quondam episcopus hujus ecclesiae qui multa bona contulit ministris ecclesiae sancti Pauli Walter Merton Chancellor in Anno 44 Henry 3 being in Anno dom 1260. Nicholas of Elie made Chancellor by the Barons in Anno dom 1260 and Walter Merton displaced But King Henry the third disdaining to have Officers appointed him by his subjects did in the month of October following in Anno dom 1260. or rather 1261 deprive the said Nicholas and replaced the said Walter Merton Walter Merton Bishop of Rochester the second time made Chancellor as before appeareth John de Chesill Arch-deacon of London and Treasurer of England was made keeper of the great seale in Anno dom 1264 in Anno 48 Henry 3. This man was consecrated Bishop of London in Anno dom 1274 the third Kalends of May as hath Matthew Westminster he dyed in Anno dom 1279 the fourth Ides of February in Anno 7 of King Edward the first Thomas de Cantelupe borne of the noble house of the Lords Cantelupes the sonne of William Cantelupe and Millecent which as saith Leland drew her originall from the Countesses of Yorke being Arch-deacon of Stafford was Doctor and afterward Bishop of Hereford in Anno dom 1276 and before that made Chancellor after the feast of S. Peters Chaire in Anno dom 1265 being in anno 49 Henry 3 he dyed beyond the Seas comming from the Court of Rome in anno dom 1278 being in anno 6 Edward 1 or more truely as others have in anno 1283 being anno 11 Edward 1 whose bones were brought to Hereford Walter Gifford Bishop of Bath and Wels whom many doe call William did injoy the state of the Chancellor in anno dom 1266 being anno 50 Henry 3 he was translated from Bath to Yorke in anno dom 1259 being in anno 49 Henry 3 and dyed the 7 kalends of May in the xij yeare of his Bishopricke in anno dom 1277 being in anno 6 Edward 1 or as Nicholas Trivet in anno dom 1279. being the 7 yeare of King Edward 1. Geofry Gifford was Chancellor also in anno 51 Henry 3 being in anno dom 1267 This man was Bishop of Worcester about anno dom 1299 where he sate 34 yeares 4 moneths 4 dayes and dyed in the yeare 1304 being about the 32 yeare of King Edward the first John de Chesill was the second time honoured with the place of the Chancellor in anno dom 1268 being the 53 yeare of King Henry the third Richard de Middleton so surnamed of the place where he was borne was advanced to the Office of the Chancellorship in the said anno 53 Henry 3 in the moneth of July in anno dom 1268 and was also as appeareth by a Charter which I have seene witnesse to the same Deed in anno 54 Henry 3 who as farre as I can gather dyed in August in anno dom 1271 being anno 56 of the long governement of King Henry the third John de Kirby after the death of Richard Middleton was made keeper of the great seale in the said anno 56 Henry 3 It is very probable that this was the same John Kirby which after was Bishop of Elie and Treasurer of England Walter Merton the third time made Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1273 being the first yeare of the raigne of that famous Prince King Edward the first of that name He was Bishop of Rochester and founded Merton Colledge in Oxford and dyed the yeare of Christ 1278 being the sixt yeare of the raign of King Edward the first Robert Burnell the eleaventh Bishop of Bath and Wels after the uniting of those two Sees in one by Iohn de Toures in Anno dom 1272 was made Bishop of Bath in the yeare of our Lord as saith Eversden 1274 chosen Arch-bishop of Canterbury in Anno dom 1278 but rejected by the Pope He was Chancellor in Anno 2 Edward 1 in which place it seemeth that he long continued of whom thus writeth an anonymall Chronicle Dominus Edmundus Comes Cornubiae fundavit novum studium ordinis Cisterciensis apud Oxonias monachos de Thame primo ibidem introduxit dedit eis prima donatione Manerium de Erdington secit dedicare locum Abbatiae Tertij Jdus Decembris per Dominum Robertum Burnell eposcopum Bathon Wels Cancellarium regis posuit fundamentum novae ecclesiae eodem die Northosneiae This Bishop was required with the sonne of Edward the first and Gilbert de Clare Earle of Gloucester in the time of Edward the first to bee delivered for pledges for Lheweline Prince of Wales for his safe returne if he came to the parliament whereunto he was sommoned by the said King Edward In the time of this Chancellor the Court of Chancery was kept at Bristow This man dyed in Anno dom 1293 being Anno 21 Edward 1. John de Langton was made Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1293 being the 21 yeare of the victorius King Edward the first in which office he remained untill the death of the said King being in Anno dom 1302 He was made Bishop of Chichester about Annis 26 or 27 Edward 1. being in Anno dom 1298 or rather 1299 And in the said yeare 1299 he was before chosen Bishop of Elye but rejected by the Pope who made him Archdeacon of Canterbury From which Langton King Edward did take the great seale in the thirtieth yeare before said and delivered it to John Drokenford John Drokenford keeper of the Wardrope was made keeper of the great Seale in the thirtieth yeare as before in which office he continued from about the 15 day of August untill Michaelmas William de Grinefeild Deane of Chichester and Canon of Yorke was advanced to the place of Chancellor in Anno Dom. 1302. being about Anno. 30. Edward 1. which Office was given unto him at Saint Radigunds as saith Anonymus M.S. He was after chosen Bishop of Yorke in Anno dom 1303. who in the yeare of our Lord 1308 buried the body of the said King Edward the first in Westminster though the King dyed in Anno dom 1307. This Bishop dyed in Anno dom 1315 being about the sixt yeare of King Edward the second at Cawood after that he had beene Bishop nine yeares eleaven moneths and two dayes and was buried in S. Nicholus Porch at Yorke receiving his consecration at Rome in Anno dom 1305 after that he had beene there two yeares of Pope Clement This Greinfeild was a man very eloquent and pithie and Prudent in Counsell William de Hamilton Deane of Yorke was created Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1305 being the 33 yeare of that noble prince King Edward the first this William dyed in Anno dom 1307 being about Anno 35 of the said King at the Abbey of Fontnesse in Yorkshire being a man that well deserved of the Common wealth Ralphe de Baldocke chosen Bishop of London in Anno dom 1303 was confirmed at Titneshall by Robert of Winchelsey Bishop
with the other places about it of whom were these verses composed for the building of his Colledges the one at Oxford and the other at Winchester Hunc decet esse pium fundatis collegiorum Oxoniae primum stat Wintoniaeque secundum Robert Thorpe Knight being before Iustice of the Law in Anno dom 1370 was after at Westminster advanced to the Chancellorship in March in Anno 45 Edward 3 being in Anno dom 1371 Who going home to his owne house left the great seale with foure of the Guardians or Masters of the Chancery whereof the one was called Walter Power to keepe and use as need required Sr. John Knivet or Knivell as some books have by the transcriber corrupted was made Chancellor of England in July in Anno dom 1372 being the 46 yeare of King Edward the third in which Office hee continued as I gather untill the 50 yeare of the saide King Edward the third in which yeare as here at hand appeareth came in place the Bishop of S. Davids Adam de Houghton Bishop of Menenia or of S. Davids in Wales was advanced to the office of Lord Chancellor in Anno dom 1376 being the 50 yeare of King Edward the third who in the 51 yeare of the saide King was with the Earle of Salisbury and the Bishop of Hereford sent Ambassador beyond the seas And here I thinke it not amisse to set downe the originall of the Rolls in Chancery Lane in this sort Henry the third did build an house for the Iewes converted to the faith of Christ which house is at this day and hath beene long before this time appointed for the keeping of the Kings Rolles and recordes being now called and knowne by the name of the Rols in Chancery Lane besides Lincolnes Inne In which house the master of the Rolles for the time being hath his dwelling In which also there is a faire Chappell called the Chappell of the Rolles being a place commonly appointed wherein men accostome to pay money upon contracts The grant of Henry the third for erecting of the house of Converts Rex archi episcopis c. Sciatis nos intuitu Dei pro salute animae nostrae animarum antecessorum haeredum meorum concessisse hac charta nostra confirmasse pro nobis haeredibus nostris domum quam fundari fecimus in vico qui vocatur Newst eet inter vetus Templum novum London ad sustentationem fratrum conversorum convertendorum de Judaismo ad fidem catholicam in auxilium sustentationis eorundem fratrum in eadem domo conversantium domos terraes quae fuere Johannis Harbeton in London sunt in manu nostra tanquam eschaeta nostra excepto Gardino quod fuit eiusdem Iohannis in vico praedicto de New-street quod prius per Chartam nostram concessimus venerabili patri Radulpho Cicestrensi episcopo Cancellario nostro omnes alias eschaetas quae tempore nostro per feloniam vel quacunque ex causa nobis accident in civitate nostra vel in suburbio infra libertatem civitatis nostrae London Quare volumus firmiter praecipimus pro nobis haeredibus nostris quod praedicta domus habeat teneat libere quiete Bene in pace ad sustentationem fratrum conversorum convertendorum de Judaismo ad fidem catholicam in auxillium sustentationis eorundem fratrum in eadem domo conversantium domos terras quae fuerunt Johannis Harbeton in London sunt in manu nostra tanquam eschaeta nostra excepto gardino quod fuit eiusdem Iohannis in vico praedicto de Newstreet quod prius per chartam nostram concessinus venerabili patri Radulpho Cicestrensi episcopo Cancellario nostro omnes alias eschaetas quae tempore nostro per feloniam vel quacunque ex causa nobis accident in civitate nostra vel in fuburbio infra libertatem civitatis nostrae London sicut praedictum est His testibus venerabilibus patribus W. Kaerl W. Exon episcopis H de Burgo Comite Kantiae Radulpho filio Nicholai Godfrido de Crancombe Iohanne filio Philip. Amaurico de sancto Aumundo Will de Picheford Galfrido de Cauz alijs Dat. per manum Ve P R Cicestrend episcop Cancellar nostri apud Westmin 19. die Aprilis The Grant of Edward the third whereby the said house was in the one and fiftieth and last yeare of the said Edward converted to the custody of the Rolles and records of the Chancery Rex omnibus ad quos c. salutem Sciatis quod nos considerantes qualiter domus conversorum in suburbio Civitatis nostrae London de patronatu nostro existens capella aedificia clausur ejusdem tempore quo delectus noster Will. Burstall custodiam ejusdem domus ex collatione nostra primo habuit per negligentiam incuriam aliorum qui ante praedictum Will. custodiam domus illius habuerunt ibidem morari seu inhabitari non curaverunt multipliciter quasi totaliter in ruina exstiterunt quod praedictus Will. tempore suo de bonis suis proprijs grandes costas expensas super recuperatione emendatione domus capellae aedificiorum clausur praedict ac etiam super factur novar domorum ibidem Nos ut domos conversorum capella aedificia clausur novae domus supradict competenter sustententur custodientur in futurum ad supplicatio nem praedicti Willielmi qui custos Rotulorum Cancellariae nostrae existit in praesenti concessimus de gratia nostra speciali pro nobis haeredibus nostris quod post mortem ejusdem Willielmi dicta domus conversorum cum suis juribus pertinentibus quibuscunque remaneat moretur in perpetuum Clerico Custod Rotulorum Cancellar nostrae haeredum nostrorum pro tempore existente similiter annex eidem officio in perpetuum quod Cancellarius Angliae vel custos sive custodes magni sigilli nostri haeredum nostrorum Angliae pro tempore existentium post mortem ipsius Willielmi habeat habeant potestatem ad quamlibet vocationem dicti officij custodis Rotulorum per mortem cessionem vel mutationem personae quocunque tempore futuro institutum successivè custodes Rotulorum praedictorum in dicta domo conversorum Custodes illos ponend in possessionem ejusdem cum suis juribus et pertinentibus quibuscunque In cujus c. T. R. apud Shene 11. Aprilis Anno 51. Edw. 3. But after the death of this King Edward the said William Burstall Master of the Rolls belike not supposing this to bee a sufficient grant procured this house by act of Parliament in the first yeare of King Richard the second to be more strongly established to the use of the Master of the Rolles for the time After which John de Waltham Master of the Rolles after Bishop of Salisbury and Treasurer of England procured King Richard the second in the sixt yeare of
made Lord Chancellor in the 38. yeare of the raigne of the deposed King Henry the sixt in which office hee remained about 8. yeares and then was remooved in the seventh yeare of King Edward the fourth being in Anno dom 1467 He was a great friend to S. Albons and procured Edward the fourth in the fourth yeare of his raigne to give and confirme to John Whethamstead Abbat of Saint Albons the Priory of Pembrooke This Bishop Nevill did after in the 13 yeare of King Edward the fourth grow in such disgrace with the King that he was spoyled at one time of twenty thousand Pounds Robert Kirkham Master of the Rolles was made Lord Keeper of the great Seale upon the removing of George Nevill in the month of July in the yeare of Christ 1467 being the seventh yeare of King Edward the fourth Robert Stillington Doctour of the Lawes Keeper of the privy Seale in Anno 3 Edward the fourth Bishop of Bath and Wels being made Chancellor in the seaventh yeare of King Edward the fourth did still so continue untill Anno 13 of the said King Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex and first advanced to that title of honour by King Edward the fourth came in place of the last Chancellor about the 13 yeare of Edward the 4 in which place he remained not much more then one Trinity tearme for in the said 13 yeare about the Moneth of August was Bishop Booth Lord Chancellor of England Lawrence Booth sometime Master of Pembrooke Hall Bishop of Durham and after of Yorke was made Lord Chancellor about August or rather before betweene that and Trinity tearme after Henry Bourchier in the said 13 yeare of King Edward the 4 after his redemption of the Kingdome of England This Bishop being brother to William Booth sometime Bishop of Yorke did build the Bishop of Yorke his house at Battersey which Mannor he before bought of Nicholas Stanley whom Leland the minser and refiner of all English names doth most curiously in Latine call Nicholaum Stenelegium Hee continued in the See of Yorke three yeares and nine moneths and died at Sowthwell in Anno dom 1480 being in Anno 20 Edward 4. Thomas Scot surnamed Rotheram because of the Towne of Rotheram in Yorkeshire where he was borne and bred up was Bishop of Rochester and then of Lincolne where he sat nine yeares and after that was Bishop of Yorke whereunto he was installed first at Yorke then at Ripon being Provost of Beverley he was made Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1474 being in Anno 14 Edward 4. This Bishop in Anno 15 of the said King went over the Sea with the said Edward 4 when he went to have an interveiw with the French King of which meeting Monsieue de Argentine by name Philip Comineus besides our English Chronicles doth make mention as a person that bare a part in that Solemnity John Alcot Bishop of Rochester was made Chancellor during the absence of King Edward Thomas Rotheram being before Lord Keeper of the Privy Seale was after his returne out of France the second time made Lord Chancellor about the time in which the said King had gotten Berwicke from the Scots about Anno 20 Edward 4 For the free gaining of the Towne was not so much before his death In which Office this Rotheram continued all the life of King Edward the 4 and in the time of the Reigne of the guiltlesse murthered young Prince King Edward the 5 untill it was ascribed to him for over much lightnesse that he had delivered in the beginning of the rebellious government of the protectorship of the bloody and unnaturall Richard Duke of Gloucester the Seale to the Queene to whom it did not appertaine and from whom he received it not Hee founded a Colledge at Rotheram dedicated it to the name of Iesus and endowed it with great possessions and ornaments and annexed thereto the Churches of Langhton and Almanbury John Russell Bishop of Lincolne a grave and learned man had the Seale delivered to him by the saide Protectour of England during the time of the short Raigne of the yong King Edward when the same Seale was taken from Rotheram and so this Russell was made Chancellor in the moneth of June in Anno dom 1483 being the first yeare of King Richard the third This Russell is buryed in the Church of Lincolne in a Chapell cast out of the upper wall of the South part of the Church Thomas Barow Master of the Rolls was made Keeper of the great Seale which I suppose was in the third and last yeare of the said King Richard the third for in that yeare he was Master of the Rolles Thomas Rotheram made againe Lord Chancellor in the first entrance of King Henry the seaventh into the governement but very shortly after he was displaced and the Bishop of Worcester placed in that roome he was Archbishop of Yorke 19 yeares and ten moneths he was very beneficiall to all his kindred and advanced some with marriages some with possessions and some with spirituall livings He dyed the 29 day of December in Anno dom 1500 being the 16 yeare of King Henry the eight at Cawood in Yorkeshire the morrow after the Ascension being of the age of threescore and sixteene yeares or more He was buried in Yorke Minster on the North side in our Lady Chapell in a tombe of Marble which hee caused to be made whilest he was living John Alcot Bishop of Worcester made in Anno dom 1476 was Lord Chancellor of England in Anno 1 Henry 7 being in Anno dom 1485 shortly after the entrance of the said Henry into the governement of England for though Rotheram were Chancellor when he got the victory for that he had beene so before and for that the King was neither provided nor minded sodainely to have a man not meet for that place to execute the same yet this Bishop Rotheram kept not that roome many months but that Bishop Alcot came in place because the King found Bishop Alcot a meeter person to execute the same office answerable to the disposition of the Kings humour All which notwithstanding whether for malice of others or for his owne deserts or both or for the more speciall trust that the King put in Doctour Moorton Bishop of Elie who had beene the meanes to bring him to the Crowne this Bishop Alcot fell shortly in the Kings disgrace was displaced of his Office and Doctour Moorton came in his roome So that in this first yeare of King Henry the seaventh there seemed to be three Chancellors in succession one after another All which before Moorton in this first yeare of King Henry the seaventh may perhaps more properly be termed Keepers of the great Seale then Chancellors Iohn Moorton Doctor of the Civill Law an Advocate in the Civill Courts and of the Counsell of Henry the sixt and to Edward the fourth to whom also he was Master of the Rolles was made Bishop of Elie in Anno Dom. 1478 and
on anomynall author calleth Iohn Chancy but not rightly as I suppose was Treasurer in the second yeare of King Edward the first being in An. Dom. 1274. William Gifford Bishop of Bathe and Welles was Treasurer to Edward the first hee was removed to Yorke in An. Dom. 1275. This man is by many Chronicles and that perhaps most truely called Walter Gifford He dyed in the 7. yeare of King Edward the first being An. Dom. 1279. as hath Nicholas Trivet Of this man see more in the Chancellers of England Robert Burnell Bishop of Bathe and Welles Chanceller of England and Treasurer to King Edward the first is by the Welsh-history pag. 328. called chiefe Iustice of England Leland reporteth that an Abbat told him how that a Bishop Burnell built the Castle of Acton Burnell Of this man more is spoken in the Chancellors of England Ioseph de Chancy the second time Treasurer to King Edward the first in the sixth yeare of the said King in An. Dom. 1278. was also Prior of Saint Iohns of Ierusalem in Anglia as I take it and by another name called the Lord of Saint Iohns or of the Knights of the Rhodes in England Thomas Becke Archdeacon of Dorcester was Treasurer in the seventh yeare of Edward the first in An. Dom. 1278. as some have but 1279. as other have by the witnesse of Leland out of a Moonke of Glastenbury in his booke De assertione Arthuri reciting the words of the said Moonke in this sort An. Dom. 1267. Edvardus Rex Henrici Tertij filius venit cum Regina sua Glasconiam Die vero Martis proxima sequenti fuit Rex tota Curia accepta sumptibus Monasterij Quo die in crepusculo fecit apperiri sepulcrum inclyti Arthuri ubi in duabus cïstis imaginibus armis eoruÌ„ depictis ossa dicti Regis mirae grossitudinis separata invenit Imago quidem Reginae coronata imaginis regiae corona fuit prostrata cum abscissione sinistrae auriculae vestigijs plagae unde moriebatur Inventa est scriptura superhis singulis manifesta In crastino viz. Die Mercurij Rex ossa regis Regina ossa reginae pallijs pretioâ—is revoluta in suis cistis recludentes sigilla sua apponentes praeceperunt idem sepulchrum ante majus altare celeriter collocari retentis externis capitibus propter populi devotionem apposita hujusmodi scriptura Haec sunt ossa nobilissimi Regis Arthuri quae Anno Dominicae incarnationis 1278. decimo tertio Calendas Maij per Dominum Edvardum Regem Angliae illustrem hic fuerunt sic collocatae praesentibus Leonora serenissima ejuseum Regis consorte filia Domini Ferandi Regis Hispaniae Magistro VVilliam de Middleton nunc Norwicensi electo Magistro Thoma de Becke Archidiacono Dorsitensi predicti regis Thesaurario Domino Henrico Lasciae Comite Lincolniae Domino Amideo comite Subaudiae multis magnatibus Angliae Thus farre the Moonke of Glastenbury Richard Warren or de Ware Abbat of Westminster was made Abbat about An. Do. 1260. being about the 44. yeare of Henry the third who was made Treasurer as hath Iohn de Eversden An. Dom. 1280. being the 8. yeare of Edward the first which yeare 1280. some doe falsely make to fall in 10. some in 11. of Edward the first which contrariety hath onely risen by the default of the transcriber But most certaine it is that he was Treasurer in the 9. 11. and part of 12. of the said Edward the first This man going to Rome for his consecration brought from thence certaine workemen and rich purphury stones whereof and by whom hee made that rare pavement containing a discourse of the whole world which is at this day most beautifull and to be seene at Westminster before the communion table a thing of that singularity curiousnesse and rarenesse that England hath not the like againe in which pavement are circularly written in letters of brasse these Ten verses following Si lector posita prudenter cuncta revolvat Hinc finem primi mobilis inveniet Sepes trina canes equos homines super addas Cervos corvos aquilas immania cete Mundum quodque sequens praeeuntis triplicat annos Sphericus archetypum globum hic monstrat microcosmum Christi milleno bis centeno duodeno Cum sexageno subductis quatuor anno Tertius Henricus Rex urbs Odoricus abbas Hos compegere purphyreos lapides Which Abbot with those workemen and those stones did also frame the shrine of Edward the Confessor with these verses carved out of stone and also guilded set about the same Shrine or Monument Anno milleno Domini cum Septuageno Et bis centeno cum completo quasi deno Hoc opus est factum quod Petrus duxit in actum Romanus civis Homo causam noscere si vis Rex fuit Henricus sancti praesentis amicus This Abbat died the second day of December in An. Dom. 1283. being the 12. of Edward the first after that hee had governed the Monastery 23. yeares and more and was buried there at Westminster in the aforesaid plaine pavement of Purphury on the North side neere unto the Tombe as is yet well to be seene of Odomer or Aimer de Valence Earle of Pembrooke on which grave is ingraven this briefe Epitaph here insuing Abbas Richardus de Wara qui requiescit Hic portat lapides quos hic portavit ab urbe Walter Wenlocke Abbat of Westm. whom Matthew Westm calleth William de Wenlock was made Abbath of Westminster after the death of Richard de Ware and was Treasurer to King Edward the first as hath the Register of the lives of the Abbat of Westminster and other records that I have seene Which office it seemeth hee had meane time betweene the 12. and 14. yeares of Edward the first as I suppose This man after that he had beene Abbat 26. yeares lacking sixe dayes died the 25. day of December on the Christmas day at night in his mannor of Piriford in Gloucestershire in the first yeare of Edward the son of Edward which was Edward the second in An. Do. 1307. and was buried in the Church of Westminster besides the high Altar then standing without the South dore of Saint Edwards Shrine before the Presbiterie there under a plaine pavement a Marble stone decently adorned with this Epitaph to his high commendation Abbas Walterus jacet hic sub marmore tectus Non fuit Austerus sed mitis famine rectus A Bishop of Coventrie and Lichfield was Treasurer of England in the 14. yeare of Edward the first being An. Dom. 1286. in whose place the same yeare came Iohn Kerkbie Iohn Kerkbie Deane of Winburne and Archdeacon of Coventrie and Treasurer to King Edward the first was on the seventh Kalends of August in An. Do. 1286. being the 14. yeare of the said Edward then at Paris made Bishop of Elye whom Leland the Refiner of all names doth in his Comment vpon his song
of Elie. William Grey Bishop of Elie was after the translation of Thomas Bourchier from Elie to Canterbury advanced to that See by Nicholas the fifth then Bishop of Rome who gave it to the said Bishop being then procurator too for King Henry the 6. at Rome in the yeare of our redemption 1454. This man was Lord Treasurer in the ninth yeare of Edward the fourth in An. Dom. 1469. in which office he continued untill the 11. yeare of Edward the fourth or thereabouts This Greie was borne of the noble house of the Lord Greyes of Codnor as saith Bale and travelled into Italie to attaine great learning where he heard the noble Clerke Guarinus Veronensis reade in Ferraria Hee continued Bishop of Elie 24. yeares 11. Moneths and two daies departing this life at Durham the fourth of August in An. Dom. 1478. as I have read and was buried at Elie betweene two Marble pillars having bestowed great sommes of money upon the reparations of that famous Belfrie of the Church of Elie and upon other ornaments of the same Church Henry Bourchier Earle of Essxe did the third time possesse the honorable place of the Lord Treasurership of England in the 11. yeare of Edward the fourth in which office hee continued as I gather 12. yeares being all the residue of the life of Edward the fourth who departed this world about the ninth day of Aprill in An. Dom. 1483. which Bourchier being made Earle of Essex in the first yeare of Edward the fourth in An. Dom. 1461. married Elizabeth daughter of Richard de Conisburge Earle of Cambridge the sister of Richard Duke of Yorke by whom hee had yssue William Lord Bourchier Thomas Iohn Henry and Humphery Knights Sir Richard Wood Knight whom some call Sir Iohn Wood being before under Treasurer in the 23. yeare of Edward the fourth was in the same yeare made Knight about a Moneth before the death of the said King Edward the fourth This man did possesse the place of the Lord Treasurer of England as I gather out of the record of Pellis exitus of that yeare in the second yeare of the Raigne of King Richard the third being the yeare of our redemption 1484. which office I suppose that hee kept untill the said Richard the third was slayne by Henry Earle of Richmond afterward King of England by the name of Henry the Seventh Sir Reignold Brey Knight the sonne of Richard Brey Physician as some have noted to King Henry the sixt being servant to Margret Countesse of Richmond mother to Henry the seventh was for the fidelity of his Lady and good service in furthering King Henry the 7. to the Crowne received into great favour with the said King and made Lord Treasurer of England as appeareth by the record of Pellis exitus made under his name in the first yeare of Henry the seventh in An. Dom. 1485. besides which Office hee had many other offices and honours part whereof were that he was Treasurer of the Kinges warres that he was one of the executors to King Henry the seventh that hee was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of the King and created a Banneret at Blacke-heath field Hee died in the 18. yeare of the prudent Prince King Henry the seventh being in An. Dom. 1503. and was honorably buried at Windsor Sir Iohn Dinham Kinght the son of Sir Dinham Knight a faithfull servant to the house of Yorke aswell in ayding the Duke of Yorke to whom Edward the fourth sonne to the said Duke of Yorke in the second yeare of his raigne had given one Annuity of 30. pound per Annum did after the death of the said Edward the fourth in the second yeare of Henry the seventh possesse the place of Lord Treasurer of England in An. Dom. 1486. and so continued vntill in An. 16. Henry the seventh and then gave place to Thomas Earle of Surrey Of which Lord Dinham thus writeth Leland Dominus Dinham primus fuit fundator sancti Nicholas alias Hortland He was created Lord Dinham in the first yeare of Edward the 4. shortly after the Coronation of the said King in An. Dom. 1461. He dyed in Anno 16. of the same King Henry the seventh in An. Dom. 1500. and the 30. day of Ianuary was brought to the Gray Fryers in London and there buried He married Elizabeth daughter of the Lord Fitzwater by whom he had yssue George and Phillip and Sir Thomas Dinham his base sonne that married one of the daughters and heires of Sir Iohn Ormond Which Thomas was buried at Ashring Three miles from Berkhamsted besides which children this Lord Dinham or Denham for so I finde both written in Chronicles had by his legitimate wife divers daughters which were Margaret married to Nicholas Baron of Carew Ioane married to the Lord Zouch Elizabeth married to the Lord Fitz Warren and Katherine married to Sir Thomas Arundell of Cornewall Knight Here I thinke it not amisse to say somewhat of a note which I have seene that maketh Iohn Touchet Lord Audley Treasurer of England which note is this Iohn Touchet Lord Audley Treasurer of England dyed the 26. day of December in An. Do. 1490. falling in the sixt yeare of Henry the seventh and had issue Iames Lord Audley beheaded the 28. of Iune in An. Dom. 1497. being the 12. yeare of Henry the seventh Thomas Howard the sonne of Iohn Lord Howard created the first Duke of Norfolke of that name in the time of Richard the Third was at the same time also created Earle of Surrey This man after the slaughter of his father at Bosworth field when the Tyrant Richard the third was slaine by Henry the seventh was after received into such favour with the said King Henry the seventh that hee was advanced to be Lord Treasurer of England in the 16. yeare of Henry the seventh in An. Dom. 1500. Which place hee continued all the life of the said King Henry the seventh who died in the 24. yeare of his raigne being in An. Do. 1509. After which for the good service hee used in the time of King Henry the seventh King Henry the 8. permitted him to keepe that Office which he possessed untill the 15. yeare of King Henry the 8. in An. Dom. 1523. This man was created Duke of Norfolke on Candlemas day in the fift yeare of Henry the 8. being in An. Dom. 1513. at what time also his sonne Thomas Howard was made Earle of Surrey This Duke was advanced to that honour in recompence of the death of the King of Scots and for the good service that hee did against that Nation in the said 5. yeare of Henry the 8. with an augmentation of his armes the Armes of Scotland in medio benda Armorum proprij Nominis of Howard Touching which victory of the death of the King of Scots Buchanan Lib. 13. writeth to this effect That the said Thomas Howard as a note of the conquest gave to his servants to weare on their left arme being
of Canterbury and consecrated at Lyons by Peter of Spaine Bishop of Alba the third Calends â—f February in anno dom 1305 Hee was made Lord Chancellor of England after the death of the said William Hamilton in the said 35 yeare of King Edward the first and received the great Seale in the Rogation weeke following being some foure or five weekes after he was advanced to that Office at the Exchequer shortly after which dyed King Edward the first for which cause the saide Baldocke sent the great Seale to King Edward the second then at Carliel by reason of his fathers death This Baldocke dyed on S. James Eeve in anno dom 1313 being anno 7 Edward 2. Iohn Langton Bishop of Chichester againe made Lord Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1307. being the first yeare of King Edward of Carnarvà n in which office it seemeth that he continued untill Anno dom 1310 being in Anno 3 Edward 2. William Melton having two others joyned with him had the great Seale delivered unto them for a certaine time to execute all such things as were to be done therewith during the Kings pleasure This man was a Canon of Yorke Provost of Beverly Treasurer of England and Archbishop of Yorke as saith Anonymus M.S. He was consecrated Bishop of Yorke at Rome where he tarried two yeares for the same he was a man never wearied with travell He first of all the Bishops of Yorke after a long controversie betwixt the Deane and Cannons of Yorke visited the chapter by due order he was wise rich severe in correction gentle familiar and humble he finished the West part of the Church of S. Peters in Yorke with 300 pound he was Archbishop of Yorke 22 yeares five or sixe moneths and two dayes he dyed at Cawood on S Georges Eeve in Anno dom 1330 and was buried in the Minster of Yorke neere the Font. Walter Reinolds Bishop of Worcester Treasurer of England and Archbishop of Canterbury was made keeper of the great Seale and Chancellor of England on the sixt of July Anno dom 1310 being anno 3 Edward 2. John de Sandall Clerke Bishop of Winchester and Treasurer was at Yorke made Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1314. being anno 8 Edward 2 in which place he continued two yeares and more some part thereof being after that he was made Bishop of Winchester as I gather and then delivered backe the seale at Westminster in anno dom 1317 being in anno 11 Edward 2 Of this man is more spoken in the Treasurers of England John Hotham Bishop of Elie was created Lord Chancellor of England in anno dom 1317 being in anno 11 Edward 2 In which Office he continued untill anno dom 1319 being anno 13 Edward 2 During whose governement of the See of Elie in anno dom 1341 the steeple fell downe which made such a terrible noise and shaking of the ground that it was supposed to be some earth-quake He dyed of the palsey in anno dom 1336 being anno 10 Edward 3. John Salmon Bishop of Norwich was advanced to be Chancellor in anno dom 1319 being anno 13 Edward 2 against whom the Nobles rebelled for the misdemenour of Piers Gaveston the Gascoigne Earle of Cornwall In this yeare 1319 as saith one Anonymal Chronicler M.S. was William Airemine Keeper of the seale Vice-chancellor taken prisoner by the Scots The words of the which Author for the more certainety thereof we have here set downe Episcopus Eborum episcopus Eliae thesaurarius Abbas beatae Mariae Eborum Abbas de Selbie Decanus Eborum Dominus Willielmus Arymanee Vice-Cancellarius Angliae ac dominus Johannes Dabeham cum 8000 ferme hominum tam equitum quam peditum Civibus properanter civitatem egredientes quoddam flumen Swale nuncupatum sparsis cuneis transeuntes indispositis seu potius confusis ordinibus cum adversarijs congressi sunt Scoti siquidem in Marte gnari amplitudinem eorum exercitus caute regentes in nostris agminibus strictis audacter irruerunt nostrorum denique in brevi laceratis cuneis atque dissipatis corruerunt ex nostris tam in ore gladij quam aquarum scopulis suffocati plusquam 4000. capti sunt domini Johannes de Pabeham dominus Willielmus de Arymenee ut praefertur de Cancellaria c. Which William Ayrmenee was also in the said 15 of Edward 2. one of the Keepers of the great Seale as I have seene registred Robert Baldocke Archdeacon of Middleton a man evilly beloved and whom the old English Chronicle remembers with ill attributes was made Chancellor of England in anno 17 Edward 2 at the Castle of Pickering in Yorkeshire he was after made Bishop of Norwich and did his fealty for restitution of his Temporalties in anno 19 of the said King Edward the second at Woodstocke in Oxfordshire he was apprehended in anno 20 Edward 2 being in anno dom 1326 or as others have in the yeare 1325 And first committed to the custody of Adam Tarleton or de Orleton bishop of Hereford and after was put in the prison of the Newgate of London in which 20 yeare of King Edward the second the great seale was againe delivered to William Arymenee who as I suppose was then also made Bishop of Norwich and this Baldocke deposed from that see Of which Baldocke thus writeth a Polythronicon of Durham Robertus de Baldocke Cancellarius anno 1325 captus cum Hugonibus de Despensers quia clericus fuit sacerdos in nova porta Londiniarum poni fecit Edwardus Princeps Isabella mater ejus ubi pro nimia miseria mortuus fuit infra breve John Hotham bishop of Elie the second time was at Westminster made Chancellor of England in anno dom 1326 being the first yeare of the Raigne of that King that intituled himselfe King of England and France but he continued not long in the same Office for he was removed in the second yeare of the said King being in anno dom 1328 He was elected Bishop in anno dom 1316 in which place he ruled twenty yeares and died in anno dom 1336 of the palsey at Summersham being buried in the Church of Elie under a goodly monument of stone with the Image of a bishop carved out of Alabast r upon his Tombe Henry Cliffe Master of the Rolles had the charge and Keeping of the great Seale of England in the said yeare of Christ 1328 being the second yeare of King Edward the third and was the Kings Chancellor also Henry de Burgh Burghwash or Burghurst Nephew to Sr. Bartholmew Bladismere baron of Leedes in Kent having beene Treasurer of England enjoyed the honour of the Chancellor in the second yeare of King Edward the third being in anno dom 1328. and was made Chancellor at Northampton which Office he did not long enjoy John Stratford Bishop of Winchester and after of Canterbury and sometime Treasurer of England was made Chancellor of the Realm in anno dom 1330 being in
anno 4 Edward 3 who being sent in the sixt yeare of his raigne in anno dom 1332 Ambassador beyond the Seas about the affaires of the King and Kingdome did not like Cardinall Woolsey the Chancellor in the dayes of King Henry the 8 presumptuously carry the great Seale with him beyond the seas but left the same in his absence with others who both could and would answere the well or evill using thereof whiles he was in France This man continued in the Office untill the Eight yeare of Edward the third Richard de Bury otherwise called Richard de Angervile being borne in a little village besides S Edmundsbury commonly cald the Bury Abbey was so surnamed Bury of that place had to his Father Sr. Richard Angervile Knight This man being first kept at schoole by his Vncle Sr. Iohn VVillobie Priest was afterward Treasurer of England Chancellor and Bishop of Durham to which place of Chancellor-ship hee was advanced in the yeare 1334 being in anno 8 Edward 3 which office he received by the Kings gift at VVestminster in which yeare he was inthronized being first consecrated Bishop in anno do 1333 in the Bishoprick of Durham by William Cowton Prior of Durham He kept the See 11 yeares two moneths and twelve dayes and died in the yeare 1345 and was buryed in the South angle of the Church at Durham John Stratford the second time Lord Chancellor being now Archbishop of Canterbury was installed therein at York in anno dom 1335 being the ninth yeare of the Raigne of King Edward the third Robert de Stratford or Strafford as some have written but as I thinke corruptly being Archdeacon of Canterbury which Office was first ordeined by Anselme Archbishop of the said Citty was made Chancellor of England on the 24 day of March anno dom 1336 being in anno 11 Edward 3 He was after made Bishop of Chichester desiring to be remooved from that office of Chancellorship which was granted unto him Whereupon he surrendred up the Seale unto the said King Edward 3 in the 12 yeare of his Raigne being in anno dom 1338. Richard de Bintworth chosen Bishop of London and confirmed by John Stratford Archbishop of Canterbury at Oxford the tenth kalends of Iune 1338 was at Waltham advanced to the honour of Lord Chancellor in the moneth of July in the said yeare 1338 being the 12 yeare of King Edward the third John Stratford the third time Lord Chancellor of England in which Office he did not long continue Robert Bishop of Chichester being the foresaid Robert Stratford was againe made Lord Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1340 being anno 14 of the raigne of Edward the third who was put out of that Office and should with the Treasurer of England have beene sent into France for a pledge for the payment of certaine sommes of money Robert de Bourchier borne of the honourable house of the Lord Bourchiers was in the Towre of London made Lord Chancellor of England in December in anno 14 Edward 3 being in anno dom 1340 though some say hee was made Chancellor in anno 15 of the saide King Robert Perning Pernicke or Pernwicke also Treasurer of England was made Chancellor of England in anno dom 1341 bing in anno 15 Edward 3 he dyed in the yeare 1343 being in anno 17 of the said King This man was a Serjant in the third yeare of Edward the third when he began to plead as a Serjant in which he continued untill anno 11 Edward 3 and was after that Iustice Treasurer and Chancellor and dyed in the common plees being Chancellor sitting and arguing amongest the Iustices as appeares in the Law books of those yeares of Edward the third of whom is last mention made in the 17 yeare of Edward the third where hee is named Chancellor Robert de Saddington Knight was invested with the dignity of Lord Chancellor after the death of Perning in anno dom 1343 and in anno 17 Edward 3 He was elected to be Bishop of Canterbury and so was installed but never received the Pall. There was also one Richard Saddington Knight Treasurer of England of whom I have spoken in my discourse of the Lord Treasurers John Offord or Vfford Deane of Lincolne was made Chancellor of England in anno dom 1345. being anno 19 Edward 3 Hee dyed in the moneth of May in anno dom 1349 being the 23 yeare of the Raigne of that victorious King Edward the third John Thorsby Bishop of Worcester Archbishop of Yorke and Cardinall was installed in the seat of the Lord Chancellor in anno dom 1349 being anno 23 Edward 3 who at his great suit was discharged of the Office of Chancellor by delivery of the great Seale in November in anno 30 of the said King being in anno dom 1356 after hee had kept that place almost by the space of 7 yeares He in the 10 yeare of his Bishopricke on the third kalends of August beganne the frame of the Quire in S Peters Church in Yorke and laid the first stone thereof to which he gave an Hundred poundes He dyed at Thorpe and was buryed at Yorke in anno dom 1363 or as others have 1373 after that he had beene Archbishop one and twenty yeares and one and twenty dayes William de Edington Bishop of Winchester Lord Treasurer of England was made Chancellor of England in November in anno dom 1356 in anno 30 of King Edward the third Simon Langham Abbat of Westminster Bishop of Elie Archbishop of Canterbury and Treasurer of England was made Lord Chancellor in February in anno dom 1363 being the seaven and thirthieth yeare of the governement of King Edward the third Of this Simon were these verses made when he was removed from Elie to the Bishopricke of Canterbury Exultent caeli quia Simon transit ab Eli Cujus in adventum flent in kent millia centum Of whom also because he richly endowed the Abbey of Westminster with great gifts of singular cost and value a certaine Monke compiled these verses Res es de Langham tua Simon sunt data quondam Octingentena librarum millia dena Of this man is more spoken in the following discourse of the Lord Treasurers of England William de Wickeham so called of the place of his Birth whom Leland maketh Treasurer of England which by any possible meanes cannot be so for any thing that I can yet learne This man being Bishop of Winchester and advanced to that place in anno dom 1367 in anno 41 Edward 3 in which place he sate seaven and thirty yeares was sometime keeper of the privie seale and made also Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1367 being the 41 yeare of Edward the third in which Office he remained about foure yeares and in March in the yeare 1371 being the 45 of King Edward the third did deliver up the great Seale to the King at Westminster Hee was buried in the body of Winchester Church which he new built
Lord Chancellor of England at his returne from beyond the Seas in the first yeare of King Henry the seventh being in Anno Dom. 1485 after which he was advanced to the Arch-bishopricke of Canterbury he dyed in Anno Dom. 1499 in Anno 15 of Henry the seaventh as hath Matthew Parker William Warham Advocate in the Arches Master of the Rolles Bishop of London and then Archbishop of Canterbury was before his advancement to the See of Canterbury made Chancellor of England in the time of Henry the seaventh in which office he continued until about the latter end of the seaventh yeare of King Henry the Eight At what time surrendring the Seale by reason of his age and weakenesse the same was delivered to Thomas Woolsey Thomas Woolsey sometimes Chapleine to Henry Deane Archbishop of Canterbury after the Kings Almoner and Abbat of S. Austins who possessing many other Abbies and Bishoprickes was advanced to the government of the great Seale about the beginning of the 8 yeare of King Henry the eight being in Anno Dom. 1516 to hold the same during his life as I gather in which office yet he continued not above thirteene yeares untill Anno 21 of King Henry the 8 being in Anno Dom. 1529. During which time of his Chancellorship in Anno 19 of King Henry the eight being Anno Dom. 1527. he went into France representing the King of Englands Person to set order for the delivery of Pope Clement the seaventh and Francis the French King at what time he carried the great Seale over the Seas to Calis Which Seale hee left with Doctor Taylor Master of the Rolles to keepe the same at Calis untill the Cardinalls returne out of the French Dominions He died in Leicester Abbey not without suspicion of poison as was thought which he had prepared for himselfe and given to his Apothecary to deliver when hee called for it the two and twentieth of King Henry the eight in Anno Dom. 1530. Thomas More Knight Chancellor of the Dutchie of Lancaster was advanced to the honour of Chancellorship of England in Anno Dom. 1529 being in Anno 21 of King Henry the eight In which office this rare witted Knight to use Erasmus his epitheton and learned Chancellor continued not ful three yeares but in Anno 24 of the said King with much labour and earnest suit he left his office Touching which it will not be impertinent to set downe the words of Matthew Parker in the lives of the Bishops of Canterbury in the life of Thomas Cranmer writing after this manner Interearex dum Papae meditabatur excidium singulorum de papali authoritate sensus iudiciis haud obscuris collegit Inter quos Thomas Morus quia regis conatus pontificiis valde suspectus fuit Cancellarii munere venia regis aegre impetrata sese abdicavit Thomas Audeley Atturney of the Dutchie of Lancaster Serjant at the law as most affirme and speaker of the Parliament was made Knight and Keeper of the great Seale the fourth of June in Anno 24 of the raigne of King Henry the eight in Anno dom 1â—32 not long after which he was made Lord Chancellor of England This man in the tenth yeare of his Chancellorship being in Anno dom 1542 and Anno 35 Henry 8 changing the name of Buckingham Colledge in Cambridge did name it the Colledge of S. Mary Magdalen and endowed it with some possessions He dyed on May Eeve in Anno dom 1544 being in Anno 35 Henry 8. Thomas Wriothesly Knight of the Garter Sonne to William Wriothesly Yorke Herald and Grand-childe to John Wriothesly Garter King of Armes being created Baron at Hampton Court on the first day of Ianuary in the 35 yeare of the Reigne of King Henry the eight in Anno dom 1543. was after advanced to the honour of the great seale and Chancellorship of England about the beginning of May in Anno 36 Henry 8 being in Anno dom 1544 in which office hee did continue untill the death of the said King Henry the eight And in the beginning of the raigne of King Edward the sixt he was the sixt of March remooved and the seale was delivered to William Paulet Lord S. John of Basing This Thomas Lord Wriothesly being created Earle of Southampton by King Edward the sixt died at his house of Lincolne place in Holborne the 30 of Iuly in the 4 yeare of the said King Edward in the yeare 1550 and was buried at S. Andrewes in Holborne William Paulet Knight being first Steward of the lands of the Bishopricke of Winchester then Treasurer of the houshold Lord Sent-John of Basing Lord great Master of the Kings house afterwards Earle of Wiltshire Marquesse of Winchester and Treasurer of England being of the Privie Councell to King Henry the eight King Edward the sixt Queen Mary and Queene Elizabeth had the keeping of the great seale committed unto him the seaventh day of March in the yeare of our Lord 1547 being the first yeare of the raigne of the young King Edward the sixt which seale he had in Custody about seaven moneths untill the 23 or 24 of October following at what time Sr. Richard Rich was made Lord Chancellor Sir Richard Rich Knight A Gentleman well descended and alyed in Hampshire created Lord Rich was advanced to the dignity of Lord Chancellor of England about the 23 of October in Anno dom 1547 being the first yeare of the raigne of the noble King Edward the sixt in which place he remained about five yeares Thomas Goodericke or Godericke being Bishop of Elie had the great Seale delivered unto him and was made Lord Chancellor of England the 20 of December as John Stow hath noted in his Chronicle in Anno dom 1551 being Anno 5 Edward 6 in which office he continued all the life of the said King Edward who died in Iuly Anno dom 1553 being the seaventh yeare of his raigne and about one moneth after untill the 13 or 14 day of August in which Queene Mary made Stephen Gardiner her Chancellor Sir Nicholas Hare Master of the Rolles had at the comming of Queene Mary to the Crowne the great Seale after the death of King Edward as Lord Keeper by the space of a fortnight and shortly after was Stephen Gardiner made Chancellor Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester was in August in Anno dom 1553 being the first yeare of the raigne of Queene Mary made Chancellor of England This man going in ambassage unto Calis left the great seale in the custody of William Paulet Marquesse of Winchester which Bishop after his returne into England continued in that office all the time of his life which he ended the 19 of November in Anno dom 1555 being the third yeare of Queene Mary After which the great seale lying in her Majesties custody shee on the New-yeares day following made a new Chancellor Nicholas Heath Bishop of Rochester Almoner to the King Ambassador into Germany Bishop of Worcester President of Wales and Archbishop of
divers other Priests standing round about them After his installation he returned to the dispatche of the affaires of the Kingdome committing the charge of his Bishoppricke to one Ralph sometime a Moonke of Glastenbury and now become an Apostata Great contention was betweene this man and King Stephen Hee bought the Treasurership for the Summe of Foure Hundred Markes of Henry the second for his sonne Richard filius Nigelli or Fitz Neale otherwise called Richard of Elie. He governed the Bishoppricke Sixe and Thirty yeeres as some say and builded Saint Iohns Colledge in Cambridge Trivet affirmeth that he died in the yeere of Christ One Thousand One Hundred Sixty and Nine and the Fifteenth of King Henry the second after that he had governed Sixe and Thirty yeares he was honorably buried in the Church of Saint Ethelred of Elie before the Altar dedicated to the Holy Crosse Richard of Elie or Fitz Neale sonne of the said Nigellus Bishop of Elie was made Treasurer to King Henry the second by the purchase of his father Nigellus when the King went to the warres of Tolous Of whom the Historie of Elie writeth That after the buriall of Nigellus his Father this Richard being also an enemy of the Church of Elie as his father had beene before made hast to passe over the Seas to King Henry the second fearing that some evill would be prepared against him if the Church should have sent any other thither before him At whose comming to the King he accused the Monkes of many things and did therewith so edge the King against them that the King sending into England charged by Wunndrus one of his Chaplens that the Prior of Elie should bee deposed and the Moonkes with all their goods to be proscribed banished This man being Treasurer to King Henry the second the Treasure of the said Henry the second at his death came unto One Hundred Thousand Markes notwithstanding the excessive charges of the King many waies Which Richard being Bishop of London by the name of Richard the Third and the Kings Treasurer was chosen to that See in the yeare of our redemption One Thousand Eightie and Nine beeing the first yeere of King Richard the first and was consecrated Bishop at Lambeth by Baldwine Archbishop of Canterbury in the yeare of Christ 1190. He died the fourth Ides of September in the yeare of grace 1198. being the Ninth yeere of King Richard the first William of Elie being of kinne to the last Richard Bishop of London was Treasurer to King Richard the first and to King Iohn To which William then Treasurer Richard his kinsman the Bishop of London An. Do. 1196. being the seventh yeere of the raigne of Richard the first and the said number of yeares of the governement of the said Richard in the Bishoppricke of London did give all his houses in Westminster which the said William did long after give to the Abbat and Moonkes of Westminster as by the Charter thereof appeares in this sort abridged Vniversis Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit Gulielmus de Elie quondam Regum Angliae Thesaurarius salutem Noverit universitas vestra me dedisse c. Deo Monachis Westminster c. pro animabus Richardi Iohannis Regum Angliae pro amima Richardi London Episcopi c. Domos meas curiam cum pertinentibus in villa Westminster c. quas habui ex dono Richardi Episcopi London quae sunt de feodo Westminster c. Testis Eustachius Fauconbridge Domini Regis Thesauraius c. He dyed in the yeare of Christ One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Two being the Sixt yeare of the long reigne of King Henry the Third As noteth Matthew Paris and Westminster who write that then Objit Gulielmus Eliensis Angliae Thesaurarius A Deane of Pauls was Treasurer to the King as appeares by Matthew Parker in the life of Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury writing after this manner Eodem tempore which was a time between the creating of Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury in the yeere of Christ 1194. being the sixt yeere of Richard the first and the death of the said Richard the first which fell in the yeare of Christ 1199. Ecclesiae Paulina Decanus aerarij regi custos fuit sive ut vocant Thesaurarius and so goeth on with a discourse of his miserable death Walter Gray Bishop of Worcester whom some call Treasurer in the Eleventh of King Iohn Geffery Archdeacon of Norwich Treasurer to King Iohn who forsooke his Master the King beeing excommunicated by the Pope as writeth Matthew Parker in the life of Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury in these following words Inter quos meaning the Bishops which durst not openly publish the excommunication of the King but secretly cast libels about the high waies which gave notice thereof quam ad fiscum Regium Gaufridus Norvicensis Archidia conus negotijs regijs intendens sedisset coepit assidentibus exponere excommunicationis sententiam in Regemjam latam affirmavitque non esse tutum Capellanis Ecclesiasticis dignitatibus beneficijsque affectis servire Regi amplius Ideoque aulam deserens ad Ecclesiastica beneficia quae Regis servitio acquisierat secessit Rex hunc tam proditorie a se deficientem per Willielmum Talbot Militem prehendi ad se reduci fecit cumque in publica custodia servatum donec sive paenae siue conscientiae taedio pertaesus vitae fuit expiravit detinuit whose manner of death is in this sort set downe by Mat. Paris Pag. 305. that he was committed to prison Vbi post dies paucos Rege praefato which was King Iohn jubente capa indutus plumbea tam victualium penuria quam ipsius capae ponderositate compressus migravit ad dominum Much about this time as I suppose which was An. Do. 1209. being about the Eleventh yeere of King Iohn the Chequer was by the King removed from London to Northampton in hatred of the Londoners untill Christmas Iohn Ruthall Custos Officij Thesaurarij as is proved out of the Records of the Exchequer had that office the third yeere of Henry the third in the yeare 1219. Eustachius de Fauconbridge a Iustice to receive fines Chanceller of the Exchequer and Treasurer to Henry the Third was by the Bishop of Rochester consecrated Bishop of London in An. Do. 1221. being the fifth yeare of King Henry the Third which Eustachius in the yeere 1222. with the Deane and Chapiter of London had great suites against William Abbat of Westminster he was Treasurer in the third yeere of King Henry the third being about An. Do. 1219. he died the day before the Kalends of November in An. Dom. 1228. being the 13. of King Henry the third and is buried on the south side of the Queere of Pauls besides Henry Wengham under a faire Monument of Marble over whom on the wall is this inscription Hicjacet Eustachius de Fauconbridge quondam Episcopus hujus Ecclesiae
conceive above halfe a yeare for in the same twelfth yeare came the Bishop of VVinchester Iohn Stratford Bishop of VVinchester upon the removing of VValwaine was in the 12. yeare of Edward the second admitted into the office of Treasurership untill the King should otherwise determine Which Bishop found out in the Treasury above Twenty nine Pound Seventeene shillings eight pence which might bee the cause of displacing of VValwaine who had over prodigally dispersed the Kings Treasure VValter Stapleton Bishop of Exeter was Treasurer in the 13. yeare of Edward the second An. Dom. 1319. In which I suppose he contynued untill the 15. yeare of Edward the second An. Dom. 1321. VValter Norwich Knight was the Third tyme made Treasurer which place he enjoyed in 15. Edward the second An. Do. 1321. or thereabouts VValsingham saith that in the second yeare of Edward the third Obijt VVilliam de Norwich Roger Northborrow Scutifer or keeper of the seale being taken by the Scots at the battell of Banocsbourne about the seventh yeare of Edward the second in An. Do. 1313. was also Clerke of the Wardrobe and Treasurer in the sixteenth yeare of Edward the 2. being in An. Dom. 1322. Of whom thus writeth one Anonimall Cronicle M.S. An. Do. 1321. Obijt VValterus de Langtone Episcopus Cestren cui successit in episcopatus honore per viam impressionis ambitionis Rogerus Northburgh Clericus de regis garderobia sibi regis in cunctis faventibus auxilio voluntate I have read of one Godfrey of Northburgh Bishop of Chester that died in thirty three yeare of Edward the third being in An. Do. 1359 which perhaps should bee this Roger Northborow Godfrey being by the transcriber placed in stead of Roger but I will not at this time define any certainety thereof although I finde another note of one Roger Northburgh consecrated Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in An. Dom. 1321. who sate in that See 38. yeares which 38. yeares added to the other in which this Roger was made Bishop doe make up the number of 1359. in which it is said that Godfrey Northborow died VValter Stapleton Bishop of Exeter the second tyme Treasurer in the 18. yeare of Edward the second and before was removed in Easter Terme in the same yeare In which Easter Terme was VVilliam Bishop of Yorke also made Treasurer as is proved by the Pell of Exitus that Terme being thus intituled De Termino Paschae An. 18. Edw. 2. tam tempore VV. episcopi Exon quam VV. archi-Episcopi Eborum This Walter being elected to the Bishoppricke of Exeter in An. Dom. 1307. did sit in that place twenty yeares and was beheded at the comming into England of Queene Isabell to depose Edward the second in the yeare 1326. The cause of whose beheading was for that hee had procured the banishment of the said Queene Isabell and of her sonne Prince Edward VVilliam Melton Archbishop of Yorke made Lord Treasurer in Easter Terme in the 18. yeare of Edward the second kept the same office untill the deposition of himselfe from that place and of his Master from his Kingdome in the twentieth yeare of the said Edward the second and then gave place to Iohn Stratford Iohn Stratford Bishop of VVinchester was the second time made Treasurer of England in the 20. yeare of the deposed King Edward after the death of VValter Stapleton This Iohn the 14. day of November in the twentieth yeare of Edward the second comming into the Exchequer brought thither the Kings patent or open Writ or commandement under the seale of Edward the Kings eldest son to witnes his election creatiō to that place of Treasurer the tenor of which writt I have thought good to set downe because it was done by the son in the fathers name and under the Teste of the son the father yet being King in shew but the sonne indeede as governer of the Realme which title hee enjoyed untill that hee most unnaturally by the malice of his mother the ambition of himselfe and the flattery of his followers had deposed his father The tenor of which writt was in these words as followeth Edwardus Rex Angliae dominus Hiberniae baronibus camerarijs suis de scaccario suo salutem Quum pro eo quod venerabilis pater VV. archiepiscopus Eborum nuper thesaurarius scaccarij praedicti circa diversa negotia in partibus borealibus est occupatus quo minus intendere possit ad ea quae ad officium illud in dicto scaccario pertinent exercenda Constituerimus venerabilem patrem Iohannem Wintoniensem episcopum tenentem locum thesaurarij scaccarij praedicti quousque de officio illo aliter duximus ordinandum Percipendo in eodem officio dum illud sic tenuerit feodum consuetum prout in literis nostris patentibus episcopo praefato inde confectis plenius continetur Vobis mandamus quod ipsum episcopum ad officium admittatis ei in his quae ad officium praedictum pertineant intendatis in forma praedicta Teste Edwardo filio nostro primogenito custode regni nostri apud Hereford Sexto die Novembris anno regni nostri vicessimo Adam Tarleton or de Orleton borne in Hereford-shire being Decretorum Doctor was made Bishop of Hereford by the Pope at Avinion in An. Dom. 1317. about the 10. or 11. yeare of Edward the second being hee that made the Sermon for the deposition of King Edward the second and wrote the amphibologicall Epistle for the death of the King conteyning these words Regem occidere nolite timere bonum est which hath by a comma or point made at Timere one sense and by a comma made at Nolite another sence Which Adam was made Lord Treasurer in the first yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1326. in which office he continued not long for in the Easter terme of the said King came Henry Bishop of Lincolne This man was made Bishop of Winchester in An. Dom. 1335. being the ninth of Edward the third in which seate he sate 12. yeares The death of which Adam who gave Hemingfield parsonage to the Church of Hereford Sir Thomas De la More doth most plentifully set forth Henry Burwash Bishop of Lincolne descended of the Lord Burghurst his Family called Lord Burwash was Lord Treasurer in Easter terme in the first yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1327. in which office he continued untill 2. yeare of Edward the third and was afterwards removed Thomas Bishop of Hereford injoyed the honorable office of Lord Treasurer in the third yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1329. but in the yeare following another came in place Robert Woodhouse possessed the roome of the high Treasurer of England in the fourth yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1330. And was also Treasurer some part of Michaelmas terme in the fift yeare of Edward the third who in the yeare following did give place to another William Archbishop of
Michael de Worth Ianuary 20. 11. Ed. 3. Iohn de Saint Paul Aprill 28. 14. Ed. 3. Thomas de Evesham Tuesday after the feast of Circumcision 36. Ed. 3. David de Wollere 45. Ed. 3. William Burstall Iuly 22. ◠Rich. 2. Iohn de Waltham Clerke after Bishop of Salisbury 8. Ri. 2. Iohannes de Burton Clerke Octo. 24 1. Ri. 2. Thomas Stanley Clerke 3. Ri. 2. Iohn Scarle or Serle after keeper of the great Seale ◠Hen. 4. Nicholas Bubwith Septem 24. 6. Hen. 4. Iohannes Wakering Clerke after keeper of the great Seale 3. Hen. 5 Simon Garnastead Clerke Iune 3. 2. Hen. 6 Iohannes Franke Clerke October 18 17. Hen. 6 Iohannes Stopinden Clerke Nov. 13 25. Hen. 6 Thomas Kirkby had the Reversion March 29 he was in 28 and 33 H. 6. 1. Ed. 4. Robert de Kirkham Clerk December 23 after Lord Chancellor 49. Hen. 6 William Morland Clerke Februa 22. 1. Ed. 14 Iohn Alcocke Deane of the free Chappell at S. Stevens in Westminster Aprill 29 after Lord Chancellor 12. Ed. 4. Iohn Morton Clerke Doctor of Law March 16 made Bishop of Ely 18 of Edward 4 Ianuary 4 after Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury 18. Ed. 4 Robert Morton Clerke 7. Hen. 7 William Kliot Iohn Blithe Clerke Thomas Barow Doctor of Law after keeper of the great Seale as some have it 9 Hen. 7 William Warham Clerke after Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury 17 Hen. 7 William Barow Doctor of Law mentioned in the Glasse window in the Chappell of the Rolles 1503. 20 Hen. 7 Christopher Beinbrig Clerke No 15 1 Hen. 8. Iohn young Clerke Ianuary 12. 8 Hen. 8. Cuthbert Tunstall Clerke after Bishop of Duresme March 12 14 Hen. 8 Iohn Clerke Clerke October 20 15 Hen. 8 Thomas Hanniball Clerke Octo. 19 19 Hen. 8 Iohn Taylor Clerke October 19. 26 Hen. 8 Thomas Cromwell Esquire after created Earle of Essex c. October 6 28 Hen. 8 Christopher Hales Esquire after Knighted Iune 10 33 Hen. 8 Robert Suthwell Esquire Iuly 1 4 Edw. 6 Iohn Beaumont Esquire Decem. 13. 6. Edw. 6 Robert Bowes Knight Iune 16. 1 M. Q. Nicholas Hare Knight September 18 keeper of the great Seale 4 5 Phi. M. 23 Eli. Q. William Cordell Knight Novem. 5 Gilbert Gerard Knight Thomas Egerton Knight after keeper of the great Seale and Lord Chancellor Edward Bruce Lord Kinlosse Thomas Phillips Knight Serjant at Law Iulius Caesar Knight Chancellor of the Kings Exchecker which place he left when he was Master of the Rolles Dudley Digges of Chilham Castle in the County of Kent Knight 1636. FINIS Honoratissimo Reverendissimo Dom. in Christo Patri Dr. Guilielmo Iuxon Speciali Dietatis providentia Praesuli Londinensi Totius Angliae Archithesaurario Et è Secretioribus regiis Arcanis Conciliario Pientissimo virtutis Assertori strenuo politioris literaturae vindici Religionis syncerae propugnatori Acerrimo Ioh. Philipot Fecialis Regius a Provincia Sommerset tensi Denominatus Dignitatis vestrae cultor humilimus Hanc Thesurariorum Seriem DICIT DEDICAT CONSECRAT A CATALOGVE OF THE LORD TREASVRERS OF ENGLAND DVnstane Archbishop of Canterbury was Treasurer to Eadred or Eldred King of England who began his raigne in the yeare nine hundred forty and sixe of whom thus writeth Matt. Parker in his booke of the Archbishops of Canterbury in the life of Odo Severus the two and twentieth Bishop of that see Edmundo the King of England defuncto Eadredus corona regia ab Odone redimitus rem publicam administrans Dunstanum ut in ejus vita patebit tam singulari amore prosequutus est ut omnes regni thesauros illius custodiae commendaret This man was canonized a Saint and the Goldsmiths of London are incorporated into the Society and fellwoship of Saint Dunstan Hugolme was Treasurer and Chamberlaine to Edward the Confessor hee gave Deane and South-bright to Westminster which Edward the Confessor did afterward confirme to that house Odo halfe brother to William the Conqueror Earle of Kent Bishop of Baieux and chiefe Iustice of England was Treasurer in the time of the Conqueror who had at his death as saith Anonymus M. S. Sixtie Thousand Pounds Excepto auro gemmis vasis Palijs Geofry Clinton Treasurer and Chamberline to Henry the first Hee about the thirteenth yeare of Henry the first in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand one Hundred and Twelve did found the Priory of Kenelworth and was after accused of treason in the one and thirtieth yeare of the raigne of the said Henry the first but as it seemed restored in short time after to the Kings favour Ranulph Bishop of Durham was Treasurer to the King whom Florensius Wygorniensis calleth Praecipuum Regis placitatorem Regni exactorem whose last word Exactor some men doe english Treasurer Of this man is more said in the Chancellors of England Roger Bishop of Sarisbury Treasurer and Chanceller of England as appeareth by Leland writing in this sort Roger Bishop of Sarum Treasurer and Chanceller to Henry the first made the Castle of Vies such a costly and so strong a fort as was never before nor since set up by any Bishop of England The Keepe or Dungeon of it set upon a hill cast by hand is a peece of worke of incredible cost Besides which to prove the same Roger Treasurer at the later end of the Raigne of Henry the first together with William de Pontlearch at the entring of King Stephen into England Thus writeth one Anonymall chronicle M. S. Stephanus cum intravit Angliam Rogerum Sarisburiensem Willielmum de Pontlearijs Custodes Thesaurorum ad se traduxit Which William de Pontlearch was a witnesse with William Stigill to a certaine Charter which Ranulph Bishop of Durham made to the Monkes of Durham commonly called S. Cuthberts Monkes wherein he confirmed to them Blakestone Standropp and Sandropshire with the wood of Henworth on the East part of Mareburne as farre as it goeth to the Sea This Roger Bishop of Salisbury died in the yeere of our redemption One Thousand one Hundred Thirtie and Nine being about the fourth yeare of King Stephen of whom mention is made in the Chancellers of England Nigellus the second Bishop of Elye Nephew to Roger Bishop of Sarum and Treasurer to Henry the first was advanced unto that Bishoppricke of Elie in the yeere of our redemption One Thousand one Hundred Thirtie and Three the first Calends of Iune being the Three and Thirtieth yeere of the raigne of Henry the first at whose going downe to be installed in the said Bishopricke hee was received with such joy that all the whole street of Ely through which hee should passe was hanged with curtaines and carpets with seates set on each side and the Monkes Cannons and Clerkes meeting him with procession with
Templarius whom some will have Treasurer but this man is more spoken of amongst the Chancellors William Haverhull a Cannon of Pauls Church in London was made Treasurer to King Henry the third in An. Dom. 1240. being the 24. yeare of the raigne of the said King Henry in which place he continued in the 28. yeare of the raigne of King Henry the third being in An. Do. 1244 he dyed at London in An. 1252. being the 36. yeare of the raigne of King Henry the third as saith the addition to Matthew Paris fol. 1128. After which the said Author fol. 1226. laied his death in the yeare 1256. being the 39. yeare of King Henry the third such error is crept into Histories by the negligence of the transcriber but I suppose the first note of his death to bee the truer because the same is confirmed by Matthew West speaking in the said yeare 1252. of the death of this man for whose Epitaph these following verses were made Hic jacet Haverhulle jaces protothesaurarie Regis Hinc Haverhulle gemis non Paritura talem Fercula culta dabas empyrea vina pluebas A modo sit Christus cibus esca tibi I have also read a note of one William Haverhull which might be this man which saith that William Haverhull the sonne of Brithmarus de Haverhull gave houses in Cheapeside to the Abby of Westminster and that one Thomas de Haverhull was the sonne and heire of William Haverhull Richard de Barking Abbat of Westminster as witnesseth the lives of the Abbats was one speciall Counceller to Henry the third Chiefe Baron of the Exchequer and Treasurer of England who I suppose did follow William Haverhull for his death which happened on the 23. day of November in the 30. yeare of King Henry the third in An. Dom. 1246. after that he had beene Abbat 24. yeares must needes prove him to be Treasurer before Phillip Lovell yea and peradventure which is most likely before Hugh Pateshall yet Matthew Paris speaking of the death of Haverhulla wil needs have Phillip Lovel to succeed William Haverhul as after shall appeare This Richard de Barking was buried in Westminster Church before the middle of the Altar in our Ladies Chappell in a tombe of Marble which after in the time of William Colechester Abbat of that place was pulled downe by Fryer Combe a sacrist of that house of Westminster who laid a faire plaine Marble stone over him with this present Epitaph thus inscribed Richardus Barking prior postinclitus Abbas Henrici Regis prudens fuit ille minister Hujus erat prima laus insula rebus opima Altera laus eque Thorp census Ocham decimaeque Tertia Mortone castrum simili ratione Et regis quarta de multis commoda charta Clementis festo mundo migravit ab isto M. Domini C. bis xl sextoque sub anno Cui detur venia parte pia vergo Maria. Philip Luvell or Lovell was in this order advanced to the office of Treasurer as appeareth by the words of Matthew Paris upon the death of William Haverhull Et cum crederetur quod Dominus Rex Iohannem Franciscum officio Wilhelmi which was Haverhull subrogaret fabricatis rumoribus quod idem Iohannes in partibus remotis Angliae Borealibus ut contra quosdam religiosos plantaverat obiisset constituit Dominus Rex Philippum Lovell clericum virum prudentem foecundum generosum in loco memorati Wilielmi suum thesaurarium quod factum est apud sanctum Albanum procurante ut dicitur Iohanne Mansell amico Philippi speciali This man was Treasurer in the 35. and so untill the 42. yeare of Henry the third and was in the same yeare deposed by the Barons Hee dyed at Hamesley in An. Dom. 1259. whose executors were Philip Lovell and Robert de Mercenton But his goods after his death the King commanded to be confiscate Matthew Paris and Matthew Westminster mention who were the Queenes Treasurers about that time thus obijt Walterus de Brudellejusdem Reginae thesaurarius which hee placeth in An. Dom. 1255. being the 39. yeare of King Henry the third Of the second person Chacepore thus writeth Matthew West in An. Dom. 1254. Veniens autem Rex ad mare nec ventum habens prosperum apud Boloniam moratus est invitus vbi obijt Petrus Chaceporc natione Pictavensis Reginae thesaurarius Regis clericus consiliarius specialis These two Treasurers of the Queenes are supposed by some but not rightly to have beene the Kings Treasurers Iohn Crackhall Archdeacon of Bedford was Treasurer in 42 43 44. yeares of Henry the third to whom the King in the 44. of his raigne being in An. Dom. 1260. gave a Prebendary wherein being invested he was from thence removed by a former collatiō therof made to one Iohn Le Gras. The same Crackhall after died the same yeare at London Iohn Abbot of Peterborough was by the Barons in the 44. yeare of Henry the third made Treasurer as the other Officers of the King also were Nicholas of Ely was then made Chanceller and Hugh de Spencer chiefe Iustice which Office of Treasurership this Iohn continued in the 46. yeare of Henry the third 1262. Nicholas de Elic so called because he was Archdeacon of Elie was Treasurer to the King in the 47. of Henry the third being the yeare of our Lord 1263. whereof I have seene this note of Record Memorandum quod in Crastino Paschae Anno 47. Hen. Regis 3. in praesentia Rogeri le Bigot Comite Norfolke Mareschalli Angliae Hugo le Bigot Arnoldi de Berkeley Baronis de scaccario magistri Iohannis de Chisull Cancellar regis c. recepit Magister Nicholaus archidiaconus Eliensis Thesaurarius subscripta in Thesauraria domini regis c. This man as before appeareth had beene Chanceller of whom is mention made in the catalogue of the Chancellers Thomas Wimundham This man being chiefe Chanter of Lichfield was by the Barons in An. Dom. 1258. in the 41. yeare of King Henry the third made Treasurer at the Exchequer at the Seale or place where the Writts be sealed with greene waxe after which hee was Treasurer to the King in the 50 51 and 52. yeares of King Henry the third Iohn Chisull sometime Chanceller was Treasurer in the 54. yeare of Henry the third being about An. Dom. 1269. He was Deane of Pauls chosen Bishop of London in An. Dom. 1273. and consecrate to that place in the yeare of Christ 1274. in which place he continued about five yeares and died in An. Dom. 1279. being in the seventh yeare of the raigne of the victorious Prince King Edward the first of that name See more of this Chisull in the Chancellors Phillip de Elie was treasurer as appeareth by the Records of the Exchequer in the 56. yeare of King Henry the third and in the first yeare of King Edward the first partly falling in the yeare 1272. and 1273. Ioseph de Chancy whom
a white Lyon the beast which he beare before as the proper Ensigne of that house standing over a Red Lion the peculiar note of the Kingdome of Scotland and tearing the same Red Lyon with his pawes This Tho. Duke of Norfolke married two wives his first wife was Elizabeth the daughter of Fredericke Tilney Knight by whom he had issue Thomas Earle of Surrey after Duke of Norfolk Edward slaine at Brest Admiral of England and Edmond Howard with Elizabeth married to Thomas Bulline Earle of Wiltshire and Muriell married to Iohn Grey Lord Lisle His second wife was Agnes daughter of Philip Tilney Knight by whom he had yssue William Lord Howard of Effingham with many others This Thomas Duke of Norfolke died in the 16. yeare of King Henry the 8. in An. Dom. 1544. and was buried at Thetford in Norfolke Thomas Howard sonne to the said Thomas Duke of Norfolke being Earle of Surrey possessed the place of the Lord Treasurer in the 15. yeare of Henry the 8. in An. Dom. 1523. the which office he continued in the 38. yeare of the said King in An. Dom. 1546. in the which yeare on the 28. of Ianuary the said King Henry died so that this Duke and his father were Lord Treasurers of England almost 48. yeares But about some few daies more then a Moneth before the death of the said King that is to say on the 12. day of December this Duke with his sonne Henry Earle of Surrey were committed to the Tower the one by water the other by land Shortly after which the said Henry was beheaded at Tower-hill the 19. day of Ianuary about 9. dayes before the death of the King And the Duke remained as condemned to perpetuall prison till the beginning of the Raigne of Queene Mary who then set him at liberty He married for his first wife Anne the daughter of King Edward the fourth but had Thomas that died young after he married Elizabeth daughter to Edward Duke of Buckingham by whom hee had yssue Henry Earle of Surrey beheaded as before Thomas Viscount Bindon and Mary married to Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond Hee died about the beginning of the Raigne of Queene Mary Edward Seymer Earle of Hartford was after the death of King Henry the 8. made Lord Treasurer of England in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1546. in which yeare hee was also made protector of England and Duke of Somerset of whom thus writeth Matthew Parker calling him Regni Camerarium in the life of Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury in these words pag. 397. In testamento meaning King Henry the 8. Edwardo Principi minori novem annis nato haeredi suo Sexdecem tutores ex Episcopis solos Thomam Cranmerum Cantuariensem archiepiscopum Cuthbertum Tonstallum Dunelmensem Episcopum dedit And a little after pag. 398. followeth Verum pluribus ut diximus ei minori that was King Edward a patre constitutis curatoribus ne numero suo atque multitudine ad dissentiones faciles essent proclives unus electus est qui ex consilijs reliquorum impuberis regis tutelam solus administraret Is futit Edwardus Seimerus Comes Herefordiensis totius regni Camerarius regisque Auunculus Qui suscepta tutela regis totius regni atque dominiorum suorum proctteor Somerseti Dux nuncupatus atque creatus est This Duke of Somerset being Treasurer of England continued in the same office untill his death which was more then 4. yeares and was beheaded in the fift yeare of Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1551. Sir William Paulet Knight Marquesse of Winchester was made Lord Treasurer upon the death of the Duke of Somerset in the fift yeare of Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1551. Which office hee kept by the space of Twenty yeares and more a longer time then ever any other Treasurer had done before except the two last Dukes of Norfolke This man being a man of extreame age as attaining to the yeares Ninetie Seven died Lord Treasurer of England the tenth of March in An. Dom. 1571. being the 14. yeare of the Raigne of the famous Queene Elizabeth at his Mannor of Basing Hee in his life time did see the Children of his Childrens Children growne to the number of One Hundred and Three a rare blessing of God to men of his calling He maried Elizabeth the daughter of Sir William Capell Knight by whom he had issue Iohn Marquesse of Winchester Thomas Chidiocke and Giles Alice married to Richard Stowell Margaret married to Sir William Berkeley Margery married to Richard Waller and Eleanor married to Sir Richard Perckshall Sir William Cecill Knight principall Secretary of State created Lord Burghley upon the death of the Marquesse of Winchester was made Lord Treasurer of England the 13. Iuly 1572. being in the 14. yeare of the reigne of Queene Elizabeth and continued in that office during his life being also elected unto that most noble Order of the Garter Chancellor of the Vniversity of Cambridge and a Commissioner for the Office of Earle Marshall of of England Thomas Sackvill Barron Buckhurst heire Male of that ancient Familie that have flourished in a continued series from the Conquest and comming over out of Normandie deserved Nobly in that action was made Lord Treasurer the 15. of May in the 41. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and continued in that office during his life Hee was after by King Iames Created Earle of Dorcet the 13. of March 1603. being Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and Chancellor of the Vniversity of Oxford Sir Robert Cecill second son to William Lord Burghley being Principal Secretary of State to Queene Elizabeth and after to King Iames was by the said king created Baron Cecill of Essendon the 13. of May 1603. vicount Cranborne the 20. of August 1604. and Earle of Salisbury the 4. of May in the sixt yeare of King Iames and upon the death of the Earle of Dorcet hee was made Lord Treasurer of England and continued in the place till his death Thomas Lord Howard of Walden second sonne to Thomos Howard Duke of Norfolke created Earle of Suffolke by King Iames being then Lord Chamberlaine and Knight of the Garter was made Lord Treasurer of England the 12. of Iuly in the 12. yeare of the raigne of King Iames. Sir Henry Montague Knight Lord chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench was made Lord Treasurer of England the 14. of December in the 18. yeare of King Iames and the 19. day of the same moneth and yeare he was Created Baron of Kimolten Castle in Huntington-shire and Vicount Mandevile and immediately after the Coronation of King Charles he was created Earle of Manchester Lyonell Lord Cranfield of Cranfield in the County of Bedford so created by Letters Patents bearing date the 9. of Iuly 1621. was made Lord Treasurer the 19. of October following and created Earle of Middlesex the 19. of October 1622. Sir Iames Ley Knight and Baronet Lord Cheife Iustice of the Kings Bench was made Lord Treasurer of England the 22. of December in the 22. yeare of the raigne of King Iames and upon the 31. day of the same Moneth he was created Baron Ley of Ley in Devonshire and immediately after the Coronation of King Charles he was created Earle of Marleburgh in Wiltsshire Richard Lord Weston Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the remove of the Earle of Marleburgh was made Lord Treasurer of England upon the 15. day of Iuly in the 4. yeare of King Charles and was after that created Earle of Portland in Dorcetshire by Letters Patents bearing date the 17. day of February in the eighth yeare of the raigne of King Charles Vpon the death of the said Earle of Portland his Majestie appointed Commissioners for the said office viz. William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his Grace Henry Earle of Manchester Lord Privie Seale Francis Lord Cottington Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Iohn Cooke and Sir Francis Windebank Knights Principall Secretaries of State The right reverend Father in God William Iuxon first Lord Bishop of Hereford then translated to London and made deane of the Kings Chappel and called to be of the Privy Councell and was made Lord Treasurer of England the Ninth day of March 1635. FINIS