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

Sir John Baker bef. 1544–1558 Thomas Wotton bef. 1562–1587 Sir Henry Cobham 1587–1592 Sir Edward Hoby bef. 1594–1617 Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 1617–1624 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1624–1642 Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester 1642–1646 Interregnum Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1660–1688 Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 1688–1689 Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1689 Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney 1689–1704 Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea 1704–1705 Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham 1705–1724 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1724–1765 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Kent.

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