See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

LORD KEEPER OF THE See also:

• GREAT

GREAT See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

SEAL  , in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, formerly a See also:

• GREAT

great officer of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The Great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

Seal of England, which is affixed on all See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn occasions to documents expressing the See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure of the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign, was first adopted by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward the See also:

• CONFESSOR

Confessor (see See also:

• SEALS

SEALS), and entrusted to a See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor for keeping . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of chancellor from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• BECKET, THOMAS (c. 1118—1170)

Becket onwards varied much in importance; the holder being an ecclesiastic, he was not only engaged in the business of his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, but sometimes was away from England . Consequently, it became not unusual to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal custody of the great seal in the hands of a See also:

• VICE

vice-chancellor or keeper; this, too, was the practice followed during a temporary vacancy in the chancellorship . This officegradually See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into a permanent See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, and the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord keeper acquired the right of discharging all the duties connected with the great seal . He was usually, though not necessarily, a peer, and held office during the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's pleasure, he was appointed merely by delivery of the seal, and not, like the chancellor, by patent . His status was definitely fixed (in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of lord keeper See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon) by an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, which declared him entitled to " like place, pre-See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction, See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• LAWS

laws, and all other customs, commodities, and advantages " as the lord chancellor . In subsequent reigns the lord keeper was generally raised to the chancellorship, and retained the custody of the seal . The last lord keeper was Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley (afterwards Lord See also:

• NORTHINGTON, ROBERT HENLEY, 1ST EARL

Northington), who was made chancellor on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III .