List of lord chancellors and lord keepers

The following is a list of lord chancellors and lord keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain. It also includes a list of commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal during the English Civil War and Interregnum.

11th century

 * Regenbald (1050 – after 1066)
 * Herfast (1068–1070)
 * Saint Osmund, count of Sées and bishop of Salisbury (c. 1070)
 * Maurice, Archdeacon of Le Mans (c. 1078)
 * Gerard, Preceptor of Rouen, later Archbishop of York (c. 1085 – before 1091)
 * Robert Bloet (after January 1091)
 * William Giffard (1094–1101)

12th century

 * Roger of Salisbury (1101–1102)
 * Waldric (1102–1107)
 * Ranulf (1107–1123)
 * Geoffrey Rufus (1123–1133)
 * Robert de Sigello (1133–1135) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * Roger le Poer (1135–1139)
 * Philip de Harcourt, Dean of Lincoln (1139–1140)
 * Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1140–1141)
 * William FitzGilbert (1141–1142)
 * Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1142–1154)
 * Thomas Becket, Archdeacon of Canterbury, later Archbishop of Canterbury (1155–1162)
 * Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury (1162–1173)
 * Ralph de Warneville, Treasurer of York (1173–1181)
 * Geoffrey, the Bastard, Plantagenet (1181–1189)
 * William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely (1189–1197)
 * Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1197–1199) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1198–1199)

13th century

 * Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
 * Walter de Gray, at various times Bishop of Lichfield, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of York (1205–1214)
 * Richard Marsh, later Bishop of Durham (1214–1226)
 * Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester (1226–1240)
 * Richard le Gras, Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
 * Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester (1242–1244)
 * Silvester de Everdon, Archdeacon of Chester (1244–1246) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley (1246–1247) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * John Lexington (1247–1248) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * John Maunsell (1248–1249) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * John Lexington (1249–1253) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * Eleanor of Provence, Queen Consort and Regent of England (1253–1254) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * William of Kilkenny (1254–1255) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * Henry Wingham, from 1259/1260 Bishop of London (1255–1260)
 * Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1260–1261)
 * Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1261–1263)
 * Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1263)
 * John Chishull, Archdeacon of London (1263–1264)
 * Thomas Cantilupe, Archdeacon of Stafford (1264–1265)
 * Ralph Sandwich (1265) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * Walter Giffard, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1265–1266)
 * Godfrey Giffard, Archdeacon of Wells (1266–1268)
 * John Chishull, Dean of St Paul's (1268–1269)
 * Richard Middleton, Archdeacon of Northumberland (1269–1272)
 * Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1272–1274)
 * Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath (1274–1292)
 * Thomas Bek, Archdeacon of Dorset (1279) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * John Langton, Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)

14th century

 * William Greenfield, Dean of Chichester (1302–1305)
 * William Hamilton, Dean of York (1305–1307)
 * Ralph Baldock, Bishop of London (1307)
 * John Langton, Bishop of Chichester (1307–1310)
 * Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester (1310–1314)
 * John Sandale, Canon of Lincoln (1314–1318)
 * John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1318–1320)
 * John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich (1320–1323)
 * Robert Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1323–1326)
 * William Ayermin, Bishop of Norwich (1326–1327)
 * John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1327–1328)
 * Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln (1328–1330)
 * John de Stratford, Bishop of Winchester (1330–1334)
 * Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham (1334–1335)
 * John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1335–1337)
 * Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester (1337–1338)
 * Richard Bintworth, Bishop of London (1338–1339)
 * John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1340)
 * Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester (1340)
 * Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier (1340–1341)
 * Robert Parning (1341–1343)
 * Robert Sadington (1343–1345)
 * John de Ufford, Dean of Lincoln (1345–1349)
 * John Thoresby, Bishop of Worcester (1349–1356)
 * William Edington, Bishop of Winchester (1356–1363)
 * Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely (1363–1367)
 * William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1367–1371)
 * Robert Thorpe (1371–1372)
 * John Knyvet (1372–1377)
 * Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's (1377–1378)
 * Lord Scrope of Bolton (1378–1380)
 * Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1380–1381)
 * Hugh Segrave (1381) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * William Courtenay, Bishop of London (1381)
 * Lord Scrope of Bolton (1381–1382)
 * Robert Braybrooke, Bishop of London (1382–1383)
 * Lord de la Pole (later Earl of Suffolk) (1383–1386)
 * Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely (1386–1389)
 * William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1389–1391)
 * Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of York (1391–1396)
 * Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1396–1399)
 * Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1399)

15th century

 * John Scarle, Archdeacon of Lincoln (1399–1401)
 * Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1401–1403)
 * Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln (1403–1405)
 * Thomas Langley, Dean of York (1405–1407)
 * Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1407–1410)
 * Thomas Beaufort (1410–1412)
 * Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1412–1413)
 * Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1413–1417)
 * Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham (1417–1424)
 * Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1424–1426)
 * John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1426–1432)
 * John Stafford, Bishop of Bath (later Archbishop of Canterbury) (1432–1450)
 * John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1450–1454)
 * Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1454–1455)
 * Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury (1455–1456)
 * William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester (1456–1460)
 * George Neville, Bishop of Exeter (1460–1467)
 * Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1467–1470)
 * George Neville, Archbishop of York (1470–1471)
 * Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1471–1473)
 * Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham (1473–1474)
 * John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester (1475) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
 * Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln (1475–1483)
 * John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln (1483–1485)
 * Thomas Rotheram, Archbishop of York (1485)
 * John Alcock, Bishop of Worcester (1485–1486)
 * John Morton, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury (1486–1500)

1500–1654
The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646.