British Offices and Honours
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Name Entered office Left office Party Notes
Nigel 1126 1133
Adelelm 1136 1139
Richard FitzNeal, Dean of Lincoln 1158 1196 Bishop of London from 1189
William of Ely, Archdeacon of Cleveland 1196 August 1215
Eustace of Fauconberg, Bishop of London 4 November 1217 October 1228
Walter Mauclerc, Bishop of Carlisle 13 November 1228 14 January 1233
Peter des Rivaux 14 January 1233 1 June 1234
Hugh Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry 1 June 1234 March 1240
William Haverhill March 1240 23 August 1252
Philip Lovel, Archdeacon of Coventry 27 August 1252 October 1258
John Crakehall, Archdeacon of Bedford 2 November 1258 10 September 1260
John of Caux, Abbot of Petersborough 28 October 1260 March 1263
Nicholas of Ely 6 May 1263 19 July 1263
Henry of St. Radegund July 1263 November 1263
Roger de la Leye 30 November 1263 3 November 1264
Henry of St. Radegund 3 November 1264 Summer 1265
Thomas Wymondham, Preceptor of Lichfield 23 October 1265 6 February 1270
John Chishull 6 February 1270 9 June 1271
Philip of Eye 16 October 1271 2 October 1273
Sir Joseph Chauncy, Prior of the Knights of St. John in England 2 October 1273 18 June 1280
Richard Ware, Abbot of Westminster 18 June 1280 1283
John Kirkby, Bishop of Ely 6 January 1284 26 March 1290
William March, Bishop of Bath and Wells 6 April 1290 16 August 1295
John Droxford 16 August 1295 28 September 1295
Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 28 September 1295 22 August 1307
Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester 22 August 1307 6 July 1310
John Sandall, Provost of Wells 6 July 1310 23 October 1311
Walter Norwich 23 October 1311 23 January 1312
Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 23 January 1312 17 May 1312
Walter Norwich 17 May 1312 4 October 1312
John Sandall, Provost of Wells 4 October 1312 26 September 1314
Walter Norwich 26 September 1314 27 May 1317
John Hotham, Bishop of Ely 27 May 1317 10 June 1318
John Walwayn 10 June 1318 16 November 1318
John Sandall, Bishop of Winchester 16 November 1318 29 September 1319
Walter Norwich 29 September 1319 18 February 1320
Walter Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter 18 February 1320 25 August 1321
Walter Norwich 25 August 1321 10 May 1322
Walter Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter 10 May 1322 3 July 1325
William Melton, Archbishop of York 3 July 1325 14 November 1326
John Stratford, Bishop of Winchester 14 November 1326 28 January 1327
Adam Orleton, Bishop of Hereford 28 January 1327 28 March 1327
Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln 28 March 1327 2 July 1328
Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford 2 July 1328 16 September 1329
Robert Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Richmond 16 September 1329 1 December 1330
William Melton, Archbishop of York 1 December 1330 1 April 1331
William Airmyn, Bishop of Norwich 1 April 1331 29 March 1332
Robert Ayleston, Archdeacon of Berkshire 29 March 1332 9 March 1334
Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham 9 March 1334 1 August 1334
Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln 1 August 1334 24 March 1337
William de la Zouche, Dean of York 24 March 1337 10 March 1338
Robert Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Richmond 10 March 1338 31 December 1338
William de la Zouche, Dean of York 31 December 1338 5 May 1340
Sir Robert Sadington 5 May 1340 26 June 1340
Roger Northburgh, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 26 June 1340 1 December 1340
Sir Robert Parving 15 January 1341 30 October 1341
William Cusance 30 October 1341 12 April 1344
William Edington, Bishop of Winchester 12 April 1344 29 November 1356
John Sheppey, Bishop of Rochcester 29 November 1356 23 November 1360
Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely 23 November 1360 20 February 1363
John Barnet, Bishop of Bath and Wells 20 February 1363 27 June 1369
Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter 27 June 1369 27 March 1371
The Lord Scrope of Bolton 27 March 1371 26 September 1375
Sir Robert Ashton 26 September 1375 14 January 1377
Henry Wakefield, Bishop of Worcester 14 January 1377 19 July 1377
Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter 19 July 1377

1 February 1381

Sir Robert Hales, Prior of the Order of St. John in England 1 February 1381 14 June 1381
Sir Hugh Segrave 10 August 1381 17 January 1386
John Fordham, Bishop of Durham 17 January 1386 24 October 1386
John Gilbert, Bishop of Hereford 24 October 1386 4 May 1389
Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter 4 May 1389 20 August 1389
John Gilbert, Bishop of St David's 20 August 1389 2 May 1391
John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury 2 May 1391 20 September 1395
Roger Walden, Archbishop of Canterbury 20 September 1395 22 January 1398
The Earl of Wiltshire 17 September 1398 30 July 1399
John Norbury 3 September 1399 31 May 1401
Laurence Allerthorp 31 May 1401 27 February 1402
Henry Bowet, Bishop of Bath and Wells 27 February 1402 25 October 1402
Guy Mone, Bishop of St David's 25 October 1402 9 September 1403
The Lord de Ros 9 September 1403 5 December 1404
The Lord Furnivall 5 December 1404 14 March 1407
Nicholas Bubwith, Bishop of London 15 April 1407 14 July 1408
Sir John Tiptoft 14 July 1408 6 January 1410
The Lord Scrope of Masham 6 January 1410 20 December 1411
Sir John Pelham 23 December 1411 21 March 1413
The Earl of Arundel 21 March 1413 13 October 1415
Sir Hugh Mortimer 10 January 1416 13 April 1416
Sir Robert Leche 17 April 1416 23 November 1416
The Lord FitzHugh 6 December 1416 26 February 1421
William Kinwolmarsh, Dean of St Martin's-le-Grand 26 February 1421 18 December 1422
John Stafford, Bishop of Bath and Wells 18 December 1422 16 March 1426
The Lord Hungerford 16 March 1426 26 February 1432
The Lord Scrope of Masham 26 February 1432 11 August 1433
The Lord Cromwell 11 August 1433 7 July 1443
The Lord Sudley 7 July 1443 18 December 1446
Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle 18 December 1446 16 September 1449
The Lord Saye and Sele 16 September 1449 22 June 1450
The Lord Beauchamp of Powick 22 June 1450 15 April 1452
The Earl of Worcester 15 April 1452 15 March 1455
The Earl of Wiltshire 15 March 1455 29 May 1455
The Viscount Bourchier 29 May 1455 5 October 1456
The Earl of Shrewsbury 5 October 1456 30 October 1458
The Earl of Wiltshire 30 October 1450 28 July 1460
The Viscount Bourchier later The Earl of Essex 28 July 1460 14 April 1462
The Earl of Worcester 14 April 1462 24 June 1463
The Lord Grey de Ruthin 24 June 1463 24 November 1464
Walter Blount later The lord Mountjoy 24 November 1464 4 March 1466
The Earl Rivers 4 March 1466 12 August 1469
Sir John Langstrother 16 August 1469 25 October 1469
William Grey, Bishop of Ely 25 October 1469 10 July 1470
The Earl of Worcester 10 July 1470 18 October 1470
Sir John Langstrother 20 October 1470 22 April 1471
The Earl of Essex 22 April 1471 4 April 1483
Sir John Wood 17 May 1483 25 October 1484
The Lord Audley 6 December 1484 August 1485
The Lord Dynham 14 July 1486 16 June 1501
The Earl of Surrey later The Duke of Norfolk 16 June 1501 21 May 1524
The Duke of Norfolk 4 December 1524 12 December 1546
The Duke of Somerset 10 February 1547 10 October 1549
The Earl of Wiltshire later The Marquess of Winchester 3 February 1550 10 March 1572
The Lord Burghley July 1572 4 August 1598
The Lord Buckhurst later The Earl of Dorset 15 May 1599 19 April 1608
The Earl of Salisbury 4 May 1608 17 June 1612
in commission 17 June 1612 11 July 1614
The Earl of Suffolk 11 July 1614 July 1618
in commission July 1618 14 December 1620
The Viscount Mandeville 14 December 1620 29 September 1621
The Earl of Middlesex 29 September 1621 25 April 1624
Sir James Ley later The Lord Ley later The Earl of Marlborough 11 December 1624 15 July 1628
The Lord Weston later The Earl of Portland 15 July 1628 15 March 1635
in commission 15 March 1635 6 March 1636
William Juxon, Bishop of London 6 March 1636 21 May 1641
in commission 21 May 1641 3 October 1643
The Lord Cottington 3 October 1643 19 June 1652
in commission 19 June 1660 8 September 1660
The Earl of Southampton 8 September 1660 16 May 1667
in commission 1 June 1667 28 November 1672
The Lord Clifford of Chudleigh 28 November 1672 24 June 1673
The Viscount Latimer later The Earl of Danby 24 June 1673 26 March 1679
in commission 26 March 1679 16 February 1685
The Earl of Rochester 16 February 1685 10 December 1686 Tory
in commission 4 January 1687 8 May 1702
The Lord Godolphin later The Earl of Godolphin 8 May 1702 11 August 1710 Tory
in commission 11 August 1710 30 May 1711
The Earl of Oxford and Mortimer 30 May 1711 30 July 1714 Tory
The Duke of Shrewsbury 30 July 1714 13 October 1714 Whig

Since 1714, the Treasury has always been held in commission. See First Lord of the Treasury

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