A brief discourse touching the office of Lord Chancellor of England / written by ... John Selden ... and dedicated by him to Sir Francis Bacon ... ; transcribed from a true copy there of, found amongst the collections of that judicious antiquary St. Lo Kniveton ... Together with A true catalogue of Lord Chancellors ... from the Norman conquest, untill this present year, 1671 / by William Dugdale.

  • John Selden
Date:
1672
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Credit: A brief discourse touching the office of Lord Chancellor of England / written by ... John Selden ... and dedicated by him to Sir Francis Bacon ... ; transcribed from a true copy there of, found amongst the collections of that judicious antiquary St. Lo Kniveton ... Together with A true catalogue of Lord Chancellors ... from the Norman conquest, untill this present year, 1671 / by William Dugdale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Anno 1553- I Mar. Anno 3M. I Anno 1559- I Efo. Anno 21 Eli%. Anno 1587* . 29 EU^Xj. Anno 1592. 34 E//X. Anno 1596. 58 Eli^x,. Anno 1603., I jftc. , . r b^\ Vi ’ t • -A -1 • C 4 .b a 1 Steph. Gardner Bifhop of Winchejier -made Chancellor of England 21 SepL Fat. i M. p. 8. Nicholas Heath Archbifliop of Torhg made Chancellor of England on Wednefday i Jan. Clanf. 2 3 part I I. • ' ' ‘ ' / I • ■ • /. Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight, Attorney of the Court of Wards , made Keeper of the Great Seal a'a Decemb. AnnaL.Camd. ^ Fat. I Eli’i’. i’- 3- • - Thomas Bromley, the Queens Sollicitor Gene¬ ral, made Chancellor of England, 25 Ap. Clauf. 21 Eli%. p. 4. in dorfo.. . « V‘ Sir Chriftopher Hatton Knight made Lord Chancellor of England 2^ Apr. Clauf. 29 Efc. p» 24. in dorfo. • i r ■ ; * --s Snjohn Pnchering Knight, Serjeant at Law, had the Great Seal delivered to him 28 ; Mail, Clanf 34 Eli^. p. 14. in dorfo. Sir Thomas ^Egerton Knight, Mafter of the Rolls in Chancery, had the Great Seal delivered to him '26 Mail, Clanf '^% Eli%, p. 14. in dorfo. ^ ^' /• i ♦ f ^ ^ c C * ‘ » Sir Thomas Egerton Knight, had the fame ‘ ^ Great Seal delivered to him by appoint- ^ ' ment of King 5 Apr. Clanf.'Vjac ' ' p. 12. iri dorfo.-d- Upon the 29.th. oijnne following that Great ^ Seal was brokc^and the New Seal of King * James delivered to him, Ibid. .. ^And on the 24th of July ^being advanced to ‘ the dighity^of Lord Ellefrnere^ heA^a^ift^^^ Lord Chancellor of England, Ibid, c Anno o j -fi
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