King's Secretary
The King's Secretary was an administrative role that developed in England in the Middle Ages as the monarchy developed in complexity.[1]
King's signet ring
Robert Braybrooke was the first King's Secretary with the use of the king's signet ring, upon the accession of the ten-year-old Richard II to the English throne in July 1377.[1]
References
- ^ a b Kynaston, David (1978). The Secretary of State. Lavenham, Suffolk: Dalton. ISBN 0-900963-80-8.
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