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CUSTOS ROTULORUM

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 669 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUSTOS ROTULORUM , the keeper of the See also:

English See also:county records, and by virtue of that See also:office the, highest See also:civil officer in the county. The See also:appointment until 1545 See also:lay with the See also:lord See also:chancellor, but is now exercised by the See also:crown under the royal sign-See also:manual, and is usually held by a See also:person of See also:rank, most frequently the lord-See also:lieutenant of the county. He is one of the justices of the See also:peace. In practice the records are in the custody of the clerk of the peace. This latter See also:official was, until 1888; appointed by the custos rotulorum, but since the passing of the See also:Local See also:Government See also:Act of that See also:year, the appointment is made by the See also:standing See also:joint-See also:committee of the county See also:council.

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