Talk:Master of the Rolls

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The post of Master of The Rolls was originated from the keeper or master of the Rolls Chapel and hostel for converts from Juadaism to Christianity under the auspices of Henry lll under the foundation of the Domus Conversorum 1232, and not as stated from 'a keeper of rolls or documents'.

first edit, not sure what I'm doing[edit]

Just a quick point. The article states that the Master of Rolls in the third highest ranking judge after the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice. The Lord Chncellor is no longer a judge. The role is now filled by a politician, currently the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. Ieatworms (talk) 23:17, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John[edit]

An extraordinary number of the Masters of the Rolls seem to have had the given name John. Can anyone explain why? Was it simply a time when the name was very popular? Are related names like Jonathan and Jack written down as John? Just curious.

John is simply a very common name, I believe? Coupled with historic biases in the makeup of the judicial ranks (you're not going to see a MoR from the 20th century called Alice, or Yong-gi). Ironholds (talk) 12:04, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rolls question[edit]

Question. Do they control all bread rolls. I need to know.

Mistakes everywhere[edit]

I don't know how this was ever promoted to Featured List, but more than half of the dates are wrong. Some have the incumbent holding office months after they have died. It's an awful mess.

Using Sainty, I have corrected every date between 1700 and 1982 (so far) but if there are more systematic errors the whole list should be de-featured. It's completely disgraceful. Atchom (talk) 22:59, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]