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

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

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    In dorfo fin^ 7 Pat. 14 fn.5. Carta Regis rv, dc Carrio de domofua de Carrio See, Tcfte fViU, ^''B'riwer 21. cMaii, Carta Regis foh, fa(5a Maffricitdc C7<t»fdcMa“ ncrio (■ Gk^J Eamilj ]of the .Greyes of Kotherfeld /m Oxford- Jhif c^rrii^] Jth. of King John^ -Dat, Domino Kegi qninque mil- ifar£4mmtfroryh4benda Gancellaria Domini Regis tota 'z^ita fm\\ ^^^pro hahen^d hide Chart a DeminiRegis, So are the wprds^pfohe Roll and thejd^yes of Payment are fet down alfd ;v the] Rolls of the/fcme .yearloecurrs, il Hie recepii Wj» yetrha.4lhe;ndtialwayes the Cuftody of thej'^^al;, fot Chat^:;?r'>Rpll of that* Year after the ta¬ king GhanqeJlpjfhipj thi^re biit one, Patent or^ Charter datPid fey hwi wfas,^ with D^t. per manum iP, de G. Cancellarii nofri^ or the like, i ' ih >_-j.! . r\j . oH;; .'i*/ ww, TclleorDat. perinanum i?4«/«//>/&;(de,^/«/>7/apijd j?«nmi5{28 faUisn* 16, Pat. p.z/i&.S, Ec \ ihid. m.4.. RieVde Marifeis C^ncelhriusi'^ * / ^ 'r ^ ■' '‘iO'!! f:'V/in' '/hind- = ■ Thofe that both fellow and^^firccede, are Dat. per mannm Hugonh 'deWelles^'AhhidiacSHi MeriftsC^ho^ it feems, kept the Seal'll, and tferefoi^c hd' called the King’s iGhancellbt in ' foftie'Mdnlts tha'f^ i?vrit' of that time, as o- jthers ar'e for the fa^^^^^ ever heard of i them to'have the 'ChancellorniTp' g'r^^^ yet the Seal ftiif to Reinain in another hand.-- For alfo while this W. de {Gr^fy wa^ Chancellor ^ Richitrd'^de 'Marifco whom Matthew 'fark C2i\h ChdnceUw^too , * and others mifreckon him for one had the keepihg' of the; Seal, the Roll is nono die Oc-^ brk dfmhftgni Domini Regk ' 'i 5. Libera^it MagiBer Richar- dus de«^Marifco ^Archtdiaconns Richmond, Northumbr. iDominn'RoegiSigiUnm apud Ofpring ? and then on the 22., of Dereks, following, apud Windlefores liberahm fnit Si- ^illum Domino R. deNevill,;def^>^e^;^//i>^;/^_^ Domino P. Win- I'tonicnfi Epifeopo ^ 'th2it 'W^s'^Feter de Roches or de Rnpibus Chief Juftice of England, But this here out of the infallible teftimohy of Records touching')^. de Gr^y, dift'ers not a little in'time ftom the relation of the Monk, notwithftan- ding th^e Seal thus committed to Ralf de Ne^ill who had it alfo under H. 3'. 'in the beginning of his Raign, totim Regni ordinante confenfu confilio'-y yet the Patent and o- thcr Charters and clofe Letters of the time, are, for the moft part. Per KeSlorem Regni,^ or Eefle P. Wintonienft Epifeopo , or T. H, de Bnrgo Chiei Juftice of England tinder H. 3* Per e- undem; or Per P, fVintonienfem Epifeopnm^ or the like. And yet alfb in Rolls of that time , where Nevill never at all makes thcT^e^ or hath his name added, mention is of him C for pat. 17 Job, m. 2. it. dc Marifcit Cancellar. Z%A^rV Htyb^P ^orf. idemCanceb larjns milTas kdt^am, , Cart, 18 Job* Riexldedic • Baldmmde, ^ Gttipteyii- neriiiq^ dc BiaefeldScc, Dat. per ma- nuccMagi{lri Bif . de Ma- ri^eis QzXi- celi^di hoftrV apudiV^^rr^^l Pat.' ,1$ fob. p.i.;in.8fEt fin. 5. pyalt.de Gray Cancellar.Ib. m. 5. Idem faduyfuic' Epifc. PVigor. Pat. 18 pk m. $.Ric. de Bigrijeo Cancellar. i^falii. Cm.17 fob. Tn.s: Rie. dc Marifeis Canccllarias.