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King's Remembrancer

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noun

  1. (in Great Britain) a judiciary official who collects debts owed to the king.


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In the office of the King's Remembrancer is a record of a deposition in which he appears as a witness at one hundred and fifty-seven.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Not far from the King's Remembrancer there is a Commissioner for Oaths; you can go into his room and have a really good swear for about half-a-crown.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

He was, literally, the King's Remembrancer; and so, on this occasion also, he had come as intermediary to remind his Majesty that the hour for the Council was at hand.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence