Spigurnel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /spɪˈɡɜː(ɹ)nəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spigurnel is a noun meaning (UK, law, obsolete) The sealer of writs in chancery.
Meaning
(UK, law, obsolete) The sealer of writs in chancery.
Example Sentences
Several Spigurnels of the thirteenth century are, moreover, described indifferently as Serjeants of the King's Chapel and Serjeants of his Chancery
Henry IV provided royal confirmations to several minor Chancery officials , including the spigurnel of Chancery, along with letters patent confirming the office of “chaufeire” within Chancery.
However there is one item of expenditure which may have a direct link to the chancery; the purchase of wax. In 1224-5, for example, we find the bishop's bailiffs at Southwark buying ten pounds of wax 'for the spigurnel by the bishop's order'.
On the 4th of October, being Sunday, the Bishop of Ely, chancellor, producing the new seal, declares the king's pleasure, that it should be from thenceforth used; the Monday after the old seal is broke, præcipiente rege and the pieces delivered to the Spigurnel.
Word Forms
- spigurnels
Related Words
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