1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 306/1 Ye said Lordes Spirituell hath promitted..to punisshe ye nounresidentes lawefully for her absence.

1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx sig. G3 The court wanteth not flatterers, nor the citie extortioners..,nor the benches delayes, temples Non-residents, [etc.].

1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. G3^v See that he be such a one, as hath beene a nonresident before, & let him haue diuers liuings.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 774 Idle pastors and secure non-residents.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. iii. 46 This vision, though calculated for this one Bishop, did generally serve for all the non-residents.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. i. 10 Branded with the odious Names of Pluralists and Non-residents.

1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 20 I am confident there are not Ten Clergy-men in the Kingdom, who properly speaking, can be termed Non-Residents.

1812 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 85 The number of non-residents exceeds the number of residents.

1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida I. xi. 111 So many of our clergymen are pluralists and non-residents.

1893 Dict. National Biogr. XXXIV. 252/1 He..filled his cathedral with non-residents, and preferred royalists exclusively to benefices in the diocese.

1941 Cambr. Hist. Jrnl. 7 36 Their number [sc. the beneficed clergy] included..those wealthy non-residents whom Professor Thompson shows to have been especially successful in avoiding infection.

1993 C. Haigh Eng. Reformations i. v. 95 Early discussions in the Commons were of probate, mortuaries, pluralists, non-residents, and priests who served as stewards or traders.

1997 M. G. Brock 19th-cent. Oxf. VI. 35 The Edinburgh Review's sneers about Oxford's professorial lecturing did not apply only to non-residents who could hardly afford to come to Oxford.

1595 H. Chettle Piers Plainnes Prentiship 22 He perswaded my master to be a non-resident on his lands.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. L4^v Men of good place and reckening, will hide themselves in corners, live privately, only to keep their purses..or like nonresidents, rowle vp and downe from one lodging to an other.

1640 H. Mill Nights Search 163 When 'tis paid, he onely can be found: The other are Non-Residents.

1713 S. Sewall Diary II. 409 Henry Farwell of Dunstable talks with me about a Meeting at Woburn of the Non-residents.

1790 T. Holcroft German Hotel (front matter) M'Car. Genius is the inhaibitant of all countries. Frank. No, no—a non resident. Nobody can tell where to find him.

1819 (title) A letter to a Member of Convocation..on the present state of the Catholic claims, by a non-resident.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ix. 729 The usurpations of corporations, the extensive rights of their councils, and the interference of non-residents.

1879 Nation 2 Jan. 5/2 The secret of Missouri's enlarged opposition to the Federal court grows..out of the fact that, in addition to her indebtedness on municipal bonds, her people owe largely to nonresidents on what are known as ‘farm mortgages’.

1910 J. London Let. 9 Aug. (1966) 317 The idea that a judge of rectitude should..try a case between a non-resident like me and a revenue-paying, vote-swinging tenant like Muldowney.

1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Oct. S8/2 In the first two weeks of this year's season, Massey handled nearly 150 fly-in moose hunters, a large percentage of them non-residents.

1998 I. Hamilton Sixty Poems 47 This unprofitable Three dozen yards of land, still fortified Against non-residents, has had its day.

1910 Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1081 Sea and fresh water baths in the hotel..are open to non-residents.

1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 101/1 Even at the Dorchester..the bar is closed at 11 p.m. to non-residents.

1971 ‘A. Gilbert’ Tenant for Tomb vii. 132 A printed invitation to non-residents to use the bar and the dining-room.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 27 Divers of the kinges subjectis..have..obteynid..lycences for to be absent and none resident in and uppon their ordinary offices within the said townes.

1618 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 161 Our burgesses non residentes ar presentlie under proces..to mak thair residence within xl dayes.

1641 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 271 Ane non-resident burges.

1826 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1919) 1st Ser. XII. 252 No Convict will be assigned to any non-resident Settler.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. v. 143 The monks were never non-resident. They expended their revenue among those whose labour had produced it.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ix. 118 It had once been the manorial hall upon a small estate around it, now..merged in the vast tract of a non-resident landlord, which comprised several such modest demesnes.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 221 It consists of 40 full members, who must be residents of Turin, 20 non-resident, and 20 foreign members.

1964 Newfoundland Q. Summer 15/1 Also, with a large enough lot of non-resident hands, there would be a ‘cook room’.

1994 New Scientist 4 June 37/1 Waser discovered that when the whoop-gobble of a nonresident male was played through a loudspeaker close to a study group, the monkeys silently moved away from it.

1747 Boston Weekly Post-boy 17 Aug. The following List is a Tax on the non-Resident Lands in Holles,..both for Residents and Non-Residents at Two Pence per Acre lawful Money..for a Meeting House, and for supporting the Gospel-Ministry.

1762 Pennsylvania Gaz. 25 Mar. Thence S. S. E. by non resident Land, 27 Perches to a Post.

1824 G. Flagg Let. 25 Jan. in Flagg Corr. (1986) 34 About 8 thousand quarter sections of non resident lands sold at Vandalia in Dec.

1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer (ed. 3) 313 The large amount of non-resident lands has hitherto retarded improvements.

1881 Michigan Gen. Statutes (1882) i. 385 Such notice to owners of such non-resident lands, shall be served by posting up the same in three public places.

1911 F. J. Goodnow Soc. Reform & Constit. 363 Taxation of non-resident lands.

1998 in K. Bruland & P. O'Brien From Family Firms to Corporate Capitalism 94 Both capital and contacts could also be built up while acting as agent or steward for non-resident land or coal owners.

1838 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 1 303 A non-resident master receives 70l. per annum, and is assisted by 6 monitors.

1897 Atlantic Monthly June a20 University-Extension and Non-Resident Courses (including all post-graduate) lead to the usual college degrees.

1959 Times 18 June 2/4 Non-resident masters/mistresses required.

1978 Washington Post 5 Feb. h2/7 Residents 15–18 years old are eligible for work at the department's resident camp in Scotland, Md., or at one of several non-resident camps in the District.

1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 17/3 It is a non-resident posting, but White will make occasional ceremonial visits. The cost, say mandarins, will result in no extra call on the Exchequer.

1968 Family Coordinator 17 314/2 We have no word that means ‘father of dependent children not residing with him because of divorce from their mother who has custody’. Perhaps we should call him ‘non-resident parent’.

1982 N.Y. Times 20 Dec. d12/6 Over half of the kids in our study have not seen the nonresident father over the last year.

2000 G. Clapp Divorce & New Beginnings (ed. 2) xv. 219 Nonresident mothers are more likely to take on the role of supporter, advisor and disciplinarian than are nonresident fathers.