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