| 单词 | clerk of the signet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasClerk of the Signet Clerk of the Signet n. formerly, a clerk in attendance on the royal secretary, in charge of the privy signet for sealing private letters; also used as synonymous with Writer to the signet n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > other officers of royal or great household yeoman of the crown1450 sea-fisher1455 solicitor1460 stationary1462 Clerk of the Signet1489 prothonotary1502 Clerk of the Check1541 yeoman of the revels1552 yeoman of the tents1552 Queen's Remembrancer1647 labourer in trust1746 Master of the Buckhounds1753 cock-crower1785 ministerial1818 1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 108 Item, to the clerkis of the singnet for the writin of letteris, be a precep, ij vnicornis, xxxvj s. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.vv The clercke of hys sygnet..vsed to beare hys masters ryng in his mouthe. a1634 E. Coke 2nd Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1642) 556 The duty of the Clerk of the Signet is to write out such grants or letters patents as passe by bill signed..to the Privy Seal. 1695 Sc. Acts Parl. (1822) IX. 462 All Writs passing under the Signet, called the Signet of the Lords of Session, be subscribed by a Writer as Clerk to the said Signet. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) I. 252 The old clerk of the signet was very joyous. 1921 R. R. Reid King's Council in North ii. i. 154 The secretary, who was also Clerk of the Signet, must seal no writing without his express warrant. 2007 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 40 162 As Clerk of the Signet, his most substantial role under Cromwell was in intelligence-gathering. < as lemmas |
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