THE

LIVES

OF

THE LORD CHANCELLORS

AND

KEEPERS OF THE GREAT SEAL

OF

ENGLAND,

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TILL THE REIGN OF

KING GEORGE IV.

BY

JOHN LORD CAMPBELL, A.M. F.R.S.E.

THE FIRST SERIES IN THREE VOLUMES,

TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1688.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1845.

LIBRARY

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM PAULET, LORD PAULET OF ST. JOHN BASING, EARL OF WILTSHIRE

AND MARQUESS OF WINCHESTER, LOKD KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL.

Marquess of Winchester "a Willow, and not an Oak," Page 1. His Family, 1.

His Disposition, 2.

Made a Peer and Knight of the Garter, 2. Executor of

Henry VIII., 2. Protector's Difficulty in disposing of Great Seal, 2. Marquess

of Winchester made Lord Keeper, 3. His incompetency as a Judge, 4. Resigns

the Great Seal, 4.

Made Lord Treasurer, 5. Presides at Trial of Duke of

Somerset, 5. Rulings at this Trial, 5. Conduct of the Marquess of Winchester

on Accession of Queen Mary, 6.

On Accession of Queen Elizabeth, 7. His

Death and Character, 7.

His Descendants, 7.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR RICH.

Assists

His mercantile Descent, 9. Birth, 9. Early Profligacy, 9. Professional Pro-

gress, 10. His infamous Conduct on Trials of Bishop Fisher and Sir Thomas

More, 10. Office of Chirographer conferred upon him, 11. Elected Speaker

of the House of Commons, 11. Made Chancellor of Court of Augmenta-

tions, 11. His religious Indifference, 11. Paymaster of the Army, 11.

in Persecution of Lutherans and Roman Catholics, 12. Foments Dispute

between Wriothesley and Somerset, 12. Made a Peer, 12. His Title, 12.

His Disappointment, 12. Appointed Lord Chancellor, 13. His Conduct as a

Judge, 13. He passes Patent, giving Precedence to Somerset with a non ob-

stante, 14. A Parliament, 15. Wholesome Laws passed, 15. Reformation of

Religion, 15.

Quarrel between the Protector and his Brother Lord Sey-

mour, 16. Lord Seymour committed to the Tower, 17. Bill of Attainder

against him, 18.

His Execution, 19. Misconduct of the Protector, 19. Per-

plexities of Lord Chancellor Rich, 20. His Conduct on the Fall of Somerset, 20.

Takes Part with Warwick, 21. Proceedings against Somerset, 22. Lord Chan-

cellor burns Anabaptists and Arians, 22. His Visit to the Princess Mary, 23.

Trepidation of the Lord Chancellor, 24. Somerset's Plot against Northumber-

land, 24. Trial of Somerset, 25. Lord Chancellor feigns sickness, 25. Lord

Chancellor Rich flees from public Life, 26. His Retreat, 26. His rapid

Recovery, 27.

Dies forgotten, 27.

His Descendants, 27. His Character, 27.