This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire. The office was created in 1368, at which time the Isle of Ely, Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough did not form part of the county. Sir John Hynde bef. 1544–1550 Sir James Dyer bef. 1558 – aft. 1564 Roger North, 2nd Baron North bef. 1573 – 1600 Sir John Cotton 1600–1617 Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet 1617–1618 Sir John Cotton 1618–1621 Sir John Cutts 1621–1636 Sir Thomas Chicheley 1642– interregnum Sir Thomas Chicheley 1660–1689 Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford 1689–1727 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. References Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646 Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828 History of Cambridgeshire Local government in Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire