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The following is a list of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain. It also includes a list of Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal during the English Civil War and Interregnum.

Contents

11th century

  • Herfast (1069)
  • Saint Osmund, count of Sées and bishop of Salisbury (c. 1070)
  • Maurice, Archdeacon of Le Mans (c. 1078)
  • Gerard, Preceptor of Rouen (c. 1085-before 1091), later Archbishop of York
  • Robert Bloet (after January 1091)
  • William Giffard (1094–1101)

    • 12th century

  • Roger of Salisbury (1101–1102)
  • Waldric (1102–1107)
  • Ranulf (1107–1123)
  • Geoffrey Rufus (1123–1133)
  • Robert de Sigello (1133–1135) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • Roger le Poer (1135–1139)
  • Philip de Harcourt, Dean of Lincoln (1139–1140)
  • Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1140-1141)
  • William FitzGilbert (1141–1142)
  • Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1142–1154)
  • Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (1155–1162)
  • Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury (1162–1173)
  • Ralph de Warneville, Treasurer of York (1173–1181)
  • Geoffrey, the Bastard, Plantagenet (1181–1189)
  • William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely (1189–1197)
  • Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1197–1199) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1198-1199)

    • 13th century

  • Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
  • Walter de Gray ?"Bishop of Lichfield"?, 1214-15 Bishop of Worcester, from 1215 Archbishop of York (1205–1214)
  • Richard Marsh (1214–1226), from 1217 Bishop of Durham
  • Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester (1226–1240)
  • Richard le Gras, Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
  • Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester (1242–1244)
  • Silvester de Everdon, Archdeacon of Chester (1244–1246) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley (1246–1247) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • Sir John Lexington (1247–1248) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • John Maunsell (1248–1249) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • Sir John Lexington (1249–1250) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • William of Kilkenny (1250–1255) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • Henry Wingham (1255–1260), from 1259/1260 Bishop of London
  • Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1260–1261)
  • Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1261–1263)
  • Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1263)
  • John Chishull, Archdeacon of London (1263–1264)
  • Thomas Cantilupe, Archdeacon of Stafford (1264–1265)
  • Ralph Sandwich (1265) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • Walter Giffard, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1265–1266)
  • Godfrey Giffard, Archdeacon of Wells (1266–1268)
  • John Chishull, Dean of St Paul's (1268–1269)
  • Richard Middleton, Archdeacon of Northumberland (1269–1272)
  • Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1272–1274)
  • Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath (1274–1292)
  • Thomas Bek, Archdeacon of Dorset (1279) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • John Langton, Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)

    • 14th century

  • William Greenfield, Dean of Chichester (1302–1305)
  • William Hamilton, Dean of York (1305–1307)
  • Ralph Baldock, Bishop of London (1307)
  • John Langton, Bishop of Chichester (1307–1310)
  • Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester (1310–1314)
  • John Sandale, Canon of Lincoln (1314–1318)
  • John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1318–1320)
  • John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich (1320–1323)
  • Robert Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1323–1326)
  • William Ayermin, Bishop of Norwich (1326–1327)
  • John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1327–1328)
  • Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln (1328–1330)
  • John de Stratford, Bishop of Winchester (1330–1334)
  • Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham (1334–1335)
  • John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1335–1337)
  • Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester (1337–1338)
  • Richard Bintworth, Bishop of London (1338–1339)
  • John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1340)
  • Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester (1340)
  • Sir Robert Bourchier (1340–1341)
  • Sir Robert Parning (1341–1343)
  • Sir Robert Sadington (1343–1345)
  • John de Ufford, Dean of Lincoln (1345–1349)
  • John Thoresby, Bishop of Worcester (1349–1356)
  • William Edington, Bishop of Winchester (1356–1363)
  • Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely (1363–1367)
  • William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1367–1371)
  • Sir Robert Thorpe (1371–1372)
  • Sir John Knyvet (1372–1377)
  • Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's (1377–1378)
  • Lord Scrope of Bolton (1378–1380)
  • Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1380–1381)
  • Hugh Segrave (1381) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • William Courtenay, Bishop of London (1381)
  • Lord Scrope of Bolton (1381–1382)
  • Robert Braybrooke, Bishop of London (1382–1383)
  • Lord de la Pole (later Earl of Suffolk) (1383–1386)
  • Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely (1386–1389)
  • William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1389–1391)
  • Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of York (1391–1396)
  • Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1396–1399)
  • Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1399)

    • 15th century

  • John Scarle, Archdeacon of Lincoln (1399–1401)
  • Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1401–1403)
  • Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln (1403–1405)
  • Thomas Langley, Dean of York (1405–1407)
  • Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1407–1410)
  • Sir Thomas Beaufort (1410–1412)
  • Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1412–1413)
  • Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1413–1417)
  • Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham (1417–1424)
  • Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1424–1426)
  • John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1426–1432)
  • John Stafford, Bishop of Bath (later Archbishop of Canterbury) (1432–1450)
  • John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1450–1454)
  • Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1454–1455)
  • Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury (1455–1456)
  • William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester (1456–1460)
  • George Neville, Bishop of Exeter (1460–1467)
  • Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1467–1470)
  • George Neville, Archbishop of York (1470–1471)
  • Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1471–1473)
  • Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham (1473–1474)
  • John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester (1475), (Keeper of the Great Seal)
  • Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln (1475–1483)
  • John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln (1483–1485)
  • Thomas Rotheram, Archbishop of York (1485)
  • John Alcock, Bishop of Worcester (1485–1486)
  • John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1486–1500)

    • 1500–1654

    The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646

    References

    List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers Wikipedia
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