cursista

cursista, ~istarius, ~istor, ~ester , cursitor, Chancery clerk responsible for ‘writs of course’. Cf. cursorius 5, cursus 9c. 1389 sint xxiiij ~iste in Cancellaria‥qui brevia‥manibus suis propriis scribant Chanc. Orders 4; c1420 pro xxiiij ~istoribus xij tantum qui manibus suis propriis ad sigillum scribant esse volumus Ib. 7b; 1575 unus ~esterum curie Cancellarie nostre Pat 1124 m. 11; 1587 curcista curie Cancellarie Ib. 1298 m. 16; Camd. Br. 143 (v. cancellaria 2c); 1621 [vj d.] super sigillacionem cum magno sigillo Anglie omnium originalium brevium‥que fieri debent per ~istarios Cancellarie domini regis (Ac. Pipe Office) Great Seal 305.

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