Editors: David Foster, Ian Williams, et al.
OFB XVI contains Bacon’s professional writings during the zenith of his legal and political career, as Lord Keeper and Lord Chancellor.
| 1 | Speech at the taking of his place in Chancery (7 May 1617) | SpCh |
| 2 | Speech at the taking of his place in Chancery (report) (7 May 1617) | SpChr |
| 3 | Speech to Mr Serjeant Hutton (19 May 1617) | SpH |
| 4 | Speech to Sir John Denham (19 May 1617) | SpD |
| 5 | Speech to Sir William Jones (19 May 1617) | SpWJ |
| 6 | Speech in Star Chamber (10 Jul. 1617) | SpSC17 |
| 7 | Speech in Star Chamber (report) (10 Jul. 1617) | SpSC17r |
| 8 | Speech to the Judges (1617) | SpJ |
| 9 | Ordinance for Constituting Reporters (1617) | OCR |
| 10 | Speech in Star Chamber (13 Feb. 1618) | SpSC18a |
| 11 | Star-Chamber. My L. Chancellor’s speech to the judges (26 Jun. 1618) | SpSC18b |
| 12 | Accounts (1618) | ACT |
| 13 | The council’s warrant for searching for gold and silver thread (1618) | CWGS |
| 14 | The warrant dorman[t?] for gold and silver (1618) | WDGS |
| 15 | A declaration of the demeanor and carriage of Sir Walter Ralegh (1618) | DWR |
| 16 | A prayer made by the Lord Chancellor (after 1618) | Pr |
| 17 | Speech in Star Chamber (14 Feb. 1619) | SpSC19 |
| 18 | Form of Sir Thomas Lake’s submission (1619–1620) | TLS |
| 19 | Public Commissions (1619–1620) | PC |
| 20 | On Royal Finances | ORF |
| 21 | Notes to a Speech in Chancery (Whitlock) (1619–1620) | NSpC |
| 22 | Circular from the Council to the Nobility (1620) | CCN |
| 23 | Notes on Yelverton’s Trial (1620) | NYT |
| 24 | Speech in Star Chamber (’20) (1620) | SpSC20 |
| 25 | A draught of an act against an usurious shift of gain (c. 1617–1621?) | AUG |
| 26 | Speech on presenting a petition against Recusants (1620/1) | SpR |
| 27 | Ordinances in Chancery (1618–1621) | OrC |
| 28 | Draft of a proclamation for Parliament (1620) | PrP |
| 29 | First Speech (30 Jan. 1621) | SpF |
| 30 | Speech to the Speaker’s excuse (early 1621) | SpSE |
| 31 | Speech in reply to the king (26 Jan. 1621) | SpRK |
| 32 | A Report | Rep |
| 33 | Warrants (c. 1621) | War |
The Oxford Francis Bacon I: Early Writings 1584-1596, ed. by Alan Stewart with Harriet Knight (Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 1,136. ISBN: 978-0-19-818313-6.