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Master of the Rolls of England and Wales
The Judiciary of England and Wales
Incumbent
Sir Geoffrey Vos
since 11 January 2021
StyleThe Right Honourable
NominatorJudicial Appointments Commission
AppointerThe Sovereignon recommendation of Prime Minister andLord Chancellor,who are in turn given recommendations by a selection panel
Term lengthLife tenure; Retirement at age 70, or 75 if appointed to a judicial post before 31 March 1995
Inaugural holderJohn Langton
Formation2 September 1286
Salary£238,868
WebsiteThe Judiciary of England and Wales

TheKeeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England,known as theMaster of the Rolls,is the President of theCivil Divisionof theCourt of Appeal of England and Walesand Head of Civil Justice. As a judge, the Master of the Rolls is second in seniority inEngland and Walesonly to theLord Chief Justice.[1]The position dates from at least 1286, although it is believed that the office probably existed earlier than that.[2]

The Master of the Rolls was initially a clerk responsible for keeping the "Rolls" or records of theCourt of Chancery,and was known as the Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery.[3]The Keeper was the most senior of the dozen Chancery clerks, and as such occasionally acted as keeper of theGreat Seal of the Realm.[4]The post evolved into a judicial one as the Court of Chancery did; the first reference to judicial duties dates from 1520.[5]With theJudicature Act 1873,which merged the Court of Chancery with the other major courts, the Master of the Rolls joined the Chancery Division of the High Court and the Court of Appeal,[6]but left the Chancery Division by the terms of the Judicature Act 1881. The Master of the Rolls had also been warden of the little-usedDomus Conversorumfor housing Jewish converts, which led to the house and chapel being used to store legal documents and later becoming the location of thePublic Record Office.He retained his clerical functions as the nominal head of the Public Record Office until thePublic Records Act 1958transferred responsibility for it to theLord Chancellor.[7]One residual reminder of this role is the fact that the Master of the Rolls of the day continues to serve,ex officio,as President of theBritish Records Association.The Master of the Rolls was also previously responsible for registering solicitors, the officers of the Senior Courts.[8]

One of the most prominent people to hold the position wasThomas Cromwell,a highly influential figure during the reign ofHenry VIII;more recently,Lord Denningheld the position for 20 years, from 1962 to 1982, and made sweeping changes in the common law. The current Master of the Rolls isSir Geoffrey Vos,who took office in January 2021.[9]

The Rolls Estate[edit]

The substantial estate of the Domus Conversorum, between London and Westminster, became attached to the office of Master of the Rolls, and was known as the "Rolls Estate", regarded as virtually an Inn of Court.[10]

List of Masters of the Rolls[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Portrait Name Term of office Other positions Notes
John Langton 2 September 1286 1 October 1295 Lord Chancellor1292–1302, 1307–1310 [11][12]
Adam Osgodby 1 October 1295 19 August 1316
—
 [11]
William Airmyn 19 August 1316 26 May 1324
—
 [11]
Richard Airmyn 26 May 1324 4 July 1325
—
 [11]
Henry de Cliff 4 July 1325 20 January 1334
—
 [11]
Michael Wrath 20 January 1334 28 April 1337
—
 [11]
John de St Paul 28 April 1337 10 January 1341 Archbishop of Dublin1349–1362,Lord Chancellor of Ireland1350–1356 [13]
Thomas Evesham 10 January 1341 21 February 1341
—
 [13]
John Thoresby 21 February 1341 2 July 1346
—
 [13]
David Wollore 2 July 1346 28 March 1371
—
 [13]
William Burstall 28 March 1371 8 September 1381
—
 [13]
John Waltham 8 September 1381 24 October 1386 Lord Privy Seal1386–1389,Lord Chancellor1349–1356 [13][14]
John Burton 24 October 1386 22 July 1394
—
 [13]
John Scarle 22 July 1394 11 September 1397 Lord Chancellor1399–1401 [13][15]
Thomas Stanley 11 September 1397 24 September 1402
—
 [13]
Nicholas Bubwith 24 September 1402 2 March 1405 Lord Privy Seal1405–1406,Lord High Treasurer1407–1408 [16][17]
John Wakering 2 March 1405 3 June 1415 Lord Privy Seal1415–1416 [16][18]
Simon Gauntsede 3 June 1415 28 October 1423
—
 [16]
John Frank 28 October 1423 13 November 1438
—
 [16]
John Stopyndon 13 November 1438 29 March 1447
—
 [16]
John Kirkeby 29 March 1447 23 December 1461
—
 [16]
Robert Kirkeham 23 December 1461 12 February 1471
—
 [16]
William Morland 12 February 1471 29 April 1471
—
 [16]
John Alcock 29 April 1471 16 March 1472 Lord Chancellor1475, 1485–1487 [16][19]
John Morton 16 March 1472 9 January 1479 Lord Chancellor1487–1500,Archbishop of Canterbury1486–1500 [16][20]
Robert Morton 9 January 1479 22 September 1483
—
 [21]
Thomas Barowe 22 September 1483 22 August 1485
—
 [21]
Robert Mortonjointly with William Eliot 22 August 1485 26 February 1487 Jointly from 13 November 1485 [21][22]
David William 26 February 1487 5 May 1492
—
 [21]
John Blyth 5 May 1492 13 February 1494
—
 [21]
William Warham 13 February 1494 1 February 1502 Keeper of the Great Seal1502–1504,Lord Chancellor1504–1515,Archbishop of Canterbury1503–1532 [21][23]
William Barons 1 February 1502 13 November 1504
—
 [21]
Christopher Bainbridge 13 November 1504 22 January 1508 Archbishop of York1508–1514 [21][24]
John Yonge 22 January 1508 12 May 1516
—
 [25]
Cuthbert Tunstall 12 May 1516 20 October 1522 Lord Privy Seal1523–1530 [25][26]
John Clerk 20 October 1522 9 October 1523
—
 [25]
Thomas Hannibal 9 October 1523 26 June 1527
—
 [25]
John Taylor 26 June 1527 8 October 1534 Archdeacon of Derby1516–1533,Archdeacon of Buckingham1516–1534 [25]
Thomas Cromwell 8 October 1534 10 July 1536 Secretary of State1533–1536,Lord Privy Seal1536–1540 [25][27]
Christopher Hales 10 July 1536 1 July 1541 Solicitor General1525–1529,Attorney General1529–1536 [25][28]
Sir Robert Southwell 1 July 1541 13 December 1550
—
 [25]
John Beaumont 13 December 1550 18 June 1552
—
 [25]
Sir Robert Bowes 18 June 1552 18 September 1553
—
 [25]
Sir Nicholas Hare 18 September 1553 5 November 1557 Speaker of the House of Commons1539–1540 [29][30]
Sir William Cordell 5 November 1557 30 May 1581 Solicitor General1553–1557,Speaker of the House of Commons1558 [29][31]
Sir Gilbert Gerard 30 May 1581 10 April 1594 Attorney General1559–1581 [29][32]
Sir Thomas Egerton 10 April 1594 18 May 1603 Solicitor General1581–1592,Attorney General1592–1594,Lord Chancellor1596–1617,First Lord of the Treasury1613–1614 [29][33]
Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss, 1st Lord Bruce 18 May 1603 14 January 1611
—
 [29]
Sir Edward Phelips 14 January 1611 1 September 1614 Speaker of the House of Commons1603–1611 [29][34]
Sir Julius Caesar 1 September 1614 18 April 1636 Chancellor of the Exchequer1606–1614 [29]
Sir Dudley Digges 18 April 1636 30 March 1639
—
 [29]
Sir Charles Caesar 30 March 1639 28 January 1643
—
 [29]
The Lord Colepeper(royalist) 28 January 1643 3 November 1660 Chancellor of the Exchequer1642–1643 [29][35]
William Lenthall(parliamentary) 10 November 1643 14 May 1659 Speaker of the House of Commons1640–1647, 1647–1653, 1654–1655, 1659–1660 [36][37]
Sir Harbottle Grimston, Bt 3 November 1660 12 January 1685 Speaker of the House of Commons1660 [36][38]
Sir John Churchill 12 January 1685 20 October 1685 Attorney-General1673–85[39] [36]
Sir John Trevor 20 October 1685 13 March 1689
—
 [36]
Sir Henry Powle 13 March 1689 13 January 1693 Speaker of the House of Commons1689 [36][40]
Sir John Trevor 13 January 1693 20 May 1717 Speaker of the House of Commons1685–1689, 1693–1717 [36][41]
Sir Joseph Jekyll 13 July 1717 19 August 1738
—
 [36]
Sir John Verney 9 October 1738 5 August 1741
—
 [36]
William Fortescue 5 November 1741 16 December 1749
—
 [36]
Sir John Strange 11 January 1750 18 May 1754 Solicitor General1737–1742 [36][42]
Sir Thomas Clarke 29 May 1754 13 November 1764
—
 [43]
Sir Thomas Sewell 4 December 1764 6 March 1784
—
 [43]
Sir Lloyd Kenyon 30 March 1784 7 June 1788 Attorney General1782–1783, 1783–1784,Lord Chief Justice1788–1802 [43][44]
Sir Richard Arden 14 June 1788 23 May 1801 Solicitor General1782–1783, 1783–1784,Attorney General1784–1788, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1801–1804 [43][45]
Sir William Grant 27 May 1801 31 December 1817 Solicitor General1799–1801 [43][46]
Sir Thomas Plumer 6 January 1818 24 March 1824 Solicitor General 1807–1812,Attorney General1812–1813 [43][47]
The Lord Gifford 5 April 1824 4 September 1826 Solicitor General1817–1819,Attorney General1819–1824,Chief Justice of the Common Pleas1824 [43][48]
Sir John Singleton Copley 14 September 1826 1 May 1827 Solicitor General1819–1824,Attorney General1824–1826,Lord Chancellor1827–1830, 1834–1835, 1841–1846 [43][49]
Sir John Leach 3 May 1827 14 September 1834 Vice Chancellor of England1818–1827 [43][50]
Sir Charles Pepys, Bt 29 September 1834 19 January 1836 Solicitor General1834,Lord Chancellor1836–1841, 1846–1850 [43][51]
The Lord Langdale 19 January 1836 28 March 1851
—
 [52]
The Lord Romilly 28 March 1851 29 August 1873 Solicitor General1848,Attorney General1850 [52]
Sir George Jessel 30 August 1873 21 March 1883 Solicitor General1871–1873 [52][53]
The Lord Esher 3 April 1883 18 October 1897 Solicitor General1868 [52][54]
Sir Nathaniel Lindley 25 October 1897 10 May 1900
—
 [52][55]
The Lord Alverstone 10 May 1900 22 October 1900 Lord Chief Justice1900–1913 [52][56]
Sir Archibald Levin Smith 23 October 1900 19 October 1901
—
 [52]
Sir Richard Collins 19 October 1901 6 March 1907
—
 [52][57]
Sir Herbert Cozens-Hardy
(The Lord Cozens-Hardy from 1914)		 6 March 1907 30 April 1918
—
 [52]
Sir Charles Swinfen Eady 2 May 1918 20 October 1919
—
 [52]
The Lord Sterndale 31 October 1919 17 August 1923 President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division1918–1919 [58][59]
Sir Ernest Pollock
(The Lord Hanworth from 1926)		 12 October 1923 7 October 1935 Solicitor General1919–1922,Attorney General1922. [58][60]
The Lord Wright 7 October 1935 27 April 1937
—
 [58]
The Lord Greene 27 April 1937 1 June 1949
—
 [58]
Sir Raymond Evershed(The Lord Evershed from 1956) 1 June 1949 19 April 1962
—
 [58]
The Lord Denning 19 April 1962 29 September 1982
—
 [58]
Sir John Donaldson(The Lord Donaldson of Lymington from 1988) 30 September 1982 1 October 1992
—
 [58]
Sir Thomas Bingham 1 October 1992 4 June 1996 Lord Chief Justice1996–2000;Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary2000–2008 [61]
The Lord Woolf 4 June 1996 6 June 2000 Lord Chief Justice 2000–2005 [62]
The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers 6 June 2000 3 October 2005 Lord Chief Justice 2005–2008,President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom2009–2012 [63]
Sir Anthony Clarke
(The Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony from May 2009)		 3 October 2005 30 September 2009 Justice of theSupreme Court of the United Kingdom,2009–2017 [64]
The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury 1 October 2009 30 September 2012 President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, 2012–2017 [65]
Lord Dyson 1 October 2012 2 October 2016 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, 2010–2012 [66]
Sir Terence Etherton(The Lord Etherton from December 2020) 3 October 2016 11 January 2021 Chancellor of the High Court,2013–2016 [67]
Sir Geoffrey Vos 11 January 2021 Incumbent Chancellor of the High Court,2016–2021 [67]

Peerages created for the Master of the Rolls[edit]

Since theAct of Union 1707
Master of the Rolls Title Created Current status Other Judicial Roles
Sir Lloyd Kenyon Baron Kenyon Extant Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench
Sir Richard Arden Baron Alvanley 22 May 1801 Extinct 24 June 1857 Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Sir Robert Gifford Baron Gifford 30 January 1824 Extant Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Sir John Copley Baron Lyndhurst 25 April 1827 Extinct 12 October 1863 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Sir Charles Pepys Earl of Cottenham 11 June 1850 Extant Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Baron Cottenham 20 January 1836
Sir Henry Bickersteth Baron Langdale 23 January 1836 Extinct 18 April 1851 None
Sir John Romilly Baron Romilly 3 January 1866 Extinct 29 June 1983 None
Sir William Brett Viscount Esher 11 November 1897 Extant None
Baron Esher 24 July 1895
Sir Nathaniel Lindley Baron LindleyasLaw Lord 10 May 1900 Extinct 9 December 1921 None
Sir Richard Webster Viscount Alverstone 24 November 1913 Extinct 15 December 1915 Lord Chief Justice of England
Baron Alverstone 18 June 1900
Sir Richard Collins Baron CollinsasLaw Lord 6 March 1907 Extinct 3 January 1911 None
Sir Herbert Cozens-Hardy Baron Cozens-Hardy 1 July 1914 Extinct 11 September 1975 None
Sir Charles Swinfen Eady Baron Swinfen 1 November 1919 Extant None
Sir William Pickford Baron Sterndale 14 November 1918 Extinct 17 August 1923 None
Sir Ernest Pollock Viscount Hanworth 17 January 1936 Extant None
Baron Hanworth 28 January 1926
Sir Robert Wright Baron WrightasLaw Lord 11 April 1932 Extinct 27 June 1964 None
Sir Wilfrid Greene Baron Greene 16 July 1941 Extinct 16 April 1952 None
Sir Raymond Evershed Baron Evershed 20 January 1956 Extinct 3 October 1966 None
Sir Tom Denning Baron DenningasLaw Lord 24 April 1957 Extinct 5 March 1999 None
Sir John Donaldson Baron Donaldson of LymingtonasLife Peer 15 February 1988 Extinct 31 August 2005 None
Sir Tom Bingham Baron Bingham of CornhillasLaw Lord 4 June 1996 Extinct 11 September 2010 Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Sir Harry Woolf Baron WoolfasLaw Lord 1 October 1992 Extant Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Sir Nick Phillips Baron Phillips of Worth MatraversasLaw Lord 12 January 1999 Extant President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Sir Tony Clarke Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-EbonyasLife Peer 29 May 2009 Extant None
Sir David Neuberger Baron Neuberger of AbbotsburyasLaw Lord 11 January 2007 Extant President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Sir Terence Etherton Baron EthertonasLife Peer 23 December 2020 Extant Chancellor of the High Court

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