Custos Rotulorum is in Offices of Parliament.
In 1549 Robert Keilway [aged 52] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Berkshire.
In 1756 John Wynn [aged 54] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Caernarvonshire.
In 1579 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley [aged 66] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Cheshire.
In 1547 William Babthorpe [aged 58] was appointed Custos Rotulorum East Riding of Yorkshire.
In 1750 Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer [aged 54] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Flintshire.
In 1753 Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth [aged 21] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Flintshire.
In 1624 Henry Wallop [aged 55] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Hampshire.
Around 1547 Henry Parker [aged 34] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Hertfordshire.
In 1704 Charles Finch 4th Earl Winchilsea [aged 31] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Kent.
In 1547 Roger Cholmeley [aged 52] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Middlesex.
In 1602 William Herbert 1st Baron Powis [aged 29] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
Westminster Chronicle of King Richard II, 1381-1394
The Westminster Chronicle is one of the most vivid and important narrative sources for the reign of Richard II. Written by an anonymous chronicler closely connected with Westminster Abbey, it covers the years 1381 to 1394, from the Peasants’ Revolt to the political tensions, court ceremonies, diplomatic negotiations, royal progresses, and public crises of Richard’s later reign. Rich in detail the chronicle records major events such as the conflicts between the King and Lords Appellant, King and the City of London, negotiations with France and Scotland, the death and funeral of Queen Anne of Bohemia, the illness of Charles VI of France, and the changing fortunes of leading nobles including John of Gaunt, Thomas of Gloucester, Robert de Vere, and the Earl of Arundel. The Chronicle offers readers a remarkable window into late fourteenth-century England, combining political observation, courtly spectacle, urban drama, ecclesiastical affairs, and moral judgement. It is an essential source for anyone interested in medieval monarchy, London, Westminster, and the troubled reign of Richard II.
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In January 1679 Andrew Newport [aged 58] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In 1685 Andrew Newport [aged 64] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In 1691 Andrew Newport [aged 70] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In 1701 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 56] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope was appointed Custos Rotulorum North Riding.
In 1660 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford [aged 39] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Shropshire.
In 1708 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 63] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Shropshire.
Edward Leighton was appointed Custos Rotulorum Shropshire.
In 1690 John Berkeley 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 40] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Somerset.
In 1731 Henry Shirley 3rd Earl Ferrers [aged 39] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Staffordshire.
In 1622 William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh [aged 35] was appointed Custos Rotulorum Warwickshire.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th March 1660. Ash Wednesday. In the morning I went to my Lord at Mr. Crew's [aged 62], in my way Washington overtook me and told me upon my question whether he knew of any place now void that I might have, by power over friends, that this day Mr. G. Montagu [aged 37] was to be made 'Custos Rotulorum' for Westminster, and that by friends I might get to be named by him Clerk of the Peace, with which I was, as I am at all new things, very much joyed, so when I came to Mr. Crew's, I spoke to my Lord about it, who told me he believed Mr. Montagu had already promised it, and that it was given him only that he might gratify one person with the place I look for. Here, among many that were here, I met with Mr. Lynes, the surgeon, who promised me some seeds of the sensitive plant. [Note. Evelyn, about the same date (9th August 1661), "tried several experiments on the sensitive plant and humilis, which contracted with the least touch of the sun through a burning glass, though it rises and opens only when it shines on it"]