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Definition of Alnager

Alnager
Alnager Al"na*ger, n. [See Alnage.] A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

Meaning of Alnager from wikipedia

- the ****ize of Cloth, and in the reign of Edward I an official called an "alnager" or "aulnager" was appointed to enforce it. His duty was to measure each...
- Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62) Alnagers were inspectors of woollen cloth. The dictionary definition of alnager at Wiktionary Forestall in the meaning...
- In the reign of Edward I (1272 - 1307), an official called the king's alnager was appointed to enforce the law, and all towns were required to have an...
- University Press. p. 719. Ford, Felicity (26 November 2014). "Wovember Words: Alnagers". Retrieved 2024-09-30. Burgess, E. Martin (April 1953). "The mail-maker's...
- a reward an addition of £1,000 a year to the salary of his sinecure of alnager, a major's commission in a cavalry regiment, and a promise of the Secretaryship...
- (Lancashire) Act 1566 (repealed) 8 Eliz. 1. c. 12 2 January 1567 An Act for the Alnagers Fees in Lancashire, and for Length, Breadth, and Weight of Cottons, Frizes...
- In June 1380, he was appointed one of the three deputies of the royal alnager of cloth, MP William Hervy. The last mention of him was in 1407, when he...
- New Drapery, and the true searching and sealing thereof by His Majesty's Alnager within this Kingdom;" and also so much of an Act made in the Nineteenth...
- de Blaquiere, during the Continuance of his Interest in the Office of Alnager. The whole. 57 Geo. 3. c. 110 Duties on Spirits (Ireland) Act 1817 An Act...
- January 1397 and 1399; he was also coroner and bailiff of the town and an alnager in Suffolk. He married, at some point before 1387, a woman named Christine...