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alnager
alnager (ˈɔːlnɪdʒə(r)) Forms: 5–7 aulneger, 6 -geour, 7 -geor, alnageor, -eager, allnager, 7–8 alneger, 7–9 aulnager, 7– alnager. [a. OFr. aulnegeor, n. of action f. aulnage: see prec.] A sworn officer appointed to examine and attest the measurement and quality of woollen goods. The office was aboli...
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Alnage
A statute was passed in 1665 creating the office of alnager of the new drapery, and defining the sizes to which cloth should be woven. Alnage duties and the office of alnager were abolished in 1699.
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ulnager
ulnager Hist. (ˈʌlnɪdʒə(r)) [f. prec. +-er1.] = alnager.1750 in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. (1885) App. I. 304 [Prosecuting his suit for the recovery of the patent office of] Ulnager [in Dublin]. 1832 Rolls Parlt. VII. 953/1 Office of Ulnager of Worsteds. 1867 Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 893/2...
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aulner
▪ I. alner variant of almoner2. Obs., a purse.c 1460 Launfal 319, I wyll the yeve an alner I-mad of sylk and of gold cler.▪ II. † ˈalner, aulner Obs. rare. [a. OFr. aulnère, aulneor, mod.Fr. auneur (:—L. alenātor) n. of agent f. aulner to measure by the ell: see alnage and -er.] = alnager.1483 Act 1...
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Edward Acton (MP for Shropshire)
He was High Sheriff of Shropshire, alnager, justice of the peace, and tax collector in the same county, and escheator for that county and also Staffordshire
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Robert Whittington (MP)
In 1382 and beyond, Robert served in various positions within the local government in Gloucestershire as sheriff, justice of the peace, alnager, tax collector
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measurer
measurer (ˈmɛʒ(j)ʊərə(r)) [f. measure v. + -er1.] 1. a. One who measures or takes measurements; esp. one whose duty or office it is to see that goods or commodities are of the proper measure.1552 Huloet, Measurer, dimensor. 1570 Dee Math. Pref. a iij b, To vnderstand..how Farre, a thing seene..is fr...
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East Hendred
From 1394 he held the office of alnager of Berkshire, and later of Oxfordshire also and served as bailiff of the liberty of the Bishopric of Winchester
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sealer
▪ I. sealer, n.1 (ˈsiːlə(r)) Forms: 4 seeler, 4, 6 seler, 5– sealer. [f. seal v.1 + -er1.] 1. One who affixes a seal to a document.1382 Wyclif 2 Esdras x. 1 Seler forsothe weren Neemias, Athersata [etc.]. 1485 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 337/2 The Sealer in the Chauncery. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Cha...
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John Arnold (MP for Ipswich)
Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Ipswich in September 1388, 1394, January 1397 and 1399; he was also coroner and bailiff of the town and an alnager
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tautological
tautological, a. (tɔːtəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl) [f. as prec. + -al1: see -ical.] 1. a. Pertaining to, characterized by, involving, or using tautology; repeating the same word, or the same notion in different words.1620 T. Granger Div. Logike 387 Lest thy discourse be tedious, Tautologicall, erroneous. 1670 Bloun...
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Edward Weston (politician)
In August 1762 he received a grant for 31 years of the office of alnager in Ireland, and next August resigned it on receiving a pension of £500 per annum
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Henry Webbe
In June 1380, he was appointed one of the three deputies of the royal alnager of cloth, MP William Hervy.
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meter
▪ I. meter, n.1 (ˈmiːtə(r)) Also 5 metere, metar, 6 meater, 6–7 metter, 8 meeter. [f. mete v.1 + -er1.] One who measures; a measurer; esp. one whose duty or office is to see that commodities are of the proper measure, as coal-meter, land-meter: see these words.1382 Wyclif Zech. ii. 1 In his hond a l...
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