 On 27 March 1784 he was appointed Master of the Rolls , a job to which he dedicated himself once he ceased to act as an MP . He had previously practised in the Court of Chancery , and although unfamiliar with Roman law was highly efficient ; Lord Eldon said " I am mistaken if , after I am gone , the Chancery Records do not prove that if I have decided more than any of my predecessors in the same period of time , Sir Lloyd Kenyon beat us all " . On 9 June 1788 , Kenyon succeeded Lord Mansfield as Lord Chief Justice , and was granted a barony . Although not rated as highly as his predecessor , his work " restored the simplicity and rigor of the common law " . He remained Lord Chief Justice until his death in 1802 . 
