#A brief discourse touching the office of Lord Chancellor of England written by the learned John Selden of the Inner Temple, Esq., and dedicated by him to Sir Francis Bacon ... ; transcribed from a true copy thereof, found amongst the collections of ... St. Lo. Kniveton ... ; together with A true catalogue of lord chancellors and keepers of the great seal of England, from the Norman conquest untill this present year, 1671, by William Dugdale, Esquire ...#

##Selden, John, 1584-1654.## A brief discourse touching the office of Lord Chancellor of England written by the learned John Selden of the Inner Temple, Esq., and dedicated by him to Sir Francis Bacon ... ; transcribed from a true copy thereof, found amongst the collections of ... St. Lo. Kniveton ... ; together with A true catalogue of lord chancellors and keepers of the great seal of England, from the Norman conquest untill this present year, 1671, by William Dugdale, Esquire ... Selden, John, 1584-1654.

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#####Front##### Tumulus Praenob: FRANCISCI Baronis VERVLAM Vicecomitisque S. ALBAN In Cancello Ecclesiae S. Mich▪ ap

1. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir FRANCIS BACON Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.

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1. A BRIEF DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE OFFICE OF Lord Chancellor of England, &c.

   _ The Name and Office of Lord Chancellor of England under the Saxons.

   _ II. Whether the Keeping of a Seal, were in the Chancellorship under the Saxons.

   _ III. Testimonies of the Chancellorship and Keepership joyned, in times neer after the Norman Invasion.

   _ IV. Of the Division and Conjunction of Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper, till an Old Act made that they should be One.

2. A true CATALOGUE of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Norman Conquest, untill this present Year 1671.

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