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Lord chancellors of England

  • Stephen GardinerStephen Gardiner entered the world in Bury St Edmunds on the 27th of July 1483, though historians still debate the exact year.
  • Thomas WolseyThomas Wolsey was born in about 1473, the son of Robert Wolsey of Ipswich and his wife, Joan Daundy. Widespread traditions identify his father as a butcher…
  • Thomas MoreThomas More entered the world on the 7th of February 1478 within the City of London. His father Sir John More was a successful lawyer who later became a…
  • Francis BaconFrancis Bacon was born on the 22nd of January 1561 at York House near Strand in London. He entered Trinity College at the University of Cambridge on the 5th…
  • William WarhamWilliam Warham was the son of Robert Warham, a tenant farmer from Malshanger in Hampshire. He studied at Winchester College before moving to New College…