List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers
The following is a list of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain. It also includes a list of Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal during the English Civil War and Interregnum.
Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of England, 1068–1707
11th century
- Herfast
- Saint Osmund, count of Sées and bishop of Salisbury
- Maurice, Archdeacon of Le Mans
- Gerard, Preceptor of Rouen, later Archbishop of York
- Robert Bloet
- William Giffard
12th century
- Roger of Salisbury
- Waldric
- Ranulf
- Geoffrey Rufus
- Robert de Sigello '
- Roger le Poer
- Philip de Harcourt, Dean of Lincoln
- Robert of Ghent, Dean of York
- William FitzGilbert
- Robert of Ghent, Dean of York
- Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury
- Ralph de Warneville, Treasurer of York
- Geoffrey, the Bastard, Plantagenet
- William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely
- Eustace, Dean of Salisbury '
- Eustace, Dean of Salisbury
13th century
- Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Walter de Gray ?"Bishop of Lichfield"?, 1214–15 Bishop of Worcester, from 1215 Archbishop of York
- Richard Marsh, from 1217 Bishop of Durham
- Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester
- Richard le Gras, Abbot of Evesham
- Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester
- Silvester de Everdon, Archdeacon of Chester '
- John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley '
- Sir John Lexington '
- John Maunsell '
- Sir John Lexington '
- Eleanor of Provence, Queen Consort and Regent of England '
- William of Kilkenny '
- Henry Wingham, from 1259/1260 Bishop of London
- Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely
- Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath
- Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely
- John Chishull, Archdeacon of London
- Thomas Cantilupe, Archdeacon of Stafford
- Ralph Sandwich '
- Walter Giffard, Bishop of Bath and Wells
- Godfrey Giffard, Archdeacon of Wells
- John Chishull, Dean of St Paul's
- Richard Middleton, Archdeacon of Northumberland
- Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath
- Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath
- Thomas Bek, Archdeacon of Dorset
- John Langton, Canon of Lincoln
14th century
- William Greenfield, Dean of Chichester
- William Hamilton, Dean of York
- Ralph Baldock, Bishop of London
- John Langton, Bishop of Chichester
- Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester
- John Sandale, Canon of Lincoln
- John Hotham, Bishop of Ely
- John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich
- Robert Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex
- William Ayermin, Bishop of Norwich
- John Hotham, Bishop of Ely
- Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln
- John de Stratford, Bishop of Winchester
- Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham
- John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester
- Richard Bintworth, Bishop of London
- John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester
- Sir Robert Bourchier
- Sir Robert Parning
- Sir Robert Sadington
- John de Ufford, Dean of Lincoln
- John Thoresby, Bishop of Worcester
- William Edington, Bishop of Winchester
- Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely
- William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester
- Sir Robert Thorpe
- Sir John Knyvet
- Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's
- Lord Scrope of Bolton
- Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Hugh Segrave
- William Courtenay, Bishop of London
- Lord Scrope of Bolton
- Robert Braybrooke, Bishop of London
- Lord de la Pole
- Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely
- William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of York
- Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
15th century
- John Scarle, Archdeacon of Lincoln
- Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter
- Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln
- Thomas Langley, Dean of York
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir Thomas Beaufort
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
- Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham
- Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
- John Kemp, Archbishop of York
- John Stafford, Bishop of Bath
- John Kemp, Archbishop of York
- Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
- Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
- William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester
- George Neville, Bishop of Exeter
- Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath
- George Neville, Archbishop of York
- Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath
- Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham
- John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester,
- Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln
- John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln
- Thomas Rotheram, Archbishop of York
- John Alcock, Bishop of Worcester
- John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
1500–1654
Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal 1643–1660
| Image | Name | Term |
In Commission:
| Nov 1643–Oct 1646 | |
| In Commission: | 1646–1648 | |
| In Commission: | 1648–1649 | |
| In Commission: | 1649–1654 | |
| In Commission: | 1654–1656 | |
| In Commission: | 1656–1659 | |
| In Commission: | January–June 1659 | |
| In Commission: | June 1659–1660 | |
| In Commission: | 1660–1660 |