APPENDIX D 615 NON-HEREDITARY GREAT OFFICES As to the dates of appointment, where it is possible after 1665 the date of the Gazette has been given; in connection with offices there are three dates any one of which may be given with almost equal propriety, viz. (i) when a man accepted office (2) when he was gazetted (3) when the patent creating him issued. Where the termination of the office is not stated, it may be concluded that — except in the early period — it was held until the date of the next appointment given in the list. LORD CHANCELLORS AND LORD KEEPERS OF THE GREAT SEAL ~ 14. Sir Robert Bourchier, afterwards Lord Bourchier, till his resignation, 28 Oct. 1341 29. Richard le Scrope, Lord Scrope (of Bolton), till Jan. 1379/80 C) 4. Richard le Scrope, Lord Scrope (of Bolton), till July 1382 13. Michael, Lord de la Pole, afterwards Earl of Suffolk, till Oct. 1386 31. Sir Thomas Beaufort, afterwards Duke of Exeter, till Jan. 141 2 2. Richard (Nevill), Earl of Salisbury, till Mar. 1455 23. Henry (Bourchier), Earl of Essex, Lord Keeper till July 1473 May 20. Sir Thomas Audley, afterwards Lord Audley of Walden, Lord Keeper 26. Sir Thomas Audley, afterwards Lord Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor 22. Thomas, Lord Wriothesley, afterwards Earl of Southampton, Lord Keeper 3. Thomas, Lord Wriothesley, afterwards Earl of Southampton, Lord Chancellor, deprived 6 Mar. 1546/7 1547. Mar. 7. William (Powlett), Lord St. John, afterwards Marquess of Winchester, Lord Keeper 23. Richard, Lord Rich, till Dec. 1551 6. Sir Thomas Egerton, afterwards Lord Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley, Lord Keeper Mar. 6. Sir Francis Bacon, afterwards Lord Verulam and Viscount St. Albans, Lord Keeper Sir Francis Bacon, afterwards Viscount St. Albans, Lord Chancellor till 30 Apr. 1621 1340. Dec. 1378. Oct. I38I. Dec. ^1>^2>- Mar. 1410. Jan. 1454. 1473- Apr. June 1532. May 1532/3. Jan. 1544. Apr. 1544. May 1547- 1596. I6I6/7. I6I7/8. Oct. May Jan. (=') The date given in Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors, Foss's Judges of England, and Haydn's Book of Dignities for Scrope's vacation of office (July 1379) is, as Bishop Stubbs {Const. Hist, of England, i, 448) has explicitly pointed out, erroneous.
