1660–1678
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1678–1680
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1680–1681
Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 1681–1688
Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar 1688–1689
William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 1689–1713
Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 1713–1715
Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 1715–1725
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers 1725–1729
vacant?
John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower 1742–1754
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 1755–1799
George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford 1799–1828
Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot 1828–1849
For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
