This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

• Sir William Babthorpe bef. 1544–1555
• Christopher Estoft bef. 1558–1566
• John Vaughan bef. 1573–1577
• Ralph Rokeby 1577 – aft. 1584
• Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet bef. 1594 – aft. 1608
• Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet bef. 1621–1626
• Sir William Alford 1626 – aft. 1636
• Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet 1642–1646
• Interregnum
• Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet 1660–1680
• John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 1680–1682
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 1682–1687
• John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave 1687–1689
• Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds 1689–1699
• John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle 1699–1711
• Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds 1711–1715
• Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine 1715
• Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 1715–1721
• William Pulteney 1721–1728

For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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