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

35Records
1450–1689Date range
30Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1450

Richard Woodville Rivers, 1st1450

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1455

Thomas Stanley Derby, 1st1455

Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1509

Edward Stafford Buckingham, 3rd1509

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1511

Thomas Wolsey1511

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1519

William KingstonMay 1519

Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council

Richard WestonMay 1519

Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council

Richard WingfieldMay 1519

Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council

1529

Thomas Howard Norfolk, 3rd1529

Government / Government of England

Appointed President of the Privy Council

1530

Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st1530

Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council by Henry VIII

1536

Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1stOctober 1536

Government / Government of England

Cromwells success in Church politics was offset by the fact that his political influence had been weakened by the emergence of a privy council, a body of nobles and office-holders that first came together to suppress the Pilgrimage of Grace

1541

Paget Beaudesert, 1st1541

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1543

John Dudley23 April 1543

London · Government / Government of England

Is sworn as a member of Henry VIII's Privy Council.

Edward Seymour Somerset, 1st1543

Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council

Edward Seymour1543

London · Government / Government of England

Becomes increasingly prominent in Henry VIII's Privy Council.

1550

Edward Clinton Lincoln, 1st1550

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1558

Francis Knollys1558

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor under Elizabeth I

1559

Robert Dudley Leicester, 1st1559

Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1562

Thomas Howard Norfolk, 4th1562

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1573

Francis Walsingham1573

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council

1578

Christopher Hatton1578

Government / Government of England

Appointed member of the Privy Council

1613

Edward Coke1613

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1620

Lionel Cranfield Middlesex, 1st1620

Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councilor

1626

William Laud1626

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

Edward Sackville Dorset, 4th1626

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councilor

1633

William Laud1633

Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council

1653

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st1653

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Barebones Parliament

1660

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st1660

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1661

Denzil Holles Ifield, 1st1661

London · Government / Government of England

Holles is appointed to the Privy Council during the early Restoration settlement.

1666

Thomas Clifford Chudleigh, 1st1666

Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1672

Savile Halifax1672

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council, 1st term

1673

Thomas Osbourne Danby, 1st3 May 1673

Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Councillor

1678

Robert Bruce Elgin, 2nd1678

Government / Government of England

Appointed Privy Counsellor

1679

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st1679

Government / Government of England

Appointed President of the Privy Council

Savile Halifax1679

London · Government / Government of England

Appointed Member of Privy Council, 2nd term

1689

Charles Sackville Dorset, 6th Earl1689

London · Government / Government of England

Serves as a Privy Councillor in William and Mary's government

Names involved

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1stCharles Sackville Dorset, 6th EarlChristopher HattonDenzil Holles Ifield, 1stEdward Clinton Lincoln, 1stEdward CokeEdward Sackville Dorset, 4thEdward SeymourEdward Seymour Somerset, 1stEdward Stafford Buckingham, 3rdFrancis KnollysFrancis WalsinghamJohn DudleyLionel Cranfield Middlesex, 1stPaget Beaudesert, 1stRichard WestonRichard WingfieldRichard Woodville Rivers, 1stRobert Bruce Elgin, 2ndRobert Dudley Leicester, 1stSavile HalifaxThomas Clifford Chudleigh, 1stThomas Cromwell Essex, 1stThomas Howard Norfolk, 3rdThomas Howard Norfolk, 4thThomas Osbourne Danby, 1stThomas Stanley Derby, 1stThomas WolseyWilliam KingstonWilliam Laud

Provenance

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