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List of Lord Treasurers

Lord Treasurers and Commissioners of the Treasury, 1126-1714

c.1126: Nigel, nephew of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury (res. 1133)
c.1136: Adelelm, nephew of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury (dism.1139)
c.1158: Richard FitzNeal, Dean of Lincoln, Bishop of London (1189)
1196: William of Ely, Archdeacon of Cleveland (res.August, 1215)
November 4, 1217: Eustace of Fauconberg, Bishop of London (d.Oct 1228)
November 13, 1228: Walter Mauclerc, Bishop of Carlisle
January 14, 1233: Peter des Rivaux, Canon of St. Paul's
June 1, 1234: Hugh Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry
March, 1240: William Haverhill, Canon of Lichfield (d. August 23, 1252
August 27, 1252: Philip Lovel, Archdeacon of Coventry (rem. October, 1258
November 2, 1258: John Crakehall, Archdeacon of Bedford (d. September 10, 1260
October 28, 1260: John of Caux, Abbot of Petersborough (d.March 1263)
May 6, 1263: Nicholas of Ely (vac. July 19, 1263
July 1263: Henry, Prior of St. Radegund, Bradsole, Kent
November 1263: John Chishull, acting
November 30, 1263: Roger de la Leye, acting
November 3, 1264: Henry, Prior of St. Radegund (to summer 1265)
October 23, 1265: Thomas Wymondham, Preceptor of Lichfield
February 6, 1270: John Chishull (vac. June 9, 1271)
October 16, 1271: Philip of Eye, Canon of St. Paul's
October 2, 1273: Sir Joseph Chauncy, Prior of the Knights of St. John in England
June 18, 1280: Richard Ware, Abbot of Westminster (d.1283)
January 6, 1284: John Kirkby, Bishop of Ely (d. March 26, 1290)
April 6, 1290: William March, Bishop of Bath and Wells
August 16, 1295: John Droxford, acting
September 28, 1295: Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
August 22, 1307: Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester
July 6, 1310: John Sandall, Provost of Wells
October 23, 131: Walter Norwich, acting
January 23, 1312: Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
May 17, 1312: Walter Norwich, acting
October 4, 1312: John Sandall, acting
September 26, 1314: Walter Noriwich
May 27, 1317: John Hotham, Bishop of Ely
June 10, 1318: John Walwayn, Canon of St. Paul's and Hereford
November 16, 1318: John Sandall, Bishop of Winchester
September 29, 1319: Walter Norwich, acting
February 18, 1320: Walter Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter
August 25, 1321: Walter Norwich, acting
May 10, 1322: Walter Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter
July 3, 1325: William Melton, Archbishop of York
November 14, 1326: John Stratford, Bishop of Winchester
January 28, 1327: Adam Orleton, Bishop of Hereford
March 28, 1327: Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln
July 2, 1328: Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford
September 16, 1329: Robert Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Richmond
December 1, 1330: William Melton, Archbishop of York
April 1, 1331: William Airmyn, Bishop of Norwich
March 29, 1332: Robert Ayleston, Archdeacon of Berkshire
March 9, 1334: Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham
August 1, 1334: Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln[?]
March 24, 1337: William de la Zouche, Dean of York
March 10, 1338: Robert Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Richmond
December 31, 1338: William de la Zouche, Dean of York
May 5, 1340: Sir Robert Sadington
June 26, 1340: Roger Northburgh, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (dism. December 1, 1340
January 15, 1341: Sir Robert Parving
October 30, 1341: William Cusance
April 12, 1344: William Edington, Bishop of Winchester
November 29, 1356: John Sheppey, Bishop of Rochester
November 23, 1360: Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely
February 20, 1363: John Barnet, Bishop of Bath and Wells (later of Ely)
June 27, 1369: Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter
March 27, 1371: Richard Scrope, Lord Scrope of Bolton
September 26, 1375: Sir Robert Ashton
January 14, 1377: Henry Wakefield, Bishop of Worcester
July 19, 1377: Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter
February 1, 1381: Sir Robert Hales, Prior of the Order of St. John[?] in England (d.June 14, 1381)
August 10, 1381: Sir Hugh Segrave
January 17, 1386: John Fordham, Bishop of Durham
October 24, 1386: John Gilbert, Bishop of Hereford
May 4, 1389: Thomas Brantingham
August 20, 1389: John Gilbert, Bishop of St David's
May 2, 1391: John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury
September 20, 1395: Roger Walden, Archbishop of Canterbury
January 22, 1398: Guy Mone, Bishop of St. David's
September 17, 1398: William Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (d.July 30, 1399
September 3, 1399: John Norbury
May 31, 1401: Laurence Allerthorp, Canon of London
February 27, 1402: Henry Bowet, Bishop of Bath and Wells
October 25, 1402: Guy Mone, Bishop of St. David's
September 9, 1403: William Roos, Lord Roos of Helmsley
December 5, 1404: Thomas Nevill, Lord Furnival (d.March 14, 1407
April 15, 1407: Nicholas Bubwith, Bishop of London
July 14, 1408: Sir John Tiptoft
January 6, 1410: Henry Scrope, Lord Scrope of Masham (dism. December 20, 1411
December 23, 1411: Sir John Pelham
March 21, 1413: Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel (d.October 13, 1415)
January 10, 1416: Sir Hugh Mortimer (d.April 13, 1416)
April 17, 1416: Sir Robert Leche (dism.November 23, 1416)
December 6, 1416: Henry FitzHugh, Lord FitzHugh
February 26, 1421: William Kinwolmarsh, Dean of St. Martin's le-Grand
December 18, 1422: John Stafford, Bishop of Bath and Wells
March 16, 1426: Walter Hungerford, 1st Lord Hungerford
February 26, 1432: John Scrope, Lord Scrope of Masham
August 11, 1433: Ralph Cromwell, Lord Cromwell
July 7, 1443: Ralph Butler, 1st Lord Sudley
December 18, 1446: Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle
September 16, 1449: John Fiennes, 1st Lord Saye and Sele
June 22, 1450: John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp of Powick
April 15, 1452: John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
March 15, 1455: James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and 1st Earl of Wiltshire
May 29, 1455: Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier
October 5, 1456: John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
October 30, 1458: James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and 1st Earl of Wiltshire
July 28, 1460: Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1461)
April 14, 1462: John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
June 24, 1463: Edmund Grey, Lord Grey of Ruthin
November 24, 1464: Walter Blount, 1st Lord Mountjoy (1465)
March 4, 1466: Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (d. August 12, 1469)
August 16, 1469: Sir John Langstrother
October 25, 1469: William Grey, Bishop of Ely
July 10, 1470: John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (d.October 18, 1470)
October 20, 1470: Sir John Langstrother
April 22, 1471: Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (d.April 4, 1483
May 17, 1483: Sir John Wood (d.October 25, 1484)
December 6, 1484: John Tuchet, Lord Audley (dism. August, 1485)
July 14, 1486: John Dynham, Lord Dynham
June 16, 1501: Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1514)
December 4, 1524: Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1524) (vac.December 12, 1546)
February 10, 1547: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (dep.October 10, 1549)
February 3, 1550: William Paulet, 1st Earl of Winchester, 1st Marquess of Winchester (1551) (d.March 10, 1572)
July 1572: William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley (d.August 4, 1598)
May 15, 1599: Thomas Sackville, 1st Lord Buckhurst, 1st Earl of Dorset (1604) (d.April 19, 1608)
May 4, 1608: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury[?]
June 17, 1612: Commission
- Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton (1st Lord)
- others
June 24, 1613: Commission
- Thomas Egerton, 1st Lord Ellesmere (1st Lord)
- others
July 11, 1614: Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (susp.1618)
July, 1618: Commission
- George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1st Lord
- others
December 14, 1620: Henry Montagu, 1st Viscount Mandeville
September 29, 1621: Lionel Cranfield, 1st Lord Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex (1622) (susp. April 25, 1624)
December 11, 1624: James Ley, 1st Lord Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1626)
July 15, 1628: Richard Weston, 1st Lord Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1633)
March 15, 1635: Commission
- William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (First Lord)
- others
March 6, 1636: William Juxon, Bishop of London
May 21, 1641: Commission
- Edward Littleton, 1st Lord Lyttelton (First Lord)
- others
October 3, 1643: Francis Cottington, 1st Lord Cottington (d.June 19, 1652, in exile in Spain)
June 19, 1660: Commission
- Sir Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor
- George Monk, General of the Forces
- Thomas Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton
- John Robartes, Lord Robartes
- Thomas, Lord Colepeper
- General Edward Montagu
- Sir Edward Nicolas and Sir William Morrice, principal secretaries of state
September 8, 1660: Thomas Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton (d.May 16, 1667)
June 1, 1667: Commission
- George Monk, 1st Duke of Albemarle (First Lord) (d.January 3, 1670)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Lord Ashley[?], Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Sir Thomas Clifford[?], Comptroller of the Household
- Sir John Duncombe
November 28, 1672: Thomas Clifford, Lord Clifford
June 24, 1673: Thomas Osborne, 1st Viscount Latimer, 1st Earl of Danby (1694)
March 26, 1679: Commission
- Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex[?] (First Lord)
- Hon. Laurence Hyde[?], Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Sir John Ernley
- Sir Edward Deering, bt.
- Sidney Godolphin[?]
November 21, 1679: Commission
- Laurence Hyde, 1st Viscount Hyde (1681) (First Lord)
- Sir John Ernley (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Edward Deering, bt.
- Sidney Godolphin
- Sir Stephen Fox
July 9, 1684: Commission
- Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (First Lord)
- Sir John Ernley (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
July 26, 1684: Commission
- Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (First Lord)
- Sir John Ernley (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Dudley North
- Henry Frederick Thynne
September 9, 1684: Commission
- Sidney Godolphin[?], 1st Lord Godolphin (First Lord)
- Sir John Ernley (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Sir Dudley North
- Henry Frederick Thynne
February 16, 1685: Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (vac.December 10, 1686
January 5, 1687: Commission
- John Belasyse, 1st Lord Belasyse (First Lord)
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin
- Henry, Lord Dover
- Sir John Ernley (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
April 9, 1689: Commission
- Charles Mordaunt, 2nd Viscount Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth (1689) (First Lord)
- Henry, Lord Delamere (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin
- Sir Henry Capell
- Richard Hampden
March 18, 1690: Commission
- Sir John Lowther, bt. (First Lord)
- Richard Hampden (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Thomas Pelham
November 15, 1690: Commission
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin (First Lord)
- Sir John Lowther, bt.
- Richard Hampden (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Charles Montagu
- Sir Edward Seymour, bt.
May 3, 1694: Commission
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin (First Lord)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Charles Montagu (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir William Trumbull
- John Smith
November 1, 1695: Commission
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin (First Lord)
- Charles Montagu (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- John Smith
May 2, 1696: Commission
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin (First Lord)
- Charles Montagu (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- John Smith
- Sir Thomas Littleton, bt.
May 1, 1697: Commission
- Charles Montagu (First Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Sir Thomas Littleton, bt.
- Thomas Pelham
June 1, 1699: Commission
- Charles Montagu (First Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
- Sir Stephen Fox
- John Smith
- Hon. Henry Boyle
November 15, 1699: Commission
- Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (First Lord)
- John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Richard Hill
- Thomas Pelham
December 9, 1700: Commission
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin (First Lord)
- John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Hon. Henry Boyle
- Richard Hill
March 29, 1701: Commission
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin (First Lord)
- Hon. Henry Boyle (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Richard Hill
- Thomas Pelham
December 30, 1701: Commission
- Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (First Lord)
- Hon. Henry Boyle (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Richard Hill
- Thomas Pelham
May 8, 1702: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1706)
August 11, 1710: Commission
- John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett (First Lord)
- Robert Harley[?] (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Hon. Henry Paget
- Sir Thomas Mansell
- Robert Benson
May 30, 1711: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
July 30, 1714: Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, last Lord Treasurer

After the accession of George I of Great Britain in September, 1714, no more Lord Treasurers were appointed. For later Commissioners of the Treasury see List of Commissioners of the Treasury. See also Treasury (British)

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