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The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. Originally, its holder was responsible for the monarch's personal ("privy") seal (as opposed to the Great Seal of state, which is in the care of the Lord Chancellor).
| Office Holder |
Year |
| William Melton | 1307-1312 |
| Roger Northburgh | 1312-1316 |
| Thomas Charlton | 1316-1320 |
| Robert Baldock | 1320-1323 |
| Robert Wodehouse | 1323 |
| Robert Ayleston | 1323-1324 |
| William Airmyn | 1324-1325 |
| Henry Cliff | 1325 |
| William Herlaston | 1325-1326 |
| Robert Wyvell | 1326-1327 |
| Richard Airmyn | 1327-1328 |
| Adam Lymbergh | 1328-1329 |
| Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham | 1329-1334 |
| Robert Ayleston | 1334 |
| Robert Tawton | 1334-1335 |
| William La Zouche | 1335-1337 |
| Richard Bintworth | 1337-1338 |
| William Kilsby | 1338-1342 |
| John Offord | 1342-1344 |
| Thomas Hatfield | 1344-1345 |
| John Thoresby | 1345-1347 |
| Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury | 1347-1350 |
| Michael Northburgh | 1350-1354 |
| Thomas Bramber | 1354-1355 |
| John Winwick | 1355-1360 |
| John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln | 1360-1363 |
| William of Wykeham | 1363-1367 |
| Peter Lacy | 1367-1371 |
| Nicholas Carew | 1371-1377 |
| John Fordham | 1377-1381 |
| William Dighton | 1381-1382 |
| Walter Skirclaw, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield | 1382-1386 |
| John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury | 1386-1389 |
| Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter | 1389-1396 |
| Guy Mone | 1396-1397 |
| Richard Clifford | 1397-1401 |
| Thomas Langley | 1401-1405 |
| Nicholas Bubwith | 1405-1406 |
| John Prophet | 1406-1415 |
| John Wakering, Bishop of Norwich | 1415-1416 |
| Henry Ware | 1416-1418 |
| John Kempe, Bishop of Rochester | 1418-1412 |
| John Stafford, Bishop of Bath and Wells | 1421-1422 |
| William Alnwick, Bishop of Norwich | 1422-1432 |
| William Lyndwood, Bishop of St David's | 1432-1443 |
| Thomas Beckington, Bishop of Bath and Wells | 1443-1444 |
| Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester | 1444-1450 |
| Andrew Holes | 1450-1452 |
| Thomas Lisieux | 1452-1456 |
| Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham | 1456-1460 |
| Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells | 1460-1467 |
| Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Rochester | 1467-1470 |
| John Hales, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield | 1470-1471 |
| Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Rochester | 1471-1474 |
| John Russell, Bishop of Rochester and Lincoln | 1473-1483 |
| John Gunthorp | 1483-1485 |
| Peter Courtenay, Bishop of Exeter | 1485-1487 |
| Richard Fox, Bishop of Exeter | 1487-1516 |
| Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham | 1516-1523 |
| Henry Marney, 1st Lord Marney | 1523 |
| Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London | 1523-1530 |
| Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire | 1530-1536 |
| Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex | 1536-1540 |
| William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton | 1540-1542 |
| John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford | 1542-1555 |
| William Paget, 1st Baron Paget | 1555-1571 |
| William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | 1571-1572 |
| William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham | 1572-1573 |
| Sir Thomas Smith | 1573-1576 |
| Francis Walsingham | 1576-1590 |
| William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | 1590-1598 |
| Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury | 1598-1608 |
| Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton | 1608-1614 |
| Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset | 1614-1616 |
| Edward Somerset, 6th Earl of Worcester | 1616-1625 |
| Sir John Coke | 1625-1628 |
| Sir Robert Naunton | 1628 |
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