单词 | clerk of one's signet |
释义 | > as lemmasclerk of one's signet clerk of one's signet Obsolete a person in charge of a superior's signet. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > one in charge of seals clerk of one's signeta1500 a1500 (c1450) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 114 For the service that our servant George Asheby, clerc of oure signet, standeth in with us..that ye wil continue..your binevolence..to thexploit of his agrement. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.vv The clercke of hys sygnet no dout it was, for he vsed to beare his masters ryng in his mouthe. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 920/2 A clearke of his closet..and two clearks of his signet. 1669 R. Atkyns Kings Grant of Privilege Defended 7 The King granted a New Patent of like Priviledg to John Moore Clerk of his Signet for 40 years. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 769 A little before her death, she made him Clerk of her Signet. 1848 R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I I. Notes 460 Of Canons, who commenced his career in the service of Sir Francis Walsingham, next became French and Latin reader to Queen Elizabeth and Clerk of her Signet. < as lemmas |
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