Lord High Treasurer

English government position

18 dated entries naming Lord High Treasurer, drawn from 18 separate years between 1159 CE and 1714 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

1159(Approximate date): Churchman Richard FitzNeal is appointed Lord High Treasurer in England, in charge of Henry II of England's Exchequer, an office he will hold for almost 40 years.source
1179February 25 – Adelelm, English Lord High Treasurersource

13th century

1232Peter de Rivaux, nephew of Peter des Roches, is made Lord Treasurer of Henry III's household and keeper of the king's wardrobe. This moves him into an important position for controlling the king's affairs.source
1262Peter de Rivaux, Poitevin-born English High Sheriff and Lord High Treasurersource

14th century

1307August 22 – Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester, becomes the new Lord High Treasurer for Edward II, replacing Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry. The next day, Henry Ludgershall is made the new Chamberlain of the Exchequer.source
1325Robert Hales, English Lord Treasurer and admiral (died 1381)source
1369June 27 – Thomas de Brantingham succeeds John Barnet as the Lord High Treasurer of England.source
1381February 1 – Sir Robert Hales is appointed by King Richard II of England as the new Lord High Treasurer, replacing Thomas de Brantingham in an office that will eventually cost him his life. Because Hales administers the collection of taxes, including the new poll tax passed into law by Brantingham,source

15th century

1401May 31 – Laurence Allerthorp becomes the new Lord High Treasurer of England, succeeding Sir John Norbury.source
1494Hugh Conway was created Lord Treasurer of Ireland by King Henry VII of Englandsource

16th century

153926 August – Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde, Lord Treasurer (born c.1467)source
1546December 12 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and the Lord High Treasurer of England since 1522 is arrested along with his eldest son, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and both are imprisoned in the Tower of London. The Earl of Surrey is executed for treason on January 19; the Duke of Norfolk is sentenced to death, but before the sentence can be carried out, King Henry VIII passes away and Norfolk remains in the Tower until being pardoned in 1553.source
1549October 11 – Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, the Lord Protector of England and Lord High Treasurer since 1547, is arrested on orders of the Regency Council on charges of "ambition, vainglory, entering into rash wars" as well as malfeasance and improper use of the royal treasury.source

17th century

161220 October – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1698)source
167319 June – Thomas Osborne becomes Lord High Treasurer.source

18th century

171129 May – Harley made Lord High Treasurer.source
1712November 4 – The Bandbox Plot aims to kill British Lord Treasurer Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford but is foiled by Jonathan Swift (author of Gulliver’s Travels).source
171427 July – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, is dismissed as Lord High Treasurer.source