Keepers of The Seals, 1699-1790
| Keeper of the Seals | Began | Ended |
| Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain | 5 September 1699 | 1 July 1714 |
| Daniel Voysin de La Noiraye | 2 July 1714 | 2 February 1717 |
| Henri François d'Aguesseau | 3 February 1717 | 28 January 1718 |
| Marc René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson | 28 January 1718 | 7 June 1720 |
| Henri François d'Aguesseau | 8 June 1720 | 28 February 1722 |
| Joseph Jean Baptiste Fleuriau d'Armenonville | 28 February 1722 | 17 August 1727 |
| Germain Louis Chauvelin | 23 August 1727 | 20 February 1737 |
| Henri François d'Aguesseau | 20 February 1737 | 27 November 1750 |
| Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville | 27 November 1750 | 1 February 1757 |
| vacant | 1 February 1757 | 13 October 1761 |
| Nicolas René Berryer | 13 October 1761 | 15 September 1762 |
| Paul Esprit Feydeau de Brou | 27 September 1762 | 3 October 1763 |
| René Charles de Maupeou | 3 October 1763 | 18 September 1768 |
| René Nicolas de Maupeou | 18 September 1768 | 24 August 1774 |
| Armand Thomas Hue de Miromesnil | 24 August 1774 | 8 April 1787 |
| Chrétien François de Lamoignon de Basville | 8 April 1787 | 14 September 1788 |
| Charles Louis François de Paule de Barentin | 17 September 1788 | 3 August 1789 |
| Jérôme Champion de Cicé | 4 August 1789 | 21 November 1790 |
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