Speakers and clerks of the two Houses

The Journals of All the Parliaments During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Originally published by Irish University Press, Shannon, Ire, 1682.

Citation:

Simonds d'Ewes, 'Speakers and clerks of the two Houses', in The Journals of All the Parliaments During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth( Shannon, Ire, 1682), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/jrnl-parliament-eliz1/xiv [accessed 21 December 2024].

The Names of the Lord Keeper, Lord Chancellor, or others who supplied their places as Speakers of the House of Lords during all the Reign of Queen ELIZABETH, as also all the Names of all the Clerks of the said House of Parliament, together with the Names of the several Speakers of the House of Commons and Clerks of the same House during all the Parliaments of the said Queens Reign.



The several Years of her Majesties Reign in which the said Parliaments or Sessions of Parliament were held.	The Names of the Lord Keeper, Lord Chancellor, &c. and of the Clerks of the House of Lords.	The Names of the Speakers of the House of Commons, and of the Clerks of the same House.
IN the Parliament held in the first Year of Queen Elizabeth	Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, whose place was supplied Mar. 4. by the Marquess of Winchester Lord Treasurer of England. Francis Spilman Esquire Clerk of the Upper House.	Sir Thomas Gargrave Knight Speaker. ........ Seimour Gent. Clerk of the House of Commons.
In the Session of Parliament held in the fifth Year of Queen Elizabeth	The same Lord Keeper. The same Clerk.	Thomas Williams Esq; Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Session of Parliament held in the ninth Year of Queen Elizabeth	The same Lord Keeper and his place supplied for divers dayes during his being sick of the Gout, First by the Marquess of Winchester Lord Treasurer of England, after by Sir Robert Catlin Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. The same Clerk, who either died or surrendred his place before the next Parl. began in An. 13 Reg. Eliz.	Richard Onslow Esq; the Queens Sollicitor. The same Clerk.
In the Parliament held in the thirteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth	The same Lord Keeper, and his place supplied for divers dayes during his sickness by Sir Robert Catlin K^t Lord Ch. Justice of the Kings Bench. Anthony Mason aliàs Wilkes succeeded Francis Spilman in the place of the Clerk of the House of Lords.	Christopher Wray Serjeant at Law Speaker. Fulk Onslow Gent. Clerk of the House of Commons.
In the Session of Parliament held in the fourteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth	The same Lord Keeper, and his place supplied in his absence for divers days by Sir Robert Catlin K^t Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. The same Clerk.	Robert Bell Esq; Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Session of Parliament held in the eighteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth	The Same Lord Keeper, and his place supplied for divers dayes in his absence by the Lord Burleigh Lord Treasurer of England. The same Clerk.	The same Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Session of Parliament held in the twenty third Year of Queen Elizabeth	Sir Thomas Bromley Knight Lord Chancellor. The same Clerk.	John Popham Esq; the Queens Sollicitor Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Parliament held in the twenty seventh Year of Queen Elizabeth	The Same Lord Chancellor. The same Clerk.	John Puckering Serjeant at Law Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Parliament held in the twenty eighth and twenty ninth Years of Queen Elizabeth	The same Lord Chancellor, and his place supplied for divers dayes during his sickness by Sir Edmund Anderson Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The same Clerk.	John Puckering Serjeant at Law Speaker again. The same Clerk from Oct. 29. to Dec. 2. 1589. And the same Clerks Kinsman W. Onslow Gent. from Febr. 15. to March 23. ensuing.
In the Parliament held in the thirty first Year of Queen Elizabeth	Sir Christopher Hatton Knight Lord Chancellor. The same Clerk.	George Snagg Serjeant at Law Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Parliament held in the thirty fifth Year of Queen Elizabeth	Sir John Puckering Knight Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England. The same Clerk.	Edward Coke Esq; the Queens Sollicitor Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Parliament held in the thirty ninth and fortieth Years of Queen Elizabeth	Sir Thomas Egerton Knight Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England. Thomas Smith Esq; Succeeded Clerk of the Upper House to Anthony Mason aliàs Wilkes.	Christopher Yelverton Serjeant at Law Speaker. The same Clerk.
In the Parliament held in the 43 & 44 Years of Queen Elizabeth	The same Lord Keeper. The same Clerk.	J. Croke Esq; Recorder of London. The same Clerk.