The Speakers of the House of Commons From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
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Whilst the majority were men in good practice at the Bar, the emoluments of the Chair at the close of the sixteenth century were so small that the natural trend of their ambition was towards the better-paid offices of the profession. Including the great Sir Thomas More, five Speakers have risen to the Woolsack either as Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal : Audley, Rich, Puckering, and Heneage Finch, whilst Hare, Lenthall, and Whitelocke were Commissioners during vacancy. Seven became Master...s of the Rolls : Hare, Cordell, Phelips, Lenthall, Grimston, Trevor, and Powle. More numerous still have 1 The same was the case in the two succeeding reigns. 136 SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS been the instances in which the post of Chief Justice of the King's Bench or the Common Pleas has been conferred on a former Speaker. Sir James Dyer, Sir Robert Brooke, Sir Christopher Wray, Sir John Popham, Sir Edward Coke, Sir John Croke, Sir Randolph Crewe, Sir Thomas Richardson, and Sir Job Charlton filled one or other of these coveted places, whilst Barons of the Exchequer and Recorders of London are to be found in plenty in the catalogue.
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