This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 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. ... The West Riding as an administrative county prior to its abolition in 1974. ...

• Sir Richard Lyster bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
• Sir Thomas Gargrave bef. 1558–1579
• Francis Wortley 1579–1583
• Sir Cotton Gargrave 1584–1588
• John Savile bef. 1594–1616
• Sir Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baronet 1616–1626
• John Savile, 1st Baron Savile 1626–1630
• Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1630–1641
• Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641–1646
• Interregnum
• Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax 1660–1671
• George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1671–1679
• Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington 1679–1685
• vacant
• Lord Thomas Howard 1688
• George Saville, 1st Marquess of Halifax 1689–1695
• vacant
• Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington 1699–1704

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in an Armour, 1639, by Sir Anthony van Dyck. ... Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in an Armour, 1639, by Sir Anthony van Dyck. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article needs cleanup. ... George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (November 11, 1633 - April 5, 1695), English statesman and writer, great-grandson of Sir George Savile of Lupset and Thornhill in Yorkshire (created baronet In 161,), was the eldest son of Sir William Savile, 3rd baronet, who distinguished himself in the civil war in...

References

• Institute of Historical Research