TITLE OF "CHANCELLOR"

(LEGAL COUNCIL)

Chancellors for Henry I:

William Giffard, bishop of Winchester; Rodger, bishop of Salisbury; Waldric, bishop of Laon; Ranulf; Geoffrey Rufus, bishop of Durham; and Robert de Sigillo, bishop of London.

 

Chancellors for Henry II:

Thomas Becket, arch-deacon of Canterbury; Geoffrey Ridel, arch-deacon of Canterbury; Raoul de Wanneville (or Warneville), treasurer of York; Geoffrey, ( Henry's illg. Son), bishop-elect of Lincoln- and Walter of Coutances, arch-deacon of Oxford.

 

Chancellors for Richard I:

William de Longchamps, count of Poitous; Eustace, dean of Salisbury and (possibly) Richard de Luce.

 

Chancellors for John:

Hubert Walter, arch-bishop of Canterbury; Walter de Gray, bishop of Worcester; Richard Marsh, arch-deacon of Northumberland; and Ralph Neville, dean of Lichfield.

 

Chancellors for Henry III:

There were over twenty chancellors during the reign of Henry III (1227-1272), too many to list here.  The list begins with Richard Marsh (above), and ends with Richard Mddleton, arch-deacon of Northumberland.