Lord Chief Justice

==Chief Justices of the Court of King's (Queen's) Bench, 1268-1875==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes
Robert de Brus 	1268 	1274 	
Ralph de Hengham 	1274 	1290 	
Gilbert de Thornton 	1290 	1296 	
Roger Le Brabazon 	1296 	March 1316 	
William Inge 	March 1316 	15 June 1317 	
Henry Le Scrope 	15 June 1317 	September 1323 	
Hervey de Staunton 	September 1323 	21 March 1324 	
Geoffrey Le Scrope 	21 March 1324 	1 May 1329 	
Robert de Malberthorp 	1 May 1329 	28 October 1329 	
Henry Le Scrope 	28 October 1329 	19 December 1330 	
Geoffrey Le Scrope 	19 December 1330 	28 March 1332 	
Richard de Wyllughby 	28 March 1332 	20 September 1332	
Geoffrey Le Scrope 	20 September 1332	10 September 1333	
Richard de Wyllughby 	10 September 1333	1337 	
Geoffrey Le Scrope 	1337 	October 1338 	
Richard de Wyllughby 	October 1338 	21 July 1340 	
Sir Robert Parning 	21 July 1340 	8 January 1341 	
Sir William Scot 	8 January 1341 	26 November 1346 	
Sir William de Thorpe 	26 November 1346 	26 October 1350 	
Sir William de Shareshull 	26 October 1350 	5 July 1357 	
Sir Thomas de Seton 	5 July 1357 	24 May 1361 	
Sir Henry Greene 	24 May 1361 	29 October 1365 	
Sir John Knivet 	29 October 1365 	15 July 1372 	
John de Cavendish 	15 July 1372 	14 June 1381 	murdered in Peasants' Revolt
Sir Robert Tresylian 	22 June 1381 	13 January 1388 	
Sir Walter de Clontone 	31 January 1388 	15 November 1400 	
Sir William Gascoigne 	15 November 1400 	29 March 1413 	
Sir William Hankford 	29 March 1413 	21 January 1424 	
Sir William Cheyne 	21 January 1424 	20 January 1439 	
Sir John Ivyn 	20 January 1439 	13 April 1440 	
Sir John Hody 	13 April 1440 	25 January 1442 	
Sir John Fortescue 	25 January 1442 	13 May 1461 	
Sir John Markham 	13 May 1461 	23 January 1469 	
Sir Thomas Billing 	23 January 1469 	7 May 1481 	
Sir William Huse 	7 May 1481 	24 November 1495 	
Sir John Fineux 	24 November 1495 	23 January 1526 	
Sir John FitzJames 	23 January 1526 	21 January 1539 	
Sir Edward Montagu 	21 January 1539 	9 November 1545 	
Sir Richard Lyster 	9 November 1545 	21 March 1552 	
Sir Roger Chomeley 	21 March 1552 	4 October 1553 	
Sir Thomas Bromley 	4 October 1553 	11 June 1555 	
Sir William Portman 	11 June 1555 	8 May 1557 	
Sir Edward Saunders 	8 May 1557 	22 January 1559 	
Sir Robert Catlyn 	22 January 1559 	8 November 1574 	
Sir Christopher Wray 	8 November 1574 	2 June 1592 	
Sir John Popham 	2 June 1592 	25 June 1607 	
Sir Thomas Fleming 	25 June 1607 	25 October 1613 	
Sir Edward Coke 	25 October 1613 	16 November 1616 	
Sir Henry Montagufrom 1620, the Viscount Mandeville	16 November 1616 	29 January 1621 	
Sir James Ley 	29 January 1621 	26 January 1625 	
Sir Ranulph Crewe 	26 January 1625 	5 February 1627 	
Sir Nicholas Hyde 	5 February 1627 	August 1631 	
Sir Thomas Richardson 	24 October 1631 	14 April 1635 	
Sir John Brampston 	14 April 1635 	31 October 1642 	
Sir Robert Heath 	31 October 1642 	October 1645 	
Henry Rolle 	12 October 1648 	15 June 1655 	parliamentary Lord Chief Justice
John Glyn 	15 June 1655 	17 January 1660 	parliamentary Lord Chief Justice
Sir Richard Newdigate 	17 January 1660 	1 October 1660 	
Sir Robert Foster 	1 October 1660 	19 October 1663 	
Sir Robert Hyde 	19 October 1663 	21 November 1665 	
Sir John Kelynge 	21 Novmeber 1665 	18 May 1671 	
Sir Matthew Hale 	18 May 1671 	12 April 1676 	
Sir Richard Raynsford 	12 April 1676 	31 May 1678 	
Sir William Scroggs 	31 May 1678 	11 April 1681 	
Sir Fraser Pemberton 	11 April 1681 	28 September 1683	
Sir George Jeffreysfrom 1685, the Lord Jeffreys 	28 September 1683	23 October 1685 	
Sir Edward Herbert 	23 October 1685 	22 April 1687 	
Sir Robert Wright 	22 April 1687 	17 April 1689 	
Sir John Holt 	17 April 1689 	11 March 1710 	
Sir John Parkerfrom 1716, the Lord Parker 	11 March 1710 	15 May 1718 	
Sir John Pratt 	15 May 1718 	2 March 1725 	
Sir Robert Raymond 	2 March 1725 	31 October 1733 	
Sir Philip Yorke 	31 October 1733 	8 June 1737 	
Sir William Lee 	8 June 1737 	2 May 1754 	
Sir Dudley Ryder 	2 May 1754 	8 November 1756 	
The Lord Mansfieldfrom 1776, the Earl of Mansfield 	8 November 1756 	4 June 1788 	
The Lord Kenyon 	4 June 1788 	11 April 1802 	
The Lord Ellenborough 	11 April 1802 	2 November 1818 	
Sir Charles Abbotfrom 1827, the Lord Tenterden 	2 November 1818 	4 November 1832 	
Sir Thomas Denmanfrom 1834, the Lord Denman 	4 November 1832 	5 March 1850 	
The Lord Campbell of St Andrews 	5 March 1850 	24 June 1859 	
Sir Alexander Cockburn 	24 June 1859 	1 November 1875 	
==Lord Chief Justices of England, 1875-1967==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes
Sir Alexander Cockburn 	1 November 1875 	20 November 1880 	
The Lord Coleridge 	29 November 1880 	14 June 1894 	
The Lord Russell of Killowen 	11 July 1894 	10 August 1900 	
The Lord Alverstone 	10 August 1900 	21 October 1913 	
Sir Rufus Isaacsfrom 1914, the Lord Reading; from 1916, the Viscount Reading; from 1917, the Earl of Reading	21 October 1913 	8 March 1921 	
Alfred Lawrencefrom August 1921, the Lord Trevethin 	15 April 1921 	2 March 1922 	
The Lord Hewart 	8 March 1922 	12 October 1940 	
The Viscount Caldecote 	14 October 1940 	23 January 1946 	
The Lord Goddard 	23 January 1946 	29 September 1958	
The Lord Parker of Waddington 	29 September 1958	20 April 1971 	
The Lord Widgery 	20 April 1971 	15 April 1980 	
The Lord Lane 	15 April 1980 	27 April 1992 	
The Lord Taylor of Gosforth 	27 April 1992 	4 June 1996 	
The Lord Bingham of Cornhill 	4 June 1996 	6 June 2000 	
The Lord Woolf 	6 June 2000 	30 September 2005	
The Lord Phillips of Worth Maltravers 	30 September 2005	current incumbent