| Thomas Coveley |
|
1401 - 13 Jul
1407 |
| Thomas Dereham |
|
13 Jul 1407 -
17 Aug 1407 |
| Roger Hunt |
|
17 Aug 1407 -
1410 |
| Thomas Tickhill |
|
1410 - 16 Jan
1414 |
| William Babington |
|
16 Jan 1414 -
1420 |
| William Babthorpe |
|
1420 - 28 Oct
1429 |
| John Vampage |
|
28 Oct 1429 -
30 Jun 1452 |
| William de
Nottingham |
|
30 Jun 1452 -
12 Aug 1461 |
| John Herbert |
|
12 Aug 1461 -
1461 |
| Henry Sothill |
|
1461 - 16 Jun
1471 |
| William Hussey |
|
16 Jun 1471 - 7 May
1481 |
| William Huddersfield |
|
7 May 1481 - 28 May
1483 |
| Morgan Kydwelly |
|
28 May 1483 -
20 Sep 1485 |
| William Hody |
|
20 Sep 1485 - 3
Nov 1486 |
| Jacob Hubbard |
|
3 Nov 1486 -
Apr 1509 |
| John Ernley |
|
Apr 1509 - 26
Jan 1518 |
| John
Fitz-James |
a nephew of Richard Fitzjames, Bishop of
London. Sir John had also been Recorder of Bristol, Attorney-General and
Chief Baron of the Exchequer. When in Jul 1535 the King's
chief minister, Thomas
Cromwell, wanted to halt the export of coin he decided to consult
Fitzjames on whether a proclamation could be used for this. Cromwell asked
him what the King
could do if "there wer no law nor statute made alreadye for any suche
purpose", to which Fitzjames replied that a proclamation was "of
as good effecte as any law made by parlyament or otherwyse". Cromwell
was "veray gladde to here" Fitzjames' answer. When
the Reformation Parliament was prorogued in 1536 Fitzjames was rewarded £40
by the King. |
26 Jan 1518 -
Feb 1522 |
| John Roper |
|
Feb 1522 - 1
Apr 1524 |
| Ralph
Swillington |
Recorder of Coventry and Attorney General to Henry
VIII. Swillington was Attorney General for the short period of time
between 1524 and his death in the following year. In his will (dated 11
July 1525), he left land in Driffield, Yorkshire, to his nephew, George
Swillington. A monument in St. Michael's Church, Coventry, commemorates
Swillington, his wife Elizabeth (Babthorpe) and her other husband, Thomas
Essex. |
1 Apr 1524 -
Aug 1525 |
| Richard Lyster |
|
Aug 1525 - 3
Jun 1529 |
| Christopher Hales |
|
3 Jun 1529 - 10
Jul 1535 |
| Sir John Baker |
|
10 Jul 1535 - 8
Nov 1540 |
| William Whorwode |
|
8 Nov 1540 - 8
Jun 1545 |
| Henry Bradshaw |
|
8 Jun 1545 - 21 May
1552 |
| Edward Griffin |
|
21 May 1552 -
22 Jan 1559 |
| Sir Gilbert Gerrard |
|
22 Jan 1559 - 1
Jun 1581 |
| Sir John Popham |
|
1 Jun 1581 - 2
Jun 1592 |
| Sir Thomas Egerton |
|
2 Jun 1592 - 10
Apr 1594 |
| Sir Edward Coke |
|
10 Apr
1594 - 4 Jul 1606 |
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