Custos Rotulorum

Custos rotulorum (the keeper of the rolls or records of the county). A principal justice of the peace within the county, by whom the clerk of the peace is appointed, Harding v. Pollock, (1829) 6 Bing. 25; 37 Hen. 8, c. 1. By s. 5 of the (English) Local Government (Clerks) Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 45), the clerk of the peace, subject to the powers of the custos rotulorum, or the county council, as the case may require, shall have charge of and be responsible for the records and documents of a county in England.