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Definition of Clerk of the pells

Clerk of the pells
Pell Pell, n. [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell a skin.] 1. A skin or hide; a pelt. 2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record. Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.]

Meaning of Clerk of the pells from wikipedia

- of the Pells on the issue roll. In 1552 the unreliable "Declarations of the State of the Treasury" were replaced by declarations made by the Clerk of the...
- to the sinecure of Clerk of the Pells. Nominally responsible for maintaining records of all Exchequer income and payments, the Clerk of the Pells was...
- 1701 and 1751: Clerk of the Pells (1721–1739) Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer (1739–1751) Ranger of Richmond Park High Steward of Yarmouth Lord...
- Exchequer Chancellor of the Exchequer Chamberlain of the Exchequer Chief Baron of the Exchequer Clerk of the Pells Comptroller General of the Exchequer King's...
- considerable influence, for most of the time between 1690 and 1702. Appointed to the sinecure office of Clerk of the Pells in 1698, Pelham was a reliable...
- resigned his post of Clerk of the Pells in order to become an Auditor of the Exchequer, and Edward was appointed to succeed him, holding the office until his...
- He changed his surname to Dodington by Act of Parliament in 1717. In 1720 he was appointed Clerk of the Pells for Ireland for life. His uncle died in 1720...
- Redrice near Andover, the Right Hon. Stephen Lord Holland, Baron of Foxley in Wilts, and Clerk of the Pells in Ireland. Date of birth "3 Nov 1767" per...
- commissioner of customs 1824–5, clerk of the pells from 1825 until the abolition of the post in 1834, and commissioner of the board of control 1830–5...
- of the Treasurer, who was called the Clerk of the Pipe and later the clerk of the pells. FitzNeal wrote his work to explain the inner workings of the Exchequer...