This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire.
William Whorwood bef. 1544–1545 William Paget, 1st Baron Paget bef. 1547–1563 Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex 1569–1576 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, 2nd 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.
References Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646 Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828