List: Lord Chancellors of England

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•  Francis Bacon

  Francis Bacon, 1st and Only Viscount of St. Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific revolution.

  

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•  Thomas More

  Sir Thomas More (February 7th, 1478 – July 6th, 1535), also known as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, scholar, author and statesman. He is also recognised as being a saint within the Catholic Church. During his life he gained a reputation as a leading Renaissance humanist, an opponent of the Protestant Reformation of Martin Luther and wrote long treatises opposing William Tyndale and others who wished to see the Bible translated into the English language.

  

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•  Thomas Wolsey

  Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (c.1471 – 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey) was an English statesman and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became king of England in 1509, Wolsey became the King's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state and was extremely powerful within the Church.

  

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•  Thomas Becket

  Thomas Becket (1118 – 29 December 1170), later also known as Thomas à Becket, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over the rights and privileges of the Church and was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral.

  

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•  John Morton

  

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•  Henry Beaufort

  Henry Beaufort (c. 1375 – 11 April 1447) was a medieval English clergyman and Bishop of Winchester, an anomaly in being both a bishop and a member of the royal house of Plantagenet.

  

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•  Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

  Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (c. 1377 – c. 31 December 1426) was an English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, and briefly Chancellor of England. He was the third of four children; the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford. To overcome their problematic parentage, he and his siblings were legitimated on two separate occasions, in 1390 and again in 1397.

  

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•  George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys

  George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, PC (15 May 1645 – 18 April 1689), also known as "The Hanging Judge", became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor (and serving as Lord High Steward in certain instances).

  

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•  William Warham

  William Warham (c. 1450 – 22 August 1532), Archbishop of Canterbury, belonged to a Hampshire family, and was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, afterwards practising and teaching law both in London and Oxford. Later he took holy orders, held two livings (Barley and Cottenham), and became Master of the Rolls in 1494, while Henry VII found him a useful and clever diplomatist.

  

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•  Thomas Bourchier

  Thomas Bourchier (c. 1404 – 30 March 1486) was an English archbishop, Lord Chancellor and cardinal.

  

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•  Simon Sudbury

  Simon Theobald or Simon of Sudbury (died 14 June 1381) was an Archbishop of Canterbury (1375–1381) as well as Bishop of London.

  

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•  Hubert Walter

  Hubert Walter (c. 1160 – 13 July 1205) was an influential royal adviser in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries in the positions of chief justiciar of England, archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor. As chancellor, Walter began the keeping of the Charter Roll, a record of all charters issued by the chancery. Walter was not noted for his holiness in life or learning, but historians have judged him one of the most outstanding government ministers in English history.

  

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•  Robert Burnell

  Robert Burnell (sometimes Robert Burnel) (c. 1239 – 25 October 1292) was an English bishop who served as Lord Chancellor of England from 1274–1292. A native of Shropshire, he served as a minor royal official before switching to the service of Prince Edward, the future King Edward I of England. When Edward went on Eighth Crusade in 1270, Burnell stayed in England to secure the prince's interests. He served as regent after the death of King Henry III of England while Edward was still on Crusade.

  

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•  Walter Reynolds

  Walter Reynolds (died 1327) was Bishop of Worcester and then Archbishop of Canterbury (1313–1327) as well as Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chancellor.

  

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•  Simon Langham

  Simon de Langham (1310 – 22 July 1376) was an English clergyman who was Archbishop of Canterbury and a cardinal.

  

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•  John de Stratford

  John de Stratford (died 1348) was Archbishop of Canterbury and Treasurer and Chancellor of England.

  

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•  John Kemp

  John Kemp (c. 1380 – 22 March 1454) was a medieval English cardinal, archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England.

  

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•  William Courtenay

  William Courtenay (c. 1342 – 31 July 1396), English prelate, was Archbishop of Canterbury, having previously been Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London.

  

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•  Ranulf Flambard

  Ranulf Flambard, also known as Ralph Flambard or Ranulph Flambard and sometimes Ranulf Passiflamme, (c. 1060–5 September 1128) was a medieval Norman Bishop of Durham and an influential government minister of King William Rufus of England. He was the son of a priest of Bayeux, Normandy, and his nickname Flambard means incendiary or torch-bearer, and may have referred to his personality.

  

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•  Roger of Salisbury

  Roger (or Roger le Poer) (died 1139) was a Norman medieval bishop of Salisbury and the seventh Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England.

  

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•  Walter de Merton

  Walter de Merton (c. 1205 – 27 October 1277) was Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College, Oxford.

  

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•  William of Wykeham

  William of Wykeham (1320 – 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College, New College, Oxford, New College School, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle.

  

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•  Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry

  Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry (1578 – 14 January 1640), was a prominent English lawyer, politician and judge during the early 17th century.

  

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•  Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

  Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (18 February 1609 – 9 December 1674) was an English historian and statesman, and grandfather of two British monarchs, Mary II and Queen Anne.

  

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•  Thomas Arundel

  Thomas Arundel (1353 – 19 February 1414) was Archbishop of Canterbury in 1397 and from 1399 until his death, an outspoken opponent of the Lollards.

  

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