Custos Rotulorum
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The Custos Rotulorum was a senior civil officer in English and Welsh counties, historically serving as the keeper of the rolls and often acting as the chief magistrate and leading local dignitary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Custos Rotulorum canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil office
ⓘ
county office ⓘ historical public office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
English counties
ⓘ
Welsh counties ⓘ |
| authorityOver | justices of the peace ⓘ |
| country |
England
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
English legal history
ⓘ
Welsh legal history ⓘ |
| field |
administration of justice
ⓘ
county administration ⓘ local government ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief magistrate
ⓘ
keeper of the rolls ⓘ leading local dignitary ⓘ senior civil officer ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Stuart period
ⓘ
Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern England ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| oftenCombinedWithOffice | Lord Lieutenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oftenHeldBy |
leading local nobleman
ⓘ
prominent landowner ⓘ |
| partOf | county governance structure ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
custody of county records
ⓘ
oversight of county magistracy ⓘ |
| scope | civil jurisdiction ⓘ |
| status | senior county official ⓘ |
| translation | keeper of the rolls ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.