Custos Rotulorum of Roscommon

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Custos rotulorum (plural: custodes rotulorum; Latin for "keeper of the rolls") is the keeper of a county's records and, by virtue of that office, the highest civil officer in the county.

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of County Roscommon.

For post-1831 custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon

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References

  1. Weld, Isaac. Statistical survey of the county of Roscommon. p. 225.