title: Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire
text: # Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire
  
  This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire. Since 1711, the function of Custos Rotulorum has been carried out by the Lords Lieutenant of the county.
  
  * John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
  * Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso bef. 1558 – 1582
  * John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso bef. 1584 – 1596
  * Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso 1596–1618
  * Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland 1618–1667
  * Oliver St John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke 1667–1681 jointly with
  * Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1671–1685
  * Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury 1685–1689
  * Paulet St John, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke 1689–1711
  
  For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire.
  
  