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Lord Chancellors
of England
The office of Lord Chancellor dates back to the Kingdom of England, at least as far back as the Norman Conquest, and possibly earlier. Originally, the Lord Chancellor was the officer responsible for keeping the Great Seal of England, the king's right hand man, and was usually a clergyman. Until well into the 17th century, the Lord Chancellor often was one of the most important officials in the English government. Killing the king's chancellor is still an act of treason under the Treason Act 1351. In 1362 the Lord Chancellor addressed Parliament in English, rather than French, for the first time following the Norman Conquest.
Year
|
Office Holder |
|---|---|
| 605 | Angmendus |
| ? | Cenmora |
| ? | Bosa |
| ? | Swithulplus |
| 827 | St Swithin |
| 920 | Turketel |
| 959 | Adolphus |
| 978 | Alfric |
| 1043 | Lesfric |
| 1050 | Reinhildus |
| 1067 | Maurice |
| ? | Osmund |
| 1073 | Augustus |
| 1075 | Baldrick |
| 1075 | Herman |
| 1086 | Giffard |
| 1088 | Bloct |
| 1090 | Flambard |
| 1100 | Giffard |
| ? | Weldric |
| ? | Godfrey |
| ? | Herbert |
| ? | Geoffrey Rufus |
| ? | Ranulfus |
| 1135 | Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln |
| ? | Roger Pauper |
| ? | Philip |
| ? | Roger de Gant |
| ? | Reginald |
| 1142 | William Fitzgibert |
| 1155 | St Thomas Becket |
| 1162 | John |
| ? | Ralph de Warnailla |
| ? | Walter de Constantis |
| 1181 | Geoffrey son of Rosand |
| ? | Nigel, Bishop of Ely |
| ? | Walter de Bidem |
| 1189 | William Longchamp |
| 1192 | Geoffrey son of Rosand |
| 1195 | William Longchamp |
| 1196 | Eustace, Bishop of Ely |
| 1199 | Walter Herbert |
| 1206 | Walter de Grey |
| 1214 | Richard de Marisco |
| 1227 | Ralph de Neville, Bishop of Chichester |
| 1240 | Simon the Norman |
| 1242 | Ralph de Neville, Bishop of Chichester |
| 1244 | Silvester de Everden |
| 1246 | John Maunsel |
| 1249 | John de Laxington |
| 1253 | Queen Eleanour |
| 1254 | William de Kilkenny |
| 1255 | Henry de Wangham |
| 1260 | Nicholas de Ely |
| 1261 | Walter de Merton |
| 1263 | Nicholas de Ely |
| 1265 | Thomas de Cantilupe |
| 1265 | Walter Giffard |
| 1266 | Godfrey Giffard |
| 1268 | John de Chrishull |
| 1269 | Richard de Middleton |
| 1272 | Walter de Merton |
| 1274 | Robert Burnal |
| 1292 | John de Langton |
| 1302 | William de Grenefield |
| 1304 | William de Hamilton |
| 1307 | Ralph de Baldock |
| 1307 | John de Langton |
| 1310 | Walter Reynolds |
| 1314 | John de Sandale |
| 1318 | John de Hottram |
| 1320 | John de Salmon |
| 1323 | Robert de Baldock |
| 1327 | John de Hottram |
| 1327 | Henry de Bungash |
| 1330 | John de Stratford |
| 1334 | Richard de Bury |
| 1337 | Robert de Stratford |
| 1338 | Richard de Bynkworth |
| 1340 | John de Stratford |
| 1340 | Robert de Stratford |
| 1340 | Sir Robert Bourchier |
| 1341 | Sir Robert Parnage |
| 1343 | Robert de Sandyngton |
| 1345 | John de Offord |
| 1349 | John Thoresby, Bishop of St. David |
| 1356 | William de Edington |
| 1363 | Simon de Langham |
| 1367 | William de Wickham |
| 1371 | Sir Robert Thorpe |
| 1372 | Sir John Knynett |
| 1377 | Adam Haughton, Bishop of St. David |
| 1378 | Richard Scrope |
| 1380 | Simon de Sudbury |
| 1381 | William Courtenay, Bishop of London |
| 1381 | Richard Scrope, Lord Scrope of Bolton |
| 1382 | Robert de Braybrooke, Bishop of London |
| 1383 | Sir Michael de la Pole |
| 1383 | Thomas Fitzalan, Archbishop of Bath |
| 1389 | William de Wickham |
| 1391 | Thomas Fitzalan, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1396 | Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter |
| 1399 |
Thomas Fitzalan, Archbishop of
Canterbury John Scarle |
| 1401 | Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter |
| 1403 | Cardinal Henry Beaufort |
| 1405 | Thomas Langley, Dean of York |
| 1407 | Thomas Fitzalan, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1410 | Sir Thomas Beaufort |
| 1412 | Thomas Fitzalan, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1413 | Cardinal Henry Beaufort |
| 1417 | Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham |
| 1424 | Cardinal Henry Beaufort |
| 1426 | Cardinal John Kempe |
| 1432 | John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1450 | Cardinal John Kempe |
| 1454 | Richard Neville, E. Salisbury |
| 1455 | Cardinal Thomas Bourchier |
| 1456 | William Waynflete |
| 1460 |
George Neville, Archbishop of York Sir John Fortescue |
| 1461 | George Neville, Archbishop of York |
| 1467 | Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells |
| 1473 |
Henry Bourchier,
E. Essex Lawrence Booth, Bishop of Durham |
| 1475 | Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1483 | John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln |
| 1485 | John Alcock, Bishop of Worcester |
| 1487 | Cardinal John Morton |
| 1500 | Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1502 | William Worham, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1509 | William Worham, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1515 | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey |
| 1529 | Sir Thomas More |
| 1533 | Thomas Audley, Lord Audley |
| 1544 | Thomas Wriothesley |
| 1547 | |
| 1552 | Thomas Goodricke, Bishop of Ely |
| 1553 | Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester |
| 1556 | Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York |
| 1558 | Sir Nicholas Bacon |
| 1579 | Sir Thomas Bromley |
| 1587 | Sir Christopher Hatton |
| 1591 | William Cecil, Lord Burghley |
| 1592 | Sir John Puckering |
| 1596 | Lord Ellesmere |
| 1603 | Thomas Egerton |
| 1617 | V Bruckley |
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