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.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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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.
Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406
The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.
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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"]