Woolsack
the name given to the seat of the Lord Chancellor of England of the Lord Chancellor of of England E in the House of Lords, whose essential portion is a large square bag of wool without either back or arms, and covered with red cloth, the whole forming a kind , standing near the center of the chamber. It is believed were placed in the House of Lords in the time of Edward III. to peers of the importance of England's staple trade. An Act of directs that the Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, or other high officer shall sit and cer shall sit and be placed at the upperin the said Parliament chamber, either there to sit on one form or on the uppermost sack. D'Ewes says the Lord Keeper sat on the woolher majesty (Queen Elizabeth) was absent; the other woolallotted to the other judges. In 1621 it was declared in the standing orders of the House of Lords that "the Lord Chancellor sitteth on the Speaker to the House"-i. e. not in his judicial capacity.