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As Lord Keeper, Egerton's judgements were admired, but Common-law judges often resented him for reversing their decisions. He also attempted to expand the jurisdiction of the Court of
Chancery to include the imposition of fines to enforce his injunctions. In the 9th Parliament of the reign of
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Scottish Lord he continued to perform its duties. Shortly afterwards he presided over the trial of Barons
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
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Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland
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1078:The Complete Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland
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1854:Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
1824:Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
1800:Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
1777:Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
1697:Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
1557:Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex
1273:Solicitor General for England and Wales
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598:judge and became a patron of the young
299:Solicitor General for England and Wales
54:Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley,
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1292:Attorney General for England and Wales
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257:Attorney General for England and Wales
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650:Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
602:. After the death of the Lord Keeper
424:Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
1832:Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
1808:Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
1719:Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
1689:Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
1599:Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
1509:Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
841:John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater
383:John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater
269:2 June 1592 – 10 April 1594
227:10 April 1594 – 18 May 1603
3186:Lord-lieutenants of Buckinghamshire
3171:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
1769:John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale
1662:George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
1530:Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere
1515:Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
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959:Monuments in the Bridgewater Chapel
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2188:Italics indicate service when the
1816:Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
1649:Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1593:James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough
1563:James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough
1537:Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
1392:Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1071:(106th ed.). pp. 1233–5.
719:Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
436:from 1603 to 1616, was an English
166:6 May 1596 – 5 March 1617
124:6 May 1596 – 5 March 1617
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1726:John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
1674:Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
1151:and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
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1093:"Egerton, Sir Thomas (EGRN586T)"
972:Illustrations of British History
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1080:. London: St Catherine's Press.
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796:Lord Ellesmere supported the
736:and in August 1602 staged an
547:Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh
154:Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
1885:Italics indicate service as
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1097:A Cambridge Alumni Database
717:Sir Thomas was a friend of
663:, Thomas Egerton purchased
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2021:1st Baron Audley of Walden
1887:First Lord of the Treasury
1772:(March 1690–November 1690)
1756:(December 1688–April 1689)
1178:First Lord of the Treasury
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1047:Campbell, John (1868).
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93:The Earl of Northampton
2786:was held in Commission
2579:1st Earl of Nottingham
2539:2nd Earl of Manchester
2283:1st Earl of Manchester
2192:was held in Commission
1492:(1603–1649; 1660–1714)
1402:The Duke of Buckingham
1194:as Lord High Treasurer
1076:Gibbs, Vicary (1949).
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816:earldom of Bridgewater
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456:for twenty-one years.
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3231:English MPs 1586–1587
3226:English MPs 1584–1585
2771:1st Viscount Harcourt
2567:Sir Orlando Bridgeman
2561:1st Earl of Clarendon
2261:1st Viscount Brackley
2177:1st Viscount Brackley
1684:(March–November 1679)
1652:(June–September 1660)
1341:The Earl of Leicester
1203:Parliament of England
907:Norman Leslie Jones,
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37:The Viscount Brackley
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2390:Bulstrode Whitelocke
2359:Bulstrode Whitelocke
2293:21st Earl of Arundel
1780:(November 1690–1694)
1729:(1687–December 1688)
1692:(November 1679–1684)
1486:Lord High Treasurers
1326:The Earl of Pembroke
680:and their families.
633:, Surrey. He bought
580:Mary, Queen of Scots
488:and was called as a
396:Sir Richard Egerton
33:The Right Honourable
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2332:1st Baron Lyttelton
1876:(July–October 1714)
1188:The Earl of Suffolk
1122:Master of the Rolls
750:Union of the Crowns
592:Master of the Rolls
529:Master of the Bench
215:Master of the Rolls
105:The Earl of Suffolk
70:Lord High Treasurer
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2606:1st Baron Jeffreys
2585:1st Baron Guilford
2521:Thomas Widdrington
2416:Thomas Widdrington
2320:1st Baron Coventry
2288:2nd Duke of Lennox
2160:1st Earl of Dorset
2148:1st Baron Burghley
2141:Christopher Hatton
1410:Peerage of England
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1251:Sir George Beeston
1142:Sir John Puckering
1115:Sir Gilbert Gerard
1107:Political offices
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806:Lord Chief Justice
727:York House, Strand
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557:Mary, who married
492:by 1572. He was a
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238:Sir Gilbert Gerard
200:Additional offices
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135:Sir John Puckering
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559:Sir Francis Leigh
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