† parcel-maker Obs. exc. Hist.
(ˈpɑːsəlˌmeɪkə(r))
In pl. Two officers in the Exchequer, who formerly made the parcels of the escheators' accounts, in which they charged these with everything they had levied for the use of the Sovereign during their period of office, delivering the same to the auditors to make up their accounts therewith.
| 1617 in Minsheu Ductor. 1642 C. Vernon Consid. Exch. 111 The decree lately procured by the parcell makers for Sheriffs..to accompt before them for..Escheats, etc. 1658 Sir T. Fanshawe Pract. Excheq. 100 They be Veter. Escaet. & nova Escaet.: totalled up by themselves by the parcell-makers, which be the whole Charge of the Escheator. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. |