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

• Robert Horsley bef. 1547–?
• Sir Robert Brandling bef. 1558–1568
• Sir John Forster bef. 1573 – aft. 1594
• Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure 1596–1598
• Sir Robert Carey 1598 – bef. 1605
• Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury bef. 1605–1618
• Sir Ralph Delaval 1618–1628
• William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Newcastle 1628–1632
• Sir William Widdrington 1632–1646
• Interregnum
• William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington 1660–1675
• Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle 1675–1688
• Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 1689–1721
• Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough 1722–1740
• Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville 1740–1753
• Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1753–1786
• Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1786–1800
• William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 1800–1802
• Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1802–1817

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.

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