About John Scarle
John Scarle was a judge and politician.
John Scarle was an English civil servant and cleric.
He also Clerk of the Parliament (as the office was then known) between November 1384 and February 1397.
He was keeper of the rolls of Chancery from 1394 to 1397. He was named Lord Chancellor of England in 1399. He held that office until 9 March 1401. He was Archdeacon of Lincoln (27 September 1401 – 1403 (when he died).
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