Yorke and Cardinal made Chancellor 31 Jan. Claus 28 H. 6. in dorso m. 7. Anno 1454. 32 H. 6. Richard Earl of Salisbury made Chancellor 2 Apr. Claus 32 H. 6. in dorso m. 8. Anno 1455. 33 H. 6. Thomas Bourchier Archbishop of Canterbury made Chancellor 7 Martii Claus 33 H. 6. in dorso m. 9. Anno 1557. Will. Wickham Bishop of Winchester made Chancellor 11 Oct. Claus 35 H. 6. m. 10. in dorso Anno 1460. 38 H. 6. George Nevill Bishop of Exeter made Chancellor 25 Julii Claus 38 H. 6. in dorso m. 7. Anno 1468. 7 E. 4. Robert Stillington Bishop of Bathe and Wells made Chancellor 8 Junii Claus 7 E. 4. m. 12. in dorso Anno 1473. 12 E. 4. John Alcock Bishop of Rochester made Keeper of the Great Seal 20 Sept. Claus 12 E. 4. m. 16. in dorso Anno 1474. 13 E. 4. Laurence Bishop of Durham made Chancellor c. 5 Junii Claus 13 E. 4. m. 3. Anno 1475. 14 E. 4. Thomas Rotheram Bishop of Lincoln made Chancellor Godw. de Praesul Anno 1484. 1 R. 3. John Russell Bishop of Lincoln made Chancellor 26 Nov. Claus 1 R. 3. in dorso Anno 1485. 3 R. 3. Thomas Barow Master of the Rolls made Keeper of the Great Seal 1 Aug. Claus 3 R. 3. Anno 1486. 1 H. 7. John Alcock Bishop of Ely made Chancellor upon Munday 6 Martii Cl. 1 H. 7. in dorso Anno 1487. 2 H. 7. John Morton Archbishop of Canterbury made Chancellor 8 Aug. Pat. 2 H. 7. p. 2. Anno 1501. 16 H. 7. Henry Deane Bishop of Salisbury upon the death of John Morton had the Great Seal delivered to him 13 Octob. Claus 26 H. 7. in dorso Anno 1502. 17 H. 7. Will. Warham Bishop of London elect of Canterb. had the Great Seal delivered to him 11 Aug. and was made Chancellor 1 Jan. following Claus 17 H. 7. in dorso Anno 1516. 7 H. 8. Thomas Wolsey Lord Cardinal and Archbishop of Yorke had the Great Seal delivered to him 7 Decembr and was made Chancellor Claus 7 H. 8. in dorso Anno 1530. 21 H. 8. Sir Thomas More Knight made Lord Changellor had the Great Seal delivered to him on Munday 25 Octob. Claus 21 H. 8. in dorso Anno 1533. 24 H. 8. Thomas Audley had the Great Seal delivered unto him on Munday 20 Maii and then Knighted Claus 24 H. 8. in dorso  A New Seal made and delivered to him upon the 6th of Sept. following Ibid.  He was made Chancellor the 26th of Jan. ensuing Ibid. Anno 1545. 36 H. 8. Thomas Lord Wriothesley Lord Chancellor of England had the Great Seal delivered to him 3 Maii Claus 36 H. 8. p. 1. Anno 1547. 1 E. 6. Sir Will. Paulet Knight Lord St. John of Basing had the Great Seal delivered to him 29 Junii Pat. 1 E. 6. p. 4.  Sir Richard Riche Knight made Chancellor of England 30 Nov. Pat. 1 E. 6. p 3. m. 14. Anno 1551. 5 E. 6. Thomas Goodricke Bishop of Ely made Chancellor of England 19 Jan. Cl. 5 E. 6. p. 5. Anno 1553. 1 Mar. Steph. Gardner Bishop of Winchester made Chancellor of England 21 Sept. Pat. 1 M. p. 8. Anno 1555. 3 M. Nicholas Heath Archbishop of Yorke made Chancellor of England on Wednesday 1 Jan. Claus 2 3 Ph. Mar. in dorso part 11. Anno 1559. 1 Eliz. Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight Attorney of the Court of Wards made Keeper of the Great Seal 22 Decemb. Annal. Camd. Pat. 1 Eliz. p. 3. Anno 1579. 21 Eliz. Thomas Bromley the Queens Sollicitor General made Chancellor of England 25 Apr. Claus 21 Eliz. p. 4. in dorso Anno 1587. 29 Eliz. Sir Christopher Hatton Knight made Lord Chancellor of England 29 Apr. Claus 29 Eliz. p. 24. in dorso Anno 1592. 34 Eliz. Sir John Puckering Knight Serjeant at Law had the Great Seal delivered to him 28 Maii Claus 34 Eliz. p. 14. in dorso Anno 1596. 38 Eliz. Sir Thomas Egerton Knight Master of the Rolls in Chancery had the Great Seal delivered to him 26 Maii Claus 38 Eliz. p. 14. in dorso Anno 1603. 1 Jac. Sir Thomas Egerton Knight had the same Great Seal delivered to him by appointment of King James 5 Apr. Claus 1 Jac. p. 12. in dorso  Upon the 29th of June following that Great Seal was broke and the New Seal of King James delivered to him Ibid.  And on the 24th of July being advanced to the dignity of Lord Ellesmere he was made Lord Chancellor of England Ibid. Anno 1616. 14 Jac. Sir Francis Bacon Knight the King's Attorney General had the Great Seal committed to his Custody 7 Martii Claus 16 Jac. in dorso part 15. Anno 1617. 15 Jac. The same Sir Francis then Lord Verulam made Lord Chancellor of England 4 Jan. Claus 16 Jac. in dorso p. 15. Anno 1620. 18 Jac. Henry Vicount Mandevill Lord President of the Councell Lodowike Duke of Richmund William Earl of Pembroke and Sir Julius Caesar Knight Master of the Rolls had the Great Seal committed to their Custody in Lent Anno 1621. 19 Jac. John Williams Doctor in Divinity and Dean of Westminster afterwards Bishop of Lincoln had the Great Seal committed to his Custody 10 Julii Claus 19 Jac. p. 13. in dorso Anno 1625. 1 Car. 1. Sir Thomas Coventre Knight Attorney General to the King made Keeper of the Great Seal 1 Nov. Anno 1639. 15 Car 1. Sir John Finche Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas had the Great Seal of England committed to his Custody 23 Jan. Anno 1640. 16 Car. 1. Sir Edward Littleton Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas had the Great Seal of England committed to his Custody 23 Jan. Anno 1645. 21 Car. 1. Sir Richard Lane Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer had the Great Seal of England commmitted to his Custody 30 Aug. Anno 1657. 9 Car. 2. Sir Edward Hide Knight Chancellor of the Exchequer to King Charles the First had the Great Seal of England committed to his Custody 13 Jan.  And was made Lord Chancellor of England at Bruges in Flanders 29 Jan. following Anno 1667. 19 Car. 2. Sir Orlando Bridgeman Knight and Baronet Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas had the Great Seal of England committed to his Custody 30 Aug. FINIS Temp. Edw. senioris sequentium Regum Ingulphus Temp. Ethelredi Temp. Ethelberti Edgar In the Register of Croyland it appears that the Normans brought in the use of Seals to Charters Will. 1. Cart. 14 Joh. dorso Walt. de Gray Cancellar alii missi ad Othonem Imp. nepotem Regis Johannis In dorso fin 7 Joh. Pat. 14 Joh. m. 5. Carta Regis W. de Carrio de domo sua de Carrio c. Teste Will. de Briwer apud Westm 21. Maii. Carta Regis Joh. facta Mauricio de Gant de Manerio de Barewe Teste or Dat. per manum Radulphi de Nevill apud Buttevill 28 Julii an 16. Pat. p. 2. m. 8. Et ibid. m. 4. Ric. de Mariscis Cancellarius Pat. 17 Joh. m. 2. R. de Mariscis Cancellar 28 Apr. Et ib. in dors idem Cancellarius missus Romans Cart. 18 Joh. Rex dedit Baldwino de Guisne Manerium de Benefeld c. Dat. per manum Magistri Ric. de Mariscis Cancellarii nostri apud Nare as 30 Maii. Pat. 15 Joh. p. 1. m. 8. Et fin m. 5. Walt de Gray Cancellar Ib. m. 5. Idem factus fuit Episc Wigor Pat. 18 Joh. m. 5. Ric. de Marisco Cancellar 14 Julii Cart. 17 Joh. m. 3. Ric. de Mariscis Cancellarius Cart. 11 H. 3 p. 1. m. 28. An. 13 H. 3. The King granted to R. Bishop of Chichester the Chancellorship for life 16 Nov. And likewise to the fame R. the same office An. 16 H. 3. 14 Julis And by another Charter of the same date the Custody of the Seal for life also to exercise that Keepership in person or by an affignee Vide etiam Cart. 17 H. 3. pro codem Episcopo de eisdem Officiis pro termino vitae suae
4 Undulation of the air differing from that of the water 30 W. WAter and air are very homogeneal 23 Water in Baths heats accidentally 62. taken out it cools 58 Water-fouls when they presage wind 41. and when land-fouls 41 Water sometimes break out in dry places 17 Weather glasses 61. how they are made Wels in Dalmatia and Cyrena with winds inclosed in them 18. 47 West wind a continual companion of the spring 12. in Europ it is a moist wind 7. attendant on Pomeridian hours 11 West North-west wind set down by the ancients for a cause of Nilus his over-flowing 9 Whirlwinds play sometimes before men as they ride 21 White tempests 40 Winds blow every where 7 Windy winters presage wet springs 40 Wind is nothing but air moved 44. how it comes out of a cloud 19 Winds made by mixture of vapours 44 Winds sometimes dry up rivers 16 Winds of all kinds purg the air 16. how they are engendred in the lower air 20. they are engendred a thousand ways 16. they are marchants of vapours 17. they gain their natures five ways 15. winds composed of Niter 43. brought forth of the resolutions of snow 24. hurt corn at three seasons 14. they are allayed five ways 25. 44. they blow from their nurseries 4. in their beginning they blow softly 17. then gain strength ibid. those which are composed of Sea vapours easiliest turn to rain 24. Y. Yards of Ships 31 FINIS A BRIEF DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE OFFICE OF Lord Chancellor OF ENGLAND WRITTEN BY The Learned John Selden of the Inner Temple Esq and Dedicated by him to Sir Francis Bacon Knight then Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of ENGLAND Transcribed from a true Copy thereof found amongst the Collections of that Judicious Antiquary St. Lo Kniveton late of Grayes Inne Esq TOGETHER WITH A True Catalogue of Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England from the Norman Conquest untill this present Year 1671. BY WILLIAM DVGDALE Esquire NORROY King of Arms. LONDON Printed for William Lee at the Turks Head in Fleetstreet over against Fetter-lane end 1671. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir FRANCIS BACON Knight Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England MY LORD THE Times obvious discourse whereby that All which truly loves Nobless or Learning congratulates your highly deserved Honor caused me collect these taken out of no obvious Monuments touching the auncientest mention conjunction and division of those two Great Offices of State which your Lordship really bears though stiled but by the name of one they are short yet give large testimony of the former times They conclude with an Act made about 320. years since of like tenor in substance with that later under Queen Eliz. which was as proper to your name whence these also were the fitter to offer you Enough other particulars touching both these Great Offices might have been added but these were chosen for the usual Question of the present and thus are given not yet seen by any other eye as a taste of my humble Observance My Lord they are only yours as their Author would be J. Selden A BRIEF DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE OFFICE OF Lord Chancellor of England c. The Name and Office of Lord Chancellor of England under the Saxons THE eldest mention in good authority of the name of Chancellor of this Kingdom is in Edward the elders time about the year DCCCCXX he made Turketill Abbot of Croyland his Chancellor Cancellarium suum eum constituit ut quaecunque negotia temporalia vel spiritualia Regis Judicium expectabant illius consilio decreto nam tantae fidei et tam profundi ingenij tenebatur omnia tractarentur tractata irrefragabilem sententiam sortirentur This Abbot held the Office under Athelstan Edmund and Edred succeeding Kings King Ethelred afterwards divided the Chancellorship between the Abbots of Ely and St. Augustine in Canterbury and of Glastenbury who were to exercise it by turn The words of an Old Monk of Ely are Statuit atque concessit quatenus Ecclesia de Ely extunc semper in Regis Curiâ Cancellarii ageret dignitatem quod aliis Sancti viz. Augustini Glasconiae Ecclesiis constituit ut Abbates istorum Coenobiorum vicissim assignatis succedendo temporibus annum trifariè dividerint cum Sanctuarii caeteris ornatibus Altaris ministrando So as the Abbot of Ely or some Monk by him appointed exercised the Office from Candlemas four moneths yearly and the other two of Glastenbury and S. Augustines made up the twelve But there occurres not any subscription in Charters by that name till the Confessor in his Patent to the Church of Westminister after the King Bishops Abbots and others comes Ego Rembaldus Cancellarius subscripsi Yet in the ancientest Monument of a Grant by any King extant here I doubt not but the Chancellor subscribed though under another name The first Christian King of the Saxons founded and endowed Canterbury Church and in his Charter amongst the Earls occurrs Ego Augemandus Referendarius subscripsi where Referendarius may well stand for Cancellarius the Office of both as the words applyed to the Court are used in the Code Novells and Story of the declining Empire signifying an Officer that received Petitions and Supplications to the King and made out his Writs and Mandates as a Custos Legis And though there were divers Referendarii as 14. then 8. then more again and so divers Chancellors in the Empire Yet one especially here exercising an Office of the nature of these many might well be stiled by either of the names These are testimonies of that time without exception though Polydore begin the Name and Office at the Norman Conquest II. Whether the Keeping of a Seal were in the Chancellorship under the Saxons FOR that Principal part of the Office or that other Office joyned with the Chancellorship the Keeping of the Seal If the common Opinion were cleer that under the Saxon State no Seals were here used then were it vain to think of it as of that time But there is yet remaining an Old Saxon Charter of King Edgar beginning A Orthodoxorum vigoris Ecclesiastici monitu creberrime instruimur c. to the Abbey of Persore wherein divers Lands are given and there remains in the Parchment plain signes of three Labells by the places cut for their being hanged on and of the self-same Charter a testimony also as ancient that the Seals were one of King Edgar the second of St. Dunstan and the third of Alfer Ducis Merciorum That testimony is in a Letter from Godfrie Archdeacon of Worcester to Pope Alexander III. writing of that Charter and the Authority of it Noverit saith he Sanctitas vestra verum esse quod conscripti hujus scriptum originale in virtute Sanctae Trinitatis sigilla tria trium personarum autenticarum ad veritatem triplici confirmatione commendat Est autem Sigillum primum illustris Regis Edgari secundum Sancti
THE NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HISTORY OF WINDS c. Written in Latine by the Right Honourable FRANCIS Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban Translated into English by R. G. Gent. LONDON Printed for Anne Moseley and Tho. Basset at the George in Fleet-street 1671. TO THE Most Illustrious AND EXCELLENT PRINCE CHARLES Son and Heir to the High and Mighty KING JAMES I Humbly present unto your Highness the first fruits of our Natural History A thing exceeding little in quantity like a grain of Mustard-seed but yet a pledg of those things which God willing shall ensue For we have bound our selves as by a vow every Month that God shall of his goodness please whose glory it sets forth as it were in a new Canticle or Song to prolong our life to set out one or more parts of it according as their length and difficulty shall prove more or less Others may per adventure moved by our example be moved to the like industry especially when they shall clearly perceive what is in hand For in a Natural History which is good and well set out are the Keys both of Sciences and works God preserve your Highness long in safety Your Highness humble and devoted Servant FRAN. St ALBAN THE NATURAL and EXPERIMENTAL HISTORY for the making up of Philosophy Or Experiments of the Universe Which is the third part of the INSTAURATIO MAGNA MEn are to be intreated advised and adjured even by their Fortunes to submit their minds and seek for Knowledg in the greater World and likewise to cast away so much as the thought of Philosophy or at least to hope but for slender and small fruits thereof until a diligent and approved Natural and Experimental History be acquired and made up For what would these shallow brains of men and these potent trifles have There were among the Ancient numerous Opinions of Philosophers as of Pythagoras Philolaus Xenophanes Heraclitus Empedocles Parmenides Anaxagoras Leucippus Democritus Plato Aristotle Theophrastus Zeno and others All these made up Arguments of Worlds as of Fables according to their own Fancies and recited and published those Fables whereof some indeed were more handsome and probable and some again most harsh But in our Ages by means of Colledges and Schools Disciplines wits are somewhat more restrained yet have they not quite ceased Patricius Telesius Brunus Severine the Dane Gilbertus an Englishman and Campanella did set foot upon the Stage and acted new Fables neither much applauded nor of any Elegant Argument or Subject But do we wonder at these things as though such Sects and Opinions might not in an infinite number arise in all ages For neither is there nor ever will be any end or limit for these things One snatches at one thing another is pleased with another there is no dry nor clear sight of any thing every one plays the Philosopher out of the small Treasures of his own Fancy as it were out of Platos Cave the more sublime wits more acutely and with better success the duller with less success but equal obstinacy and not long since by the discipline of some learned and as things go now excellent men Sciences are bounded within the limits of some certain Authors which they have set down imposing them upon old men and instilling them into young So that now as Tullie cavilled upon Caesars Consulship the star Lyra or Harpe riseth by an Edict and Authority is taken for truth not truth for Authority Which kind of order and discipline is very convenient for our present use but banisheth those which are better For we both suffer for and emulate our first Parents sin They desired to be like unto God and their posterity much more for we create new worlds go before nature and command it We must have all things to be so as may agree with our folly not to Divine wisdome nor as they are found to be in themselves neither can I say which we rest most our wits or the things themselves but certainly we set the stamps and seals of our own Images upon Gods Creatures and works and never carefully look upon and acknowledg the Creators stamps Therefore we do not without cause again strive for the domination over the Creatures For whereas even after the fall of man he had some kind of domination left him over reluctant Creatures that he might tame and subdue them by true and solid arts we have for the most part lost that also through our own insolencie because we will be like unto God and follow the dictates of our own reason Wherefore if there be any humility towards the Creator any reverence and magnifying of his works any charity in men or care to release them out of their necessities and miseries if there be any love of truth in natural things hatred of darkness and a desire of purifying the understanding men are to be again and again desired that casting off or at least laying aside for a while these flying and preposterous Philosophies which have set the Theses before the Hypopheses or suppositions before solid grounds have captivated experience and triumphed over the works of God they would humbly and with a certain reverence draw near and turn over the great Volume of the Creatures stop and meditate upon it and being cleansed and free from opinions handle them choicely and entirely This is the speech and language that went out into all the ends of the World and suffered not in the confusion of Babel Let men learn this and becomming children again and Infants not scorn to take A. B. C. thereof in hand and in finding and searching out the interpretation of it let them spare no labour but let them persist and go on and even die in the quest of it Seeing therefore that in our Instauration we have placed the Natural History such as it is in order to our ends in the third part of the work we have thought fit to prevent this thing and fall upon it immediately For although in our Organon there are many things of especial consequence to be finished yet we think it fitting rather to promote or set forward the general work of Instauration in many things then to perfect it in a few always desiring with extream fervency such as we are confident God puts in the minds of men to have that which was never yet attempted not to be now attempted in vain Likewise there came this thought into my mind namely that there are questionless in Europe many capable free sublimed subtile solid constant wits and what if any one endued with such a wit do betake himself to the use and manner of our Organon and approve of it yet hath he nothing to do nor knows not how to address himself to or fit himself for Philosophy If it were a thing which might be effected by reading of Philosophy books disputation or meditation that man whosoever it be might sufficiently and abundantly perform it But if we remit him as indeed we do to Natural
Anno 1258. 42 H. 3. VI. Maii W. de Merton had the Custody of the Seal by reason that Henry de Wengham was sick Pat. 42 H. 3. m. 29. Anno 1260. 44 H. 3. Mr. N. Archdeacon of Ely had the Custody of the Seal M. Westm in eodem anno Anno 1261. 45 H. 3 Walter de Merton made Chancellor without the advise of the Barons M. Westm in eodem anno Pat. 45 H. 3. m. 18 19 Anno 1263. 47 H. 3. Mr. Nicholas Archdeacon of Ely had the Custody of the Seal whilst the King was beyond Sea Pat. 47 H. 3. m. 1. Anno 1265. 49 H. 3. Mr. John Chishull Archdeacon of London had the Custody of the Seal Claus 49 H. 3. m. 9.  On Wednesday next after the Feast of St. Peter in Cathedra the Seal was delivered to Mr. Thomas de Cantilupe Claus 49 H. 3. m. 9. who was constituted Chancellor 16 Martii Pat. 49 H. 3. m. 18.  W. Bishop of Bathe and Wells made Chancellor 20 Aug. Liberate de anno 49 H. 3. m. 2. Anno 1267. 51 H. 3. Mr. Godfrey Giffard afterwards Bishop of Worcester had the Custody of the Seal Claus 52 H. 3. m. 7. m. 16. Anno 1269. 53 H. 3. John Chishull Dean of London had the Custody of the Seal on Tuesday next after the Feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude Pat. 53 H. 3. m. 29.  Richard de Middilton made Keeper of the Seal on Monday next before the Feast of St. Peter ad vincula Pat. 53 H. 3. m. 6. Anno 1272. 56 H. 3. John de Kirkeby made Keeper of the Seal upon the death of Rich. de Middilton Chancellor which John did thereupon associate to himself in that trust P. de Winton Keeper of the Kings Wardrobe Pat. 56 H. 3. m. 6. Anno 1274. 1 E. 1. Walter de Merton Clause 1 Edw. 1. m. 10.  Robert Burnell Archdeacon of Yorke afterwards Bishop of Bathe and Wells made Keeper of the Seal upon St. Matthew the Apostles day Pat. 2 Edw. 1. m. 8. Anno 1284. 12 E. 1. This Robert going from Aberconwey to Acton-Burnell delivered the Seal unto Hugh de Kendall and Walter de Odyham Pat. 12 E. 1. m. 7. Anno 1286. 14 E. 1. He attended the King into France being his Chancellor and took the Great Seal with him on Munday next preceding the Feast of St. Dunstan Pat. 14 E. 1. m. 9. Anno 1289. 17 E. 1. On Friday next preceding the Assumption of our Lady he return'd with the King out of France and the Seal Pat. 17 E. 1. m. 13. Anno 1292. 20 E. 1. Walter de Langton Keeper of the Kings Wardrobe made Keeper of the Seal at Berwick on Saturday preceding the Feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude Pat. 20 E. 1. m. 2. Anno 1293. 21 E. 1. John de Langton made Chancellor Pat. 21 E. 1. m. 23. afterwards Elect Bishop of Ely Pat. 26 E. 1. m. 10. Anno 1302. 30 E. 1. Mr. Will. de Grenefeld Dean of Chichester made Chancellor on Sunday being the morrow after the Feast of St. Michael Claus 30 E. 1. m. 5. Anno 1303. 31 E. 1. The Great Seal delivered unto him on Tuesday before the Feast of St. Lucie the Virgin Claus 31 E. 1. in dorso m. 18. Anno 1305. 33 E. 1. Will. de Hamelton Dean of Yorke made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered unto him 16 Jan. Pat. 33 E. 1. p. 1. m. 21. Anno 1307. 35 E. 1. Rauf de Baudale Bishop of London made Chancellor and Keeper of the Seal Rot. Fin. 35 E. 1. m. 1. Anno 1308. 1 E. 2. John de Langton Bishop of Chichester made Chancellor c. Rot. Fin. 1 E. 2. m. 9. Anno 1311. 4 E. 2. Walt. Reginald Bishop of Worcester had the Custody of the Seal 6 Julii Claus 4 E. 2 m. 6. in dorso Anno 1312. 5 E. 2. He was the Kings Chancellor Claus 5 E. 2. in dorso Anno 1315. 8 E. 2. John de Sandale afterwards Bishop of Winchester the King's Chancellor Pat. 8 E. 2. p. 2. m. 2. Anno 1318. 11 E. 2. John Hothum Bishop of Ely Pat. 11 E. 2. p. 2. m. 8. Anno 1320. 13 E. 2. John Salmon Bishop of Norwich named Chancellor by the King in full Parliament received the Seal Claus 13 E. 2. in dorso m. 9. Anno 1323. 16 E. 2. Will. de Ayrmin Mr. of the Rolls in Chancery had the Custody of the Great Seal John Bishop of Norwich being then sick Claus 14 E. 2. m. Anno 1324. 17 E. 2. Robert de Baldok Archdeacon of Middlesex made Chancellor 20 Aug. Claus 17 E. 2. m. Anno 1328. 1 E. 3. John de Hothum Bishop of Ely had the Custody of the Great Seal 28 Jan. and to do therewith what belong'd to the Chancellor Claus 1 Edw. 3. p. 1. in dorso m. 25. Anno 1329. 2 E. 3. Henry de Clyff Mr. of the Rolls in Chancery and Will. de Herlaston Clerk of the Chancery made Keepers of the Seal 1 Martii Claus 2 E. 3. in dorso m. 33.  Henry de Burghersh Chancellor of England Pat. 2 E. 3. p. 2. m. 34. to whom the King committed the Custody of the Great Seal 12 Maii Claus 2 E. 3. in dorso m. 26. Anno 1331. 4 E. 3. John de Stratford Bishop of Winchester made Keeper of the Great Seal 28 Nov. Claus 4 E. 3. in dorso m. 16. Anno 1333. 6 E. 3. Mr. Robert de Stratford brother to John Bishop of Winchester had the Custody of the Seal whilst his brother was imployed upon the Kings business 23 Junii Claus 6 E. 3. in dorso m. 22. Anno 1334. 7 E. 3. Will. Archbishop of York Keeper of the Great Seal by the Kings command delivered it to Henry de Ednestowe Thomas de Baunburgh and John de St. Paul upon Thursday the Epiphany of our Lord Claus 7 E. 3. p. 2. m. 4. in dorso Anno 1335. 8 E. 3. John de Stratford elect Archbishop of Canterbury confirmed Chancellor the 6th of Apr. delivered the Great Seal unto Mr. Rob. de Stratford his brother to be kept Claus 8 E. 3. m. 27. in dorso  Richard Bishop of Durham being made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him 28 Sept. Ibid. in dors m. 10. Anno 1336. 9 E. 3. John Archbishop of Canterbury made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him 6 Junii Claus 9 Edw. 3. m. 23. Anno 1338. 11 E. 3. Mr. Rob. de Stratford Archdeacon of Canterbury and elect Bishop of Chichester made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 23 Oct. Pat. 11 E. 3. p. 3. m. 11. Anno 1339. 12 E. 3. Mr. Richard de Bynteworth elect Bishop of London made Chancellor and Keeper of the Seal 6 Julii Cl. 22 E. 3. p. 2. in dorso m. 23. Anno 1340. 13 E. 3. Upon the death of this Richard the great Seal was committed to the Custody of John de St. Paul Master of the Rolls in Chancery
Mich. de Wath and Thomas de Baunburgh 8 Dec. Claus 13 E. 3. p. 3. in dorso m. 11. Anno 1341. 14 E. 3. John de St. Paul solely constituted Keeper of the Great Seal 13 Febr. Claus 14 E. 3. p. 1. m. 42. in dorso  John Archbishop of Cant. made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 28 Apr. Claus 14 E. 3. p. 1. m. 27. in dorso  Robert Bishop of Chichester the Kings Chancellor delivered up the Great Seal to the King upon Thursday being the Feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle Claus 14 E. 3. p. 2. m. 12. Anno 1341. 14 E. 3. Sir Robert Burgchier Knight being made Chancellor on Thursday next following St. Lucie the Virgin had the Great Seal then delivered to him by the King Claus 14 E. 3. p. 2. in dorso m. 20. Anno 1342. 15 E. 3. Robert Parnyng the Kings Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him by the King 27 Oct. Cl. 15 E. 3. p. 3. in dorso m. 13. Anno 1344. 17 E. 3. Robert de Sadington made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him upon Michaelmasse day Claus 17 E. 3. p. 2. m. 20. in dorso Anno 1346. 19 E. 3. Mr. John de Offord made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him upon the 26 of Octob. Pat. 19 E. 3. p. 2. m. 7. Anno 1347. 20 E. 3. John de Thoresby had the Great Seal delivered to him 2 Julii John de Offord the Kings Chancellor then going beyond Sea Claus 20 E. 3. p. 2. in dorso m. 26. Anno 1350. 23 E. 3. John Bishop of St. Davids made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him 16 Junii Claus 23 E. 3. p. 1. in dorso m. 8. Anno 1357. 30 E. 3. Will. de Edington Bishop of Winchester made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him 19 Febr. Claus 30 E. 3. in dorso m. 4. Anno 1363. 36 E. 3. Simon de Langham Bishop of Ely had the Great Seal deliver'd to him by the King 19 Febr. Cl. 30 E. 3. in dorso m. 39. Anno 1368. 41 E. 3. Will. de Wickham Bishop of Winchester made Chancellor 17 Sept. Cart. 41 E. 3. Anno 1372. 45 E. 3. Sir Robert de Thorpe Knight made Chancellor 26 Martii had the Great Seal then delivered to him by the King Claus 45 E. 3. in dorso m. 35. Anno 1373. 46 E. 3. John Knyvet made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal Claus 46 E. 3. in dorso m. 12. Anno 1377. 50 E. 3. Adam de Houghton Bishop of St. Davids made Chancellor 11 Jan. On which day the Great Seal was delivered to him Claus 50 E. 3. in dorso p. 2. m. 7. Anno 1379. 2 R. 2. Sir Richard le Scrope Knight made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him Pat. 2 R. 2. p. 1. m. 24. Anno 1380. 3 R. 2. Simon de Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal on Munday next after the Conversion of St. Paul Claus 3 R. 2. in dorso m. 22. Anno 1381. 4 R. 2. Will. de Courtney Bishop of London made Chancellor on Saturday being the Feast of St. Laurence Claus 5 R. 2. in dorso m. 35. Anno 1382. 5 R. 2. Sir Richard Scrope Knight made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal on Wednesday next after the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle Pat. 5 R. 2. p. 1. m. 1. Anno 1383. 6 R. 2. Robert de Braybroke Bishop of London made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him on Saturday being the Eve of St. Matthew the Apostle Claus 6 R. 2. p. 1. in dorso m. 24.  Sir Michael de la Pole Knight made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 13 Martii Claus 6 R. 2. p. 2. in dorso m. 12. Anno 1387. 10 R. 2. Thomas de Arundell Bishop of Ely made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 24 Oct. Claus 20 R. 2. m. 35. Anno 1389. 12 R. 2. Will. de Wickham Bishop of Winchester again made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered unto him 4 Maii Pat. 12 R. 2. p. 2. m. 7. Anno 1392. 15 R. 2. Thomas de Arundell Archbishop of Canterb. made Chancellor 7 Sept. had the Great Seal delivered to him Pat. 15 R. 2. p. 1. m. 19. Anno 1397. 20 R. 2. Edmund de Stafford Bishop of Exeter made Keeper of the Great Seal 23 Nov. Claus 20 R. 2. p. 1. in dorso m. 22. Anno 1400. 1 H. 4. John de Scarle Master of the Rolls in Chancery made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 15 Nov. Pat. 1 H. 4. p. 3. m. 27. Anno 1401. 2 H. 4. Edmund Bishop of Exeter made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 9 Martii Claus 2 H. 4. p. 2. in dorso m. 3. Anno 1404. 5 H. 4. Henry Beaufort Bishop of Lincoln Chancellor Pat. 5 H. 4. p. 2. m. 28. Anno 1405. 6 H. 4. Thomas Langley Bishop of Durham Chancellor Godw. de Praesul Anno 1407. 8 H. 4. Thomas Archbishop of Canterb. made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 30 Jan. Claus 8 H. 4. in dorso m. 23. Anno 1410. 11 H. 4. John Wakering Clerk Master of the Rolls in Chancery had the Custody of the Great Seal 19 Jan. Claus 11 H. 4. in dorso m. 8  Sir Thomas Beaufort Knight made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him 31 Jan. Claus 11 H. 4. in dorso m. 8. Anno 1414. 1 H. 5. Henry de Beaufort Bishop of Winchester made Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal Claus 1 H. 5. Anno 1417. 4 H. 5. Simon Garnstede Clerk Master of the Rolls in Chancery had the Custody of the Great Seal from 4. Sept. untill the 12th of Oct. Claus 4 H. 5. in dorso m. 13.  Henry Bishop of Winchester had the Great Seal delivered to him 12 Octob. Claus 4 H. 5. in dorso m. 13. Anno 1418. 5 H. 5. Thomas de Langley Bishop of Durham had the Great Seal delivered to him by the King 23 Junii Claus 5 H. 5. in dorso m. 15. Anno 1423. 1 H. 6. Thomas Bishop of Durham made Chancellor by the advice and consent of all the Councell in Parliament Pat. 1 H. 6. p. 4. m. 19. Anno 1424. 2 H. 6. Henry Beaufort Bishop of Winchester made Chancellor had the Great Seal delivered to him 16 Julii Clauss 2 H. 6. in dorso m. 2. Anno 1426. 4 H. 6. John Kempe Bishop of London made Chancellor c. ... Martii Claus 4 H. 6. in dorso m. 8. Anno 1432. 10 H. 6. John Stafford Bishop of Bathe made Chancellor c. 28 Febr. Claus 10 H 6. in dorso m. 8. Anno 1433. 11 H. 6. John Hank Clerk Master of the Rolls in Chancery received from John Stopyngton Clerk on the behalf of the Lord Chancellor of England the Great Seal to use and exercise 22 Apr. Claus 11 H. 6. in dorso m. 12. Anno 1450. 28 H. 6. John Archbishop of