List of Keepers of the Records in the Tower of London

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This is a list of Keepers of the Records in the Tower of London. The position was medieval in origin, and ended in 1838 with the creation of the London Public Record Office.

In the 16th century the distinction was made between Chancery Rolls from the reign of Richard III onwards, which were under the direct control of the Master of the Rolls, and earlier Rolls that were kept in the Tower of London, with a designated Keeper. The Masters of the Rolls wished to keep at least a theoretical control over the Keepers, but until 1604 and a judgement against Sir Roger Wilbraham there was no case law to support the claim. [1]

Keepers

Notes

  1. ↑ Studies in English Official Historical Documents. CUP Archive. 1908. p.  21. GGKEY:K8P8U72H8CP.
  2. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Stafford, Sir Henry (by 1527-66).
  3. ↑ Alsop, J. D. "Bowyer, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/69724.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. 1 2 Alsop, J. D. "Heneage, Michael". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12919.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ Hicks, Michael. "Heneage, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12921.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ Alsop, J. D. "Lambarde, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15921.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Bowyer, Robert (bef. 1569-1621), of Tower Hill, the Middle Temple and the Palace of Westminster, London.
  8. ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Borough, John (d.1643)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  9. ↑ Baron, S. A. "Borough, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2913.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ↑ "House of Lords Journal Volume 6: 31 October 1643". Journal of the House of Lords: volume 6: 1643. Institute of Historical Research. 1767–1830. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Handley, Stuart. "Ryley, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24423.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ↑ Robert Edmond Chester Waters (1878). Genealogical memoirs of the extinct family of Chester of Chicheley. Рипол Классик. p. 174. ISBN   978-5-87335-084-1.
  13. ↑ "House of Commons Journal Volume 6: 6 August 1651". Journal of the House of Commons: volume 6: 1648-1651. Institute of Historical Research. 1802. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  14. ↑ Sean Kelsey (1997). Inventing a Republic: The Political Culture of the English Commonwealth, 1649-1653. Stanford University Press. p. 16. ISBN   978-0-8047-3115-7.
  15. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Prynne, William (c.1602-69), of Swainswick, nr. Bath, Som. and Lincoln's Inn.
  16. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, May, Sir Algernon (c.1625-1704), of Old Windsor, Berks. and Ampton, Suff.
  17. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Brady, Robert (c.1627-1700), of Caius College, Cambridge.
  18. ↑ Janelle Greenberg (January 2008). "Petyt [Petit], William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22074.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.).
  19. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Topham, Richard (1671-1730), of New Windsor, Berks.
  20. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Anstis, John (1669-1744), of West Duloe, Cornw. and Arundel Street, Norfolk Buildings, Westminster.
  21. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Polhill, David (1674-1754), of Otford, Kent.
  22. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Hay, William (1695-1755), of Glyndebourne, Suss.
  23. ↑ historyofparliamentonline.org, Shelley, John (?1730-83), of Mitchelgrove, Suss.
  24. ↑ Page 250, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition – London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
  25. ↑ Ramsay, Nigel. "Astle, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/816.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  26. ↑ Firth, Brian. "Lysons, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17298.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  27. ↑ Nurse, Bernard. "Petrie, Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22052.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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