41. It also transferred responsibility for public records from the Master of the Rolls to the Lord Chancellor. 42. Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls . 43. He was knighted in May 1539 and eventually became Master of the Rolls ( 1553 1557 ). 44. At the same time, two Examiners were appointed to assist the Master of the Rolls in examining witnesses. 45. He is there described as master of the rolls and one of the judges delegates of the admiralty. 46. No . 80 was designed by Richard Cassels in 1736 for Master of the Rolls John Philpot Curran. 47. Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice, the second most senior judge in England and Wales.48. He served seven years as Master of the Rolls , simultaneously serving as Chairman of the Historical Manuscripts Commission. 49. The appeal was heard by the Master of the Rolls Lord Justice Geoffrey Lane on 29 July 1977. 50. The Master of the Rolls was also previously responsible for registering solicitors, the officers of the Senior Courts.
