Custos Rotulorum of Essex

This is a list of people who have served as custos rotulorum of Essex.

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
 * Sir William Petre bef. 1544–1572
 * Sir Anthony Cooke c. 1573–1576
 * Sir Thomas Mildmay c. 1577–1608
 * Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk bef. 1621–1624
 * Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 1624–1640
 * William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard 1640
 * Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick 1640–1642
 * James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle 1642–1646, 1660
 * Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick 1660–1673
 * William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard 1673–1688
 * Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre 1688