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Francis Bacon
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
Richard de Bury
Bishop of Durham; Lord Privy Seal; Lord Chancellor of England; Lord High Treasurer of England (1287-1345)
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
English politician and founder of the Whig party (1621-1683)
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
English politician and historian (1609–1674)
Henry Beaufort
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Lincoln; Bishop of Winchester
William Longchamp
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Ely; Chief Justiciar of England
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
English Earl
Stephen Gardiner
English bishop (1483-1555)
William Warham
Archbishop of Canterbury (1450-1532)
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
English military commander
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
British politician (1856-1928)
John Morton
English prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury
Hubert Walter
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Salisbury; Archbishop of Canterbury; Chief Justiciar of England (1160-1205)
Simon Sudbury
Bishop of London; Archbishop of Canterbury; Lord Chancellor (1317-1381)
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
English politician (1496-1567)
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
Welsh judge, aka the Hanging Judge (1645–1689)
Geoffrey
Archbishop of York
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers
British Baron
Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Lord Chancellor of England, Earl of Suffolk
Osmund
Norman nobleman and member of the English clergy
Thomas Arundel
Lord Chancellor of England; Archbishop of York; Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Ely
John Kemp
English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (1380-1454)
William of Wykeham
Bishop of Winchester; Lord Privy Seal of England; Lord Chancellor of England (1324-1404)
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
English politician (1488–1544)
Thomas Bourchier
Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Worcester; Bishop of Ely; Archbishop of Canterbury
John Alcock
English churchman, bishop and Lord Chancellor (1430-1500)
Christopher Hatton
English politician born 1540
Lawrence Booth
Lord Privy Seal; Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Durham; Archbishop of York
William Courtenay
Archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
English politician (1540–1617)
John Stafford
English ecclesiastic and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1452)
William Giffard
Lord Chancellor of England of William II and Henry I
Thomas de Cantilupe
Bishop of Hereford; Saint
Ralph Neville
Chancellor of England; Bishop of Chichester; Archbishop of Canterbury-elect
Simon Langham
Bishop of Ely; Archbishop of Canterbury; Cardinal of St. Sixtus (1310-1376)
Walter Reynolds
Lord High Treasurer; Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Worcester; Archbishop of Canterbury
Roger of Salisbury
Norman medieval Bishop of Salisbury and the seventh Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England (1065-1139)
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton
English earl (1505-1550)
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
English politician
Robert Stillington
Bishop of Bath and Wells; Lord Privy Seal; Lord Chancellor
Robert Burnell
Archbishop-elect of Canterbury; Bishop of Bath and Wells; Bishop-elect of Winchester
Maurice
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of London (1100-1107)
Gerard
Bishop of Hereford; Lord Chancellor; Archbishop of York
Walter de Gray
Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Worcester; Archbishop of York
George Neville
Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England (1433-1476)
William Waynflete
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Winchester
Henry Burghersh
Lord High Treasurer of England; Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Lincoln
Ralph de Warneville
English politician; Bishop of Lisieux
Nicholas Heath
Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor
Geoffrey Rufus
Bishop of Durham; Lord Chancellor of England (1100-1141)
Robert of Ghent
Lord Chancellor; Dean of York
Walter de Merton
Bishop of Rochester; Lord Chancellor of England; Founder of Merton College at Oxford University
Waldric
Waldric (aka Gaudry, died 1112) was the eighth Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England, from 1103 to 1107. He was also Bishop of Laon from 1106 to 1112. He had been a royal chaplain as early as 3 September 1101.
Herfast
Herfast or Arfast (died 1084) was the first Lord Chancellor of Norman England. He was also Bishop of Elmham and later Bishop of Thetford, after he moved his see there.
Thomas Rotherham
Lord Privy Seal; Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Lincoln; Archbishop of York
Godfrey Giffard
Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Worcester
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