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, 1050–1707

From the House of Wessex (1050) to the Commonwealth (1646)

The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646.

Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal 1643–1660

NameTerm
In commission:
Nov 1643 – Oct 1646
In commission:
  • William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
  • Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
  • William Lenthall
    		• 1646–1648
    In commission:
  • Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent
  • William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke
  • Thomas Widdrington
  • Bulstrode Whitelocke
    		• 1648–1649
    In commission:
  • Bulstrode Whitelocke
  • John Lisle
  • Richard Keble
    		• 1649–1654
    In commission:
  • Bulstrode Whitelocke
  • Thomas Widdrington
  • John Lisle
    		• 1654–1656
    In commission:
  • Nathaniel Fiennes
  • John Lisle
    		• 1656–1659
    In commission:
  • Nathaniel Fiennes
  • John Lisle
  • Bulstrode Whitelocke
    		• January–June 1659
    In commission:
  • John Bradshaw
  • Thomas Tyrrell
  • John Fountaine
    		• June 1659 – 1660
    In commission:
  • William Lenthall
  • Thomas Widdrington
  • Thomas Tyrrell
  • John Fountaine
  • Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
    		• 1660–1660