Permanent historical factsheet

Lord Chancellor

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

42Records
1155–1697Date range
36Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1155

Thomas a Becket1155

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor, the highest official in England

1189

William Longchamp1189

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England

1197

Eustace1197

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England

1199

Hubert Walter1199

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England

1266

Godfrey Giffard1266

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1274

Robert Burnell1274

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England

1356

William Eddington1356

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor

1362

Simon de Langham1362

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England

Simon de Langham1362

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1381

William Courtenay1381

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England

1383

Pole Suffolk, 1st13 March 1383

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1403

Henry Beaufort1403

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England, 1st term

1410

Thomas Beaufort Exeter, 2nd31 January 1410

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor

1413

Henry Beaufort1413

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England, 2nd term

1424

Henry Beaufort1424

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England, 3rd term

1454

Richard Neville "Kingmaker" Warwick, 16th2 April 1454

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor during the protectorate of Richard Plantagenet

1460

George Neville1460

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England, 1st term

1470

George Neville1470

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England, 2nd term

1475

John Alcock1475

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England, 1st term

1483

John RussellMay 1483

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England

1485

John Alcock1485

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of England, 2nd term

Thomas Rotherham1485

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1504

William Warham1504

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1515

Thomas Wolsey24 December 1515

Government / Government of England

Lives in splendor at the palaces of Whitehall & Hampton court. Appointed Lord Chancellor

1529

Thomas More25 October 1529

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1533

Thomas Audley Walden, 1st26 January 1533

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1544

Thomas Wriothesley Southampton, 1st1544

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1547

Richard Rich Rich, 1st1547

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1552

Thomas Goodrich1552

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1553

Stephen Gardiner1553

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1556

Nicholas Heath1 January 1556

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1579

Thomas Bromley1579

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1587

Christopher Hatton1587

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor, the last Member of Parliament to hold this position (barring the strange case of Charles Yorke) until Jack Straw, some four hundred and twenty years later

1618

Francis Bacon Verulam, 1st8 January 1618

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1621

Lionel Cranfield Middlesex, 1st1621

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1630

William Laud1630

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of Oxford University

1643

Hyde Clarendon, 1st1643

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

1657

Richard Cromwell1657

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chancellor of Oxford University

1658

Hyde Clarendon, 1st1658

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor to Charles II in exile

1660

Edward Hyde Clarendon, 1st1660

Government / Government of England

Confirmed as Lord Chancellor after the Restoration

1672

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st1672

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

1697

Somers Somers, 1st1697

Government / Government of England

Appointed Lord Chancellor

Names involved

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1stChristopher HattonEdward Hyde Clarendon, 1stEustaceFrancis Bacon Verulam, 1stGeorge NevilleGodfrey GiffardHenry BeaufortHubert WalterHyde Clarendon, 1stJohn AlcockJohn RussellLionel Cranfield Middlesex, 1stNicholas HeathPole Suffolk, 1stRichard CromwellRichard Neville "Kingmaker" Warwick, 16thRichard Rich Rich, 1stRobert BurnellSimon de LanghamSomers Somers, 1stStephen GardinerThomas a BecketThomas Audley Walden, 1stThomas Beaufort Exeter, 2ndThomas BromleyThomas GoodrichThomas MoreThomas RotherhamThomas WolseyThomas Wriothesley Southampton, 1stWilliam CourtenayWilliam EddingtonWilliam LaudWilliam LongchampWilliam Warham

Provenance

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