A Chancellorship is a lay office of legal advisor to an Anglican diocese, and Kempe held a number of these through his career: he was legal advisor to the diocese of Newcastle, Southwell, St Albans, Peterborough, Chichester, Chelmsford and finally the most important Chancellorship of all, namely that of the diocese of London to which he was appointed in 1912.
A Chancellorship ay mag-ipon ng isang opisina ng legal na taga-payo sa isang Anglikano diyosesis, at Kempe hawak ng isang numero ng mga ito sa pamamagitan ng kanyang karera: siya ang legal na taga-payo sa diyosesis ng Newcastle, Southwell, St Albans, Peterborough, Chichester, Chelmsford at sa wakas ang pinaka-mahalaga Chancellorship ng lahat, namely na ng diyosesis ng London na kung saan siya ay hihirangin sa 1912.