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
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