Six Clerk Now only Hist.
Also Six-Clerk.
[See six a. 1 d.]
One of the six official clerks formerly connected with the Court of Chancery.
The office was abolished in 1843; for a full account of its history see the Penny Cycl. (1842) XXII. 70–72.
| 1625 Wotton Lett. (1907) II. 316 A Moiety of a Six Clerk's place in Chancery. 1659 England's Conf. 11 Mr. Smith a Six Clerk. a 1734 North Lives (1826) II. 189 A good natured six-clerk took a fancy to the young man. 1813 Act 53 Geo. III, c. 129 Any Office or Offices of a Six Clerk or Six Clerks of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 70/2 In 1630 the office of Six-Clerk was, if not a sinecure, at least an appointment of great value. |