William FitzGilbert was the fifteenth Lord Chancellor of
England
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, from 1141 to 1142, serving the
Empress Matilda
Empress Matilda ( 7 February 110210 September 1167), also known as the Empress Maude, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter of King Henry I of England, she moved to Germany as ...
.
[Powicke ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 82]
Notes
References
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Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde ''Handbook of British Chronology'' 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
See also
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List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers
The following is a list of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Lord Keepers of the Great Seal of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. It also includes a list of Commissioners of Parliament's Gre ...
Lord chancellors of England
12th-century English people
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