Robert Thorpe (Lord Chancellor)

Sir Robert Thorpe

, and was appointed a Trier of Petitions at every Parliament between 1362 and 1371.

In 1368 he took part in the trial of the Steward of the King's Household, Sir John de la Lee, and in 1371 he was part of a commission inquiring into the embezzlement of money by Sir William Latimer. An anti-clerical movement in 1371 forced the King to dismiss the Lord Chancellor, treasurer, and keeper of the privy seal and replace them with laymen; as a result, Thorpe was appointed as Chancellor to replace William of Wykeham, a position he took up on 14 April. He held the position for only a year until his death on 29 June 1372.

Notes

References

• John Campbell, Baron Campbell, Lives of The Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, pp. 229–232

Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Roger Hillary	Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1356–1371	Succeeded by Sir William Fyncheden
Political offices
Preceded by William of Wykeham	Lord Chancellor 1371–1372	Succeeded by Sir John Knyvet