| 单词 | lord thesaurer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLord (High) Thesaurer c. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (in Scots, †Lord (High) Thesaurer), formerly, the officer having charge of the receipt and disbursement of the revenues of the kingdom, whose duty it was to examine and pass the accounts of the sheriffs and others concerned in levying the revenues, to receive resignations of lands, etc. In 1663 he was declared President of the Court of Exchequer. Π 1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 32 Pait be the Thesaurair. 1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 125 Takyne be the Kyng..out of the Thesorarris purs. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2031/1 The Earl of Kintore Lord Thesaurer Deput. 1707 Narr. Jas. Nimmo (1889) 103 I was chosen Town Thesaurer. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. (1737) ii. ii. iv. 376 The Officers of State [of Scotland] before the late Union... The Lord Thesaurer Depute, whose Commission ran in the same Terms with that given to the Thesaurer Principal, or the Commissioners of Thesaury. 1877 T. Dickson Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. I. Pref. 13–14 In 1424 James I..assigned two newly created offices, the Comptroller and the Treasurer. 1877 T. Dickson Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. I. 26 The earliest appointment of a Treasurer which remains on record is a letter under the Privy Seal 25 June 1526. 1877 T. Dickson Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. I. 34 None of these [accounts] are of earlier date than fifty years after the institution of the office; the earliest being of the year 1473–4. < as lemmas |
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