It was created in 1824 for the lawyer Sir Robert Gifford, who later served as Master of the Rolls.
Sir John Campbell, who in 1836 served as Attorney-General in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne, had twice been overlooked for the office of Master of the Rolls, and was about to tender his resignation to Melbourne as a result of this.
It was created in 1919 for the lawyer and judge Sir Charles Swinfen Eady upon his retirement as Master of the Rolls.
In the 14th century it became the estate of the Master of the Rolls, which included an official residence (Rolls House) and storage for court records.
It is interesting that while the latter two are ducal palaces, Montacute, although built by a Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth I, was occupied for the next 400 years by his descendants, who were gentry without a London townhouse, rather than aristocracy.
Hare had inherited a large amount of money from his great-uncle Sir Nicholas Hare, Master of the Rolls.
He married Ann, daughter and eventual heir of Sir John Trevor, Master of the Rolls and Speaker of the House of Commons.
However, the Public Records Act of that year transferred responsibility for the PRO from the Master of the Rolls to the Lord Chancellor.
On 5 June 1555 he had been examined by Secretary Bourne, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Francis Englefield, Sir Richard Read and Doctor Hughes, 'upon such points as they shall gather out of their former confessions, touching their lewd & vain practises of calculating or conjuring, presently sent unto the with the said letters.
It was created in 1897 for the prominent lawyer and judge William Brett, 1st Baron Esher, upon his retirement as Master of the Rolls.
The title was created on 17 January 1936 for the judge turned Conservative Member of Parliament who achieved the judicial position of Master of the Rolls, Ernest Pollock, 1st Baron Hanworth.
During his absence in France, one Adam of Osgodby, then the Master of the Rolls, acted as his substitute.
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It was created on 22 May 1801 for Sir Richard Arden, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and former Master of the Rolls.
By custom, the President of the Association is the Master of the Rolls of the day: the post is therefore currently held by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury.
For the university press he completed in 1858 an edition of the Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions of St. Matthew's Gospel, commenced by John Mitchell Kemble; and edited for the master of the rolls the Latin History of the Monastery of St. Augustine, Canterbury, preserved in the library of Trinity Hall.
A deed of name change on behalf of a minor must be approved by the Senior Master on behalf of the Master of the Rolls who will take into account the child's best interests.
By Royal Warrant published on October 1, 2009, Queen Elizabeth II established a place for the Deputy President of the Supreme Court in the order of precedence: the Deputy President of the Supreme Court ranks after the Master of the Rolls and before the other Justices of the Supreme Court.
It was later the home of barrister and Master of the Rolls John Philpot Curran.
In 1851 he was appointed Master of the Rolls, and continued to sit for Devonport till the general election in 1852, when he was defeated.
The matter was taken to the Court of Appeal at the House of Lords where on 15 January 1887, under a bench consisting of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (commonly known as Law Lords) Esher MR, Bowen LJ and Fry LJ.
Sandiford appealed this decision, but it was again rejected at the High Court in April 2013, by a three-judge panel, chaired by Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson.
The case was appealed to the Court of Appeal, where it was heard by Lord Denning, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Winn and Lord Justice Buckley.
In 1761, Sewell was one of two candidates considered for appointment as Solicitor General, but the post went instead to Fletcher Norton. However, in 1764 he was knighted and appointed Master of the Rolls, apparently to the surprise of many including himself, after a number of other candidates had refused the post; he held it until his death twenty years later.