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The following is a list of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain.

• Angmendus (605)
• Cenmora (?)
• Bosa (?)
• Swithulplus (?)
• St. Swithin (827)
• Turketel (920)
• Adolphus (959)
• Alfric (978)
• Lesfric (1043)
• Reinhildus (1050)

• Herfast (1068–1070)
• Osmund (1070–1078)
• Maurice, Archdeacon of Le Mans (1078–1085)
• Gerard, Preceptor of Rouen (1085–1092)
• Robert Blouet (1092–1093)
• William Giffard (1093–1101)
• Roger (1101–1102)
• Waldric (1102–1107)
• Ranulf (1107–1123)
• Geoffrey Rufus (1123–1133)
• Robert de Sigillo (1133–1135)
• 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)
• William de Vere (1142)
• Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1142–1154)
• Thomas Becket, Archdeacon 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 (1197–1198)
• Eustace, Bishop of Ely (1198–1199)
• Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
• Walter de Gray (1205–1214)
• Richard Marsh (1214–1226)
• Ralph Neville (1226–1240)
• Richard le Gras, Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
• Ralph Neville (1242–1244)
• Silvester de Everdon, Archdeacon of Chester (1244–1246)
• John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley (1246–1247)
• Sir John Lexington (1247–1248)
• John Maunsell (1248–1249)
• Sir John Lexington (1249–1250)
• William of Kilkenny (1250–1255)
• Henry Wingham (1255–1260)
• 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)
• 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)
• John Langton, Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)
• 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 Worceter (1310–1314)
• John Sandall, Canon of Lincoln (1314–1318)
• John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1318–1320)
• John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich (1320–1323)
• Robert Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1323–1327)
• William Airmyn, Bishop of Norwich (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)
• Sir Robert Bourchier (1340–1341)
• Sir Robert Parning (1341–1343)
• Sir Robert Sadington (1343–1345)
• John Offord, 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 Thorp (1371–1372)
• Sir John Knyvet (1372–1377)
• Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's (1377–1378)
• Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1378–1380)
• Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1380–1381)
• Hugh Segrave (1381)
• William Courtenay, Bishop of London (1381)
• Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1381–1382)
• Robert Braybrook, Bishop of London (1382–1383)
• Michael de la Pole, 1st 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)
• 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 (1473–1475)
• John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester (1475)
• 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 (1485–1487)
• John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1487–1500)
• Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1500–1502)
• William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (1502–1515)
• Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York (1515–1529)
• Sir Thomas More (1529–1532)
• Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (1532–1544)
• Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley (1544–1547)
• William Paulet, 1st Baron St John (1547)
• Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1547–1551)
• Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely (1552–1553)
• Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester (1553–1555)
• Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York (1555–1558)
• Sir Nicholas Bacon (1558–1579) (Lord Keeper)
• Sir Thomas Bromley (1579–1587)
• Sir Christopher Hatton (1587–1591)
• In Commission (1591–1592)
• Sir John Puckering (1592–1596)
• Sir Thomas Egerton (May 6, 1596–March 5, 1617) (Lord Keeper to July 19, 1603)
• Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam (1617–1621)
• In Commission (1621)
• John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln (1621–1625)
• Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry (1625–1640)
• John Finch, 1st Baron Finch (1640–1641)
• Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow (1641–1642)
• Sir Richard Lane (1645–1653)
• Sir Edward Herbert (1653–1658)
• Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1658–1667)
• Orlando Bridgeman (1667–1672) (Lord Keeper)
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1672–1673)
• Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1673–1682) (Lord Keeper to 1675)
• Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1682–1685) (Lord Keeper)
• George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1685–1688)
• In Commission (1689–1693)
• John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1693–1700) (Lord Keeper to 1697)
• Sir Nathan Wright (1700–1705) (Lord Keeper)
• William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper (1705–1707) (Lord Keeper)

• William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper (1707–1708)
• In Commission (1708–1710)
• Simon Harcourt, 1st Baron Harcourt (1710–1714) (Lord Keeper to 1713)
• William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper (1714–1718)
• Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1718–1725)
• In Commission (1725)
• Peter King, 1st Baron King (1725–1733)
• Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol (1733–1737)
• Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1737–1756)
• In Commission (1756–1757)
• Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (1757–1766) (Lord Keeper to 1761)
• Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden (1766–1770)
• Charles Yorke (1770)
• In Commission (1770–1771)
• Henry Bathurst, 1st Baron Apsley (1771–1778)
• Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1778–1783)
• In Commission (1783)
• Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1783–1792)
• In Commission (1792–1793)
• Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough (1793–1801)
• John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon (1801–1806)
• Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1806–1807)
• John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1807–1827)
• John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1827–1830)
• Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1830–1834)
• John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1834–1835)
• In Commission (1835–1836)
• Charles Pepys, 1st Baron Cottenham (1836–1841)
• John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1841–1846)
• Charles Pepys, 1st Baron Cottenham (1846–1850)
• Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1850–1852)
• Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards (1852)
• Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth (1852–1858)
• Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1858–1859)
• John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1859–1861)
• Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1861–1865)
• Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth (1865–1866)
• Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1866–1868)
• Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns (1868)
• William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1868–1872)
• Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne (1872–1874)
• Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1874–1880)
• Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne (1880–1885)
• Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury (1885–1886)
• Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1886)
• Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury (1886–1892)
• Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1892–1895)
• Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1895–1905)
• Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn (1905–1912)
• Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1912–1915)
• Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Baron Buckmaster (1915–1916)
• Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Baron Finlay (1916–1919)
• Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1919–1922)
• George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave (1922–1924)
• Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1924)
• George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave (1924–1928)
• Douglas Hogg, 1st Baron Hailsham (1928–1929)
• John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey (1929–1935)
• Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (1935–1938)
• Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Baron Maugham (1938–1939)
• Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote (1939–1940)
• John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1940–1945)
• William Allen Jowitt, 1st Viscount Jowitt (1945–1951)
• Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Baron Simonds (1951–1954)
• David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir (1954–1962)
• Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Baron Dilhorne (1962–1964)
• Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner (1964–1970)
• Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1970–1974)
• Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones (1974–1979)
• Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1979–1987)
• Michael Havers, Baron Havers (1987)
• James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern (1987–1997)
• Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg (1997–2003)
• Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (2003–)

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