remembrancern.

Brit.

/rᵻˈmɛmbr(ə)nsə/, U.S.

/rəˈmɛmbrənsər/,

/riˈmɛmbrənsər/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s remembrauncer, late Middle English– remembrancer, 1700s rememberancer.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: remembrance n., -er suffix¹; French remembrancer.

Etymology: Partly < remembrance n. + -er suffix¹, and partly (in sense 1b) < Anglo-Norman remembrancer, remembrauncer financial clerk of the Court of Exchequer (1323 or earlier; < remembrance , remembraunce remembrance n. + -er -er suffix²). With sense 1b compare post-classical Latin remembrancarius, in same sense (1290 in a British source).In King's Remembrancer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer at sense 1b(b) after Anglo-Norman remembrauncer le Roi and remembrauncer le Tresorier respectively (both 1323 or earlier).

†a. A local official of some kind, perhaps a collector of the Crown's debts. Obsolete. rare.

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society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > other English officials

wicknerc1000

purveyorc1425

remembrancer1431

Clerk of the Market1451

secondary1461

water bailiff1590

Master of the Jewel House1597

clerk of the remembrance1607

well-reeve?1648

stairer1695

bar-keeper1818

waste-inspector1898

1431 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 386/1 Plese it to the right wyse and discrete Comunes in this present Parlement assembled to consyder, the grete hevynesse..Robt. Holme Esquyer, Remembrauncer of Guyen, stont in..suyng for the good of the Corone of oure Soverayn liege Lorde the Kyng, and for the parties of the Duche of Guyen.

1432 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 418/2 Robert Holme Esquier, Remembrauncer of Guyen..in this lond hath taryed and abyden, in leyng for the saide pursuyt his godes and Jewelles to weolde [read wedde].

b. The name of certain officials of the Court of Exchequer. (a) King's Remembrancer (also Queen's Remembrancer): an officer of the Court of Exchequer, formerly one responsible for the collection of debts due to the sovereign, now in England and Wales with largely ceremonial duties; (in Scotland) an officer of the Exchequer who represents the King's (or Queen's) interest, esp. as regards treasure trove and other financial matters (now historical: the title was joined with that of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in 1836). (b) Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer: (now historical in England and Wales, abolished by Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 99 §41); (in Scotland since 1836 as King's (or Queen's) and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer) a senior financial officer with duties varying over time but including asserting the Crown's interest in treasure trove and in the intestate estates of persons dying without heirs. (c) Remembrancer of the First Fruits: an officer responsible for the collection of all compositions for first fruits and tenths (now historical, abolished by Act 1 & 2 Vict. c. 20 §1).

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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts

alderman1275

steward of the manor1303

Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425

remembrancer1451

augmentationer1550

associate1552

procurator-fiscal1564

proctor-fiscal1565

chafer1587

custos brevium1589

examiner1594

chafe-wax1607

exceptor1728

procurator general1740

Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769

Pundit of the Supreme Court1827

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > collector of

Remembrancer of the First Fruits1607

1451 in Archaeologia Aeliana (1859) 3 185 (MED) In the ixe. Rolle in the office of the Kynges Remembrauncer more pleinlie it is conteigned.

1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §40. m. 20 This acte..extend not nor be prejudiciall unto William Essex..of the office of oure remembrancer in oure eschequer, with wages, fees, rewardes, clothyng, furres and all other profittes to the same office perteynyng or accustumed.

1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 16 §2 Her or their Graces Officers of Remembrauncer and the Treasourers Remembrancer.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Kkk4^v/2 Remembrancers of the Exchequer (Rememoratores) be three officers, or clerks, one called the Kings Remembrancer... The third is called the Remembrancer of the first fruites.

1662 Act 14 Chas. II c. 21 §3 That the several Remembrancers of the said Court..make true and perfect Copies of..such other Seizure and Inquisicion.

1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 9 The Lord Palmerstown is First Remembrancer worth near 2000l. per Ann.

1797 22nd Rep. Sel. Comm. Finance 4 Upon entering into the Details of the Constitution of this Court, the Officers who first present themselves are the Remembrancers.

1838 Act 1 & 2 Victoria c. 20 §11 Henry Warre Esquire, the present Remembrancer of First Fruits and Tenths.

1887 F. Pollock Land Laws (ed. 2) 8 (note) These rents are now received by the Queen's Remembrancer a few days before the beginning of Michaelmas term.

1913 Pop. Mech. May 717/2 A quaint ceremony takes place annually at the Law Courts in London, the City Solicitor appearing before the ‘King's Remembrancer’ to discharge the quitrent service concerning certain properties in the city of London and the county of Salop.

1959 O. J. Brose Church & Parl. iii. v. 107 Another witness, Richard A. Blake, the Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer..also wanted ‘a corporate body established in each diocese..in whom the lands should vest’.

1982 J. S. Roskell Parl. & Polit. in Late Medieval Eng. II. ix. 212 Treasurer's Remembrancer though he was, Thorpe evidently considered that his original grant was proof against interference, even by the Treasurer himself.

2007 D. Porter & D. Prince Frommer's Eng. 2008 iii. 41/1 The city solicitor pays the Queen's remembrancer..token rents for properties long ago leased... For example, the solicitor will pay the remembrancer two faggots of wood, a billhook, and a hatchet for land in Shropshire.

c. An official of the Corporation of the City of London whose chief duties now are representation of that body in communications with Parliament and the Crown and responsibility for ceremonial and protocol.‘From the records of the City of London, in the Town Clerk's Office, it appears that the office of Remembrancer was instituted in 1570–1’ ( Archaeologia (1855) 36 106).

ΚΠ

1646 J. Bellamie Iustification City Remonstr. & Vindic. 44 I instance in four severall acts of that Court, viz. the removing of..Mr. Iohn Wilde from being Town Clerk, Mr. Tho. Wiseman from being the City Remembrancer, and divers Aldermens Deputies from their places of Deputyship.

1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 631 Mr. John Johnson, Remembrancer [of the City of London].

1770 in Examiner (1812) 4 May 286/1 Lord Denbigh came up to the City Remembrancer.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. vii. 590 In the official establishment of the city of London there exists still one officer, the remembrancer [etc.].

1837 Municip. Corporations (Eng. & Wal.) 2nd Rep., London 45 The Remembrancer is elected by the Common Council.

1882 Times 1 Mar. 9/6 Mr. Robarts..was elected City Remembrancer in 1878, at a salary of 1,500l. per annum.

1951 Folk-lore 62 336 Behind them sat the Lord Mayor in glittering state robes, scarlet-clad Sheriffs, the City Remembrancer and the Mayor of Westminster wearing robes of blue and gold.

2000 P. France Oxf. Guide Lit. in Eng. Transl. 535 One translation of Caesar dominated the 17th c., that of Clement Edmondes (Edmunds) (?1564-1622), Remembrancer of the City of London.

†d. Queen's Remembrancer: an officer having the administration of the Queen Consort's affairs. Obsolete.

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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

?1644 Cal. State Papers Chas. I, Domest. (1890) 212 There has always been an officer called the Remembrancer to the Queens of this nation.]

1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 5 Clerke in the Office of the Queenes Remembrancer.

2. A person who reminds another or others of a thing, esp. (now chiefly historical) one engaged or appointed for that purpose (common in 16–17th centuries). Also: a memoirist, a chronicler.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > one who reminds

remembrancer1523

flapper1726

society > communication > record > written record > compiler or keeper of written records > [noun] > others

secretary14..

remembrancer1523

rapporteur1653

tally-writer1786

messenger1793

memorandist1866

toll-clerk1878

shorthand typist1901

progress clerk1916

filing clerk1922

secretary bird1969

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 864 To be your remembrauncer, madame, I am bounde.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxix. 13) God knoweth welynough without a remembrancer, that men have but a short journey to walk upon earth.

1646 J. Dury Israels Call 28 You have put me in this place, to be your remembrancer in the name of the Lord.

1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 22 I think it would not do Amiss, if the Dissenter should Counter-Advise his Remembrancer upon Two or Three of these Last Points.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 95 If I had not been an ass, I should not have needed a remembrancer.

1835 R. Browning Paracelsus ii. 44 What does this Remembrancer set down concerning ‘life’?

1865 Examiner 18 Mar. 161 It is his chosen office to be Remembrancer of all wrongs.

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids vi. 116 Sandra is our professional remembrancer—continuity is her usual work.

1957 Times 8 Aug. 8/2 Both [wrote] personal portraits and reminiscences. In both cases Posterity will need to bear in mind that they are not always reliable remembrancers.

1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iv. ii. 356 Byrhtnoth's brave but..foolhardy stand..found no remembrancer among the victors.

2003 C. J. Knight Uncommon Readers iii. 306 He is a remembrancer. ‘Is there,’ asks [George] Steiner.., ‘for a Jew, any duty greater than that of bestowing loving burial on his parents, of saying kaddish for them aloud and under his remembering breath?’

3. Something that serves to remind a person; a reminder; a memento, souvenir.

a. With of. Now formal or literary.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > a reminder

monishment1483

rememberera1542

remembrancer1556

memorandum1583

minding1601

remembrance1606

rememorative1613

reminder1614

rememoration1654

monit1692

flapper1726

remembrancing1800

tickler1808

refresher1809

reminding1865

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvii. sig. Aaviiii^v As remembrauncer of your remembraunce, ley One speciall meane forth here: remembred to be, Drawing herers in all things to equite.

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iii. 263 There are some Remains of noble Structures, Remembrancers of their prosperous State.

1683 Mem. Sir J. Melvil 143 I had indited a long Letter..as a remembrancer of his former promises.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iii. 16 Premature consolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 253 You have in them speaking remembrancers of mortality.

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables v. 89 The..freckles, friendly remembrancers of the April sun and breeze.

1909 ‘M. Twain’ Is Shakespeare Dead? vi. 30 The few surviving steamboats—those lingering ghosts and remembrancers of great fleets that plied the big river in the beginning of my water-career.

1940 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 65/2 The name ‘Allison’ is a remembrancer of Jim Allison, who, with Carl Fisher, founded the Prest-O-Lite Co. and later established the Indianapolis Speedway so that they could play with racing cars.

1985 A. Wear in R. Porter Patients & Practitioners (2003) iii. 66 This was the baroque era with the skull as its remembrancer of death.

b. Used in the title of a book, journal, or pamphlet. Now historical.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > title of book or pamphlet

remembrancer1585

1585 J. Higins (title) The Nomenclator, or Remembrancer of Adrianus Iunius.., conteining proper names and apt termes for all thinges.

1628 G. Wither (title) Britain's Remembrancer, containing a Narration of the Plague lately past.

1670 C. Barksdale (title) A Remembrancer of Excellent Men.

1749 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 288 There was a Remembrancer on that subject ready for the press.

1788 (title) Egerton's Theatrical Remembrancer, a list of all dramatic performances.

1867 (title) The churchman's daily remembrancer, meditations from standard divines.

1871 (title) The legal remembrancer: containing concise statements of the law as it now is, on subjects of general importance, particularly adapted to the state of New York.

1914 (title) The Tawawa Remembrancer.

2000 J. A. Secord Victorian Sensation ii. vii. 230 Among several favorable notices the High Church monthly Christian Remembrancer praised it as a ‘seasonable and searching antidote’.

c. Without prepositional phrase. Now formal or literary.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > keepsake, souvenir

tokenc1385

remembrance1424

memory?c1425

memoranda1450

remembrancer1593

momento1600

relic1611

memorandum1679

memento1768

souvenir1776

keepsake1790

ricordo1821

a present from ——1853

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 79 Consideration, is a good Counsellour: & Reading, no badd Remembrancer.

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. i. 13 Sweet teares of loue, remembrancers to tyme.

1607 Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 363 Even of barren Sicamores, such as I, there were use, if either any light flashings, or scorching vehemencies..made you need so shadowie an example or Remembrancer.

1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 297 Their stomacks are their Clocks and Remembrancers.

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 144 This Diary is the basis of the other accounts, and serves as an almost-infallible Remembrancer.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 32 I fell dangerously ill there; and that timely remembrancer was the cause of bringing back your son to you.

1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 252 A bit of the sacred wood for a remembrancer.

1873 C. W. Stoddard S. Sea Idyls (2004) 46 I begged him to select something for a remembrancer; and of all that ingenuity can invent and art achieve he chose a metallic chain for his neck.

1923 R. C. Rhodes Shakespeare's First Folio viii. 118 A remembrancer for casting.

2005 J. Corke War Memorials in Brit. 48 Like all war memorials, their purpose is to act as remembrancers for past generations who have experienced war in Britain and elsewhere.

†d. A register or record. Obsolete. rare.

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society > communication > record > [noun] > a record

chroniclec1380

record1399

calends1470

blazon1574

calendara1616

anagraph1656

remembrancer1671

1671 N. Philipot (title) Reasons..for a Registry or Remembrancer of all Deeds and Incumbrances of Real Estates.

†e. A memorandum book. Obsolete. rare.

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society > communication > record > written record > daily record or journal > [noun] > other types of journal

book of remembrance1465

commentary1531

notebook1565

tablebook1582

remembrance booka1627

stam-book1662

memorandum book1683

memorandum paper1710

noctuary1714

workbook1766

memorandum tablet1774

journalet1776

birthday book1806

tickler1808

remembrancer1843

war diary1917

worksheet1925

pillow book1928

memory board1955

Daytimer1960

1843 W. M. Thackeray Confessions George Fitz-Boodle in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 80/1 Taking from her waist a little mother-of-pearl remembrancer, she notes them down.

†4. A person who sends good wishes to another. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > remembrance or greetings sent > one who

remembrancer1700

1700 S. Pepys Let. 8 Feb. in Private Corr. (1926) I. 288 Captain Hatton (who was my gu[e]st to day, and your kind rememberancer) tells me of a printed booke of graveings don at rome about (as he thinks) 60 years agoe.

†5. A person who tries to remember a thing. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [noun] > one who seeks to remember

remembrancer1798

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xxi. 576 Here are things mentioned which will much assist the young remembrancer.

Derivatives

Reˈmembrancership n. now chiefly historical the office of Remembrancer.

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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts > office of spec.

Remembrancership1565

1565 H. Brady Let. 16 May in M. V. Ronan Reformation in Ireland under Elizabeth (1930) i. 142 I Wrote unto you for the office of the Remembrancership for Jeffrye Pintchbacke, a poor kinsman of your own.

1812 S. E. Brydges & J. Haslewood Brit. Bibliogr. II. 20 From a prose PS to this piece, it appears that some of [George] Wither's civic friends, after the publication of his ‘Britain's Remembrancer’, had proposed, when the office became vacant, to have the City-Remembrancership conferred on him: but the proposal failed.

1835 Times 20 Oct. 1/6 Mr. Howley and a Mr. O'Hanlon, of the Irish office in London, were both candidates for the deputy remembrancership.

1882 Times 1 Mar. 9/6 The Court of Common Council looked upon the Remembrancership as a post given for the term of a year only.

1958 Econ. Hist. Rev. 11 241 The Remembrancership of the exchequer was expected to fetch £1500 to £2000.

2002 G. E. Aylmer Crown's Servants iii. xiv. 118 Such was the case with the Remembrancership of First Fruits, when its holder took over from his delinquent brother, the Receiver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remembrancer
释义	remembrancern. Brit. /rᵻˈmɛmbr(ə)nsə/, U.S. /rəˈmɛmbrənsər/, /riˈmɛmbrənsər/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s remembrauncer, late Middle English– remembrancer, 1700s rememberancer. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: remembrance n., -er suffix¹; French remembrancer. Etymology: Partly < remembrance n. + -er suffix¹, and partly (in sense 1b) < Anglo-Norman remembrancer, remembrauncer financial clerk of the Court of Exchequer (1323 or earlier; < remembrance , remembraunce remembrance n. + -er -er suffix²). With sense 1b compare post-classical Latin remembrancarius, in same sense (1290 in a British source).In King's Remembrancer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer at sense 1b(b) after Anglo-Norman remembrauncer le Roi and remembrauncer le Tresorier respectively (both 1323 or earlier). 1. †a. A local official of some kind, perhaps a collector of the Crown's debts. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > other English officials wicknerc1000 purveyorc1425 remembrancer1431 Clerk of the Market1451 secondary1461 water bailiff1590 Master of the Jewel House1597 clerk of the remembrance1607 well-reeve?1648 stairer1695 bar-keeper1818 waste-inspector1898 1431 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 386/1 Plese it to the right wyse and discrete Comunes in this present Parlement assembled to consyder, the grete hevynesse..Robt. Holme Esquyer, Remembrauncer of Guyen, stont in..suyng for the good of the Corone of oure Soverayn liege Lorde the Kyng, and for the parties of the Duche of Guyen. 1432 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 418/2 Robert Holme Esquier, Remembrauncer of Guyen..in this lond hath taryed and abyden, in leyng for the saide pursuyt his godes and Jewelles to weolde [read wedde]. b. The name of certain officials of the Court of Exchequer. (a) King's Remembrancer (also Queen's Remembrancer): an officer of the Court of Exchequer, formerly one responsible for the collection of debts due to the sovereign, now in England and Wales with largely ceremonial duties; (in Scotland) an officer of the Exchequer who represents the King's (or Queen's) interest, esp. as regards treasure trove and other financial matters (now historical: the title was joined with that of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in 1836). (b) Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer: (now historical in England and Wales, abolished by Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 99 §41); (in Scotland since 1836 as King's (or Queen's) and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer) a senior financial officer with duties varying over time but including asserting the Crown's interest in treasure trove and in the intestate estates of persons dying without heirs. (c) Remembrancer of the First Fruits: an officer responsible for the collection of all compositions for first fruits and tenths (now historical, abolished by Act 1 & 2 Vict. c. 20 §1). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > collector of Remembrancer of the First Fruits1607 1451 in Archaeologia Aeliana (1859) 3 185 (MED) In the ixe. Rolle in the office of the Kynges Remembrauncer more pleinlie it is conteigned. 1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §40. m. 20 This acte..extend not nor be prejudiciall unto William Essex..of the office of oure remembrancer in oure eschequer, with wages, fees, rewardes, clothyng, furres and all other profittes to the same office perteynyng or accustumed. 1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 16 §2 Her or their Graces Officers of Remembrauncer and the Treasourers Remembrancer. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Kkk4^v/2 Remembrancers of the Exchequer (Rememoratores) be three officers, or clerks, one called the Kings Remembrancer... The third is called the Remembrancer of the first fruites. 1662 Act 14 Chas. II c. 21 §3 That the several Remembrancers of the said Court..make true and perfect Copies of..such other Seizure and Inquisicion. 1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 9 The Lord Palmerstown is First Remembrancer worth near 2000l. per Ann. 1797 22nd Rep. Sel. Comm. Finance 4 Upon entering into the Details of the Constitution of this Court, the Officers who first present themselves are the Remembrancers. 1838 Act 1 & 2 Victoria c. 20 §11 Henry Warre Esquire, the present Remembrancer of First Fruits and Tenths. 1887 F. Pollock Land Laws (ed. 2) 8 (note) These rents are now received by the Queen's Remembrancer a few days before the beginning of Michaelmas term. 1913 Pop. Mech. May 717/2 A quaint ceremony takes place annually at the Law Courts in London, the City Solicitor appearing before the ‘King's Remembrancer’ to discharge the quitrent service concerning certain properties in the city of London and the county of Salop. 1959 O. J. Brose Church & Parl. iii. v. 107 Another witness, Richard A. Blake, the Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer..also wanted ‘a corporate body established in each diocese..in whom the lands should vest’. 1982 J. S. Roskell Parl. & Polit. in Late Medieval Eng. II. ix. 212 Treasurer's Remembrancer though he was, Thorpe evidently considered that his original grant was proof against interference, even by the Treasurer himself. 2007 D. Porter & D. Prince Frommer's Eng. 2008 iii. 41/1 The city solicitor pays the Queen's remembrancer..token rents for properties long ago leased... For example, the solicitor will pay the remembrancer two faggots of wood, a billhook, and a hatchet for land in Shropshire. c. An official of the Corporation of the City of London whose chief duties now are representation of that body in communications with Parliament and the Crown and responsibility for ceremonial and protocol.‘From the records of the City of London, in the Town Clerk's Office, it appears that the office of Remembrancer was instituted in 1570–1’ ( Archaeologia (1855) 36 106). ΚΠ 1646 J. Bellamie Iustification City Remonstr. & Vindic. 44 I instance in four severall acts of that Court, viz. the removing of..Mr. Iohn Wilde from being Town Clerk, Mr. Tho. Wiseman from being the City Remembrancer, and divers Aldermens Deputies from their places of Deputyship. 1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 631 Mr. John Johnson, Remembrancer [of the City of London]. 1770 in Examiner (1812) 4 May 286/1 Lord Denbigh came up to the City Remembrancer. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. vii. 590 In the official establishment of the city of London there exists still one officer, the remembrancer [etc.]. 1837 Municip. Corporations (Eng. & Wal.) 2nd Rep., London 45 The Remembrancer is elected by the Common Council. 1882 Times 1 Mar. 9/6 Mr. Robarts..was elected City Remembrancer in 1878, at a salary of 1,500l. per annum. 1951 Folk-lore 62 336 Behind them sat the Lord Mayor in glittering state robes, scarlet-clad Sheriffs, the City Remembrancer and the Mayor of Westminster wearing robes of blue and gold. 2000 P. France Oxf. Guide Lit. in Eng. Transl. 535 One translation of Caesar dominated the 17th c., that of Clement Edmondes (Edmunds) (?1564-1622), Remembrancer of the City of London. †d. Queen's Remembrancer: an officer having the administration of the Queen Consort's affairs. Obsolete. 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 ?1644 Cal. State Papers Chas. I, Domest. (1890) 212 There has always been an officer called the Remembrancer to the Queens of this nation.] 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 5 Clerke in the Office of the Queenes Remembrancer. 2. A person who reminds another or others of a thing, esp. (now chiefly historical) one engaged or appointed for that purpose (common in 16–17th centuries). Also: a memoirist, a chronicler. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > one who reminds remembrancer1523 flapper1726 society > communication > record > written record > compiler or keeper of written records > [noun] > others secretary14.. remembrancer1523 rapporteur1653 tally-writer1786 messenger1793 memorandist1866 toll-clerk1878 shorthand typist1901 progress clerk1916 filing clerk1922 secretary bird1969 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 864 To be your remembrauncer, madame, I am bounde. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxix. 13) God knoweth welynough without a remembrancer, that men have but a short journey to walk upon earth. 1646 J. Dury Israels Call 28 You have put me in this place, to be your remembrancer in the name of the Lord. 1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 22 I think it would not do Amiss, if the Dissenter should Counter-Advise his Remembrancer upon Two or Three of these Last Points. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 95 If I had not been an ass, I should not have needed a remembrancer. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus ii. 44 What does this Remembrancer set down concerning ‘life’? 1865 Examiner 18 Mar. 161 It is his chosen office to be Remembrancer of all wrongs. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids vi. 116 Sandra is our professional remembrancer—continuity is her usual work. 1957 Times 8 Aug. 8/2 Both [wrote] personal portraits and reminiscences. In both cases Posterity will need to bear in mind that they are not always reliable remembrancers. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iv. ii. 356 Byrhtnoth's brave but..foolhardy stand..found no remembrancer among the victors. 2003 C. J. Knight Uncommon Readers iii. 306 He is a remembrancer. ‘Is there,’ asks [George] Steiner.., ‘for a Jew, any duty greater than that of bestowing loving burial on his parents, of saying kaddish for them aloud and under his remembering breath?’ 3. Something that serves to remind a person; a reminder; a memento, souvenir. a. With of. Now formal or literary. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > a reminder monishment1483 rememberera1542 remembrancer1556 memorandum1583 minding1601 remembrance1606 rememorative1613 reminder1614 rememoration1654 monit1692 flapper1726 remembrancing1800 tickler1808 refresher1809 reminding1865 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvii. sig. Aaviiii^v As remembrauncer of your remembraunce, ley One speciall meane forth here: remembred to be, Drawing herers in all things to equite. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iii. 263 There are some Remains of noble Structures, Remembrancers of their prosperous State. 1683 Mem. Sir J. Melvil 143 I had indited a long Letter..as a remembrancer of his former promises. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iii. 16 Premature consolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 253 You have in them speaking remembrancers of mortality. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables v. 89 The..freckles, friendly remembrancers of the April sun and breeze. 1909 ‘M. Twain’ Is Shakespeare Dead? vi. 30 The few surviving steamboats—those lingering ghosts and remembrancers of great fleets that plied the big river in the beginning of my water-career. 1940 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 65/2 The name ‘Allison’ is a remembrancer of Jim Allison, who, with Carl Fisher, founded the Prest-O-Lite Co. and later established the Indianapolis Speedway so that they could play with racing cars. 1985 A. Wear in R. Porter Patients & Practitioners (2003) iii. 66 This was the baroque era with the skull as its remembrancer of death. b. Used in the title of a book, journal, or pamphlet. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > title of book or pamphlet remembrancer1585 1585 J. Higins (title) The Nomenclator, or Remembrancer of Adrianus Iunius.., conteining proper names and apt termes for all thinges. 1628 G. Wither (title) Britain's Remembrancer, containing a Narration of the Plague lately past. 1670 C. Barksdale (title) A Remembrancer of Excellent Men. 1749 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 288 There was a Remembrancer on that subject ready for the press. 1788 (title) Egerton's Theatrical Remembrancer, a list of all dramatic performances. 1867 (title) The churchman's daily remembrancer, meditations from standard divines. 1871 (title) The legal remembrancer: containing concise statements of the law as it now is, on subjects of general importance, particularly adapted to the state of New York. 1914 (title) The Tawawa Remembrancer. 2000 J. A. Secord Victorian Sensation ii. vii. 230 Among several favorable notices the High Church monthly Christian Remembrancer praised it as a ‘seasonable and searching antidote’. c. Without prepositional phrase. Now formal or literary. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > keepsake, souvenir tokenc1385 remembrance1424 memory?c1425 memoranda1450 remembrancer1593 momento1600 relic1611 memorandum1679 memento1768 souvenir1776 keepsake1790 ricordo1821 a present from ——1853 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 79 Consideration, is a good Counsellour: & Reading, no badd Remembrancer. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. i. 13 Sweet teares of loue, remembrancers to tyme. 1607 Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 363 Even of barren Sicamores, such as I, there were use, if either any light flashings, or scorching vehemencies..made you need so shadowie an example or Remembrancer. 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 297 Their stomacks are their Clocks and Remembrancers. 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 144 This Diary is the basis of the other accounts, and serves as an almost-infallible Remembrancer. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 32 I fell dangerously ill there; and that timely remembrancer was the cause of bringing back your son to you. 1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 252 A bit of the sacred wood for a remembrancer. 1873 C. W. Stoddard S. Sea Idyls (2004) 46 I begged him to select something for a remembrancer; and of all that ingenuity can invent and art achieve he chose a metallic chain for his neck. 1923 R. C. Rhodes Shakespeare's First Folio viii. 118 A remembrancer for casting. 2005 J. Corke War Memorials in Brit. 48 Like all war memorials, their purpose is to act as remembrancers for past generations who have experienced war in Britain and elsewhere. †d. A register or record. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > [noun] > a record chroniclec1380 record1399 calends1470 blazon1574 calendara1616 anagraph1656 remembrancer1671 1671 N. Philipot (title) Reasons..for a Registry or Remembrancer of all Deeds and Incumbrances of Real Estates. †e. A memorandum book. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > daily record or journal > [noun] > other types of journal book of remembrance1465 commentary1531 notebook1565 tablebook1582 remembrance booka1627 stam-book1662 memorandum book1683 memorandum paper1710 noctuary1714 workbook1766 memorandum tablet1774 journalet1776 birthday book1806 tickler1808 remembrancer1843 war diary1917 worksheet1925 pillow book1928 memory board1955 Daytimer1960 1843 W. M. Thackeray Confessions George Fitz-Boodle in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 80/1 Taking from her waist a little mother-of-pearl remembrancer, she notes them down. †4. A person who sends good wishes to another. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > remembrance or greetings sent > one who remembrancer1700 1700 S. Pepys Let. 8 Feb. in Private Corr. (1926) I. 288 Captain Hatton (who was my gu[e]st to day, and your kind rememberancer) tells me of a printed booke of graveings don at rome about (as he thinks) 60 years agoe. †5. A person who tries to remember a thing. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [noun] > one who seeks to remember remembrancer1798 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xxi. 576 Here are things mentioned which will much assist the young remembrancer. Derivatives Reˈmembrancership n. now chiefly historical the office of Remembrancer. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts > office of spec. Remembrancership1565 1565 H. Brady Let. 16 May in M. V. Ronan Reformation in Ireland under Elizabeth (1930) i. 142 I Wrote unto you for the office of the Remembrancership for Jeffrye Pintchbacke, a poor kinsman of your own. 1812 S. E. Brydges & J. Haslewood Brit. Bibliogr. II. 20 From a prose PS to this piece, it appears that some of [George] Wither's civic friends, after the publication of his ‘Britain's Remembrancer’, had proposed, when the office became vacant, to have the City-Remembrancership conferred on him: but the proposal failed. 1835 Times 20 Oct. 1/6 Mr. Howley and a Mr. O'Hanlon, of the Irish office in London, were both candidates for the deputy remembrancership. 1882 Times 1 Mar. 9/6 The Court of Common Council looked upon the Remembrancership as a post given for the term of a year only. 1958 Econ. Hist. Rev. 11 241 The Remembrancership of the exchequer was expected to fetch £1500 to £2000. 2002 G. E. Aylmer Crown's Servants iii. xiv. 118 Such was the case with the Remembrancership of First Fruits, when its holder took over from his delinquent brother, the Receiver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1431
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