This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire. Custos rotulorum, (keeper of the rolls) the keeper of the English county records, is by virtue of that office the highest civil officer in the county. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

• William Whorwood bef. 1544–1545
• William Paget, 1st Baron Paget bef. 1547–1563
• Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex bef. 1573–1576
• 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, 1st 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. William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert (1506 - June 9, 1563), English statesman, son of William Paget, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the city of London, was born in London in 1506, and was educated at St Pauls School, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeding afterwards to... Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1541 - 1576), an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux. ... Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1566 - 25 February 1601), favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is the best-known of the many holders of the title Earl of Essex. He was born at Netherwood in 1566, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and... Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, (January 11 1591 – 14 September 1646), was the son and heir of the unfortunate Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and succeeded to his fathers title in 1604, three years after the previous earl had been executed for treason. ... Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, (January 11 1591 – 14 September 1646), was the son and heir of the unfortunate Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and succeeded to his fathers title in 1604, three years after the previous earl had been executed for treason. ... James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth James Crofts, later Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch (April 9, 1649–July 15, 1685) recognised by some as James II of England and James VII of Scotland, was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the son of Charles II and... Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1640 - September 28, 1702) was an English statesman and nobleman. ... Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury ( 24 July 1660 – 1 February 1718), was the only son of Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and his second wife, Anne-Marie Brudenell, a daughter of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan; (she became the notorious mistress of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham... William Paget, 6th Baron Paget (1609 – 1678) was a baron in the peerage of England. ... John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694-1754) was a British Tory politician, one of the first Tories to enter government in the 18th century. ... Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower (4 August 1721 - 26 October 1803) was a British politician. ... George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, KG, PC (9 January 1758–19 July 1833) was the son of the 1st Marquess of Stafford. ... This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for Staffordshire. ...

References

• Institute of Historical Research