† parcel-makern.
Obsolete.
Either of two officers in the Exchequer responsible for making the parcels of the escheators' accounts.
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1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Aaa1v Parcell makers, are two officers in the eschequer, that make the parcels of the escheators accoumpts, wherein they charge them with euery thing they have leuyed for the Kings vse.
1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 111 The decree lately procured by the parcell makers for Sheriffs..to accompt before them for..Escheats, etc.
1658 P. Osborne Pract. Exchequer Court 100 They be Veter. Escaet. & nova Escaet.: totalled up by themselves by the parcell-makers, which be the whole Charge of the Escheator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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