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

• Richard Sampson, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield bef. 1544–1547
• Sir Thomas Holcroft 1548–1558
• Richard Harpour 1558–?
• William Gerard bef. 1564 – bef. 1573
• Sir Edward Fitton bef. 1573–1579
• Sir Hugh Cholmondeley (the elder) 1579–1597
• Sir Hugh Cholmondeley (the younger) 1597–1601
• Sir John Egerton 1601–1614
• Sir George Booth, 1st Baronet 1621–1644
• Sir Orlando Bridgeman 1644–1646?
• Interregnum
• Sir George Booth, 2nd Baronet 1660–1673
• Lord Henry Booth 1673–1682
• William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 1682–1688
• William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis 1688–1689
• Henry Booth, 2nd Baron Delamere 1689–1694

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.

• Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1544-1646
• Institute of Historical Research - Custodes Rotulorum 1660-1828