proquaestor

proquaestor [CL] , class of financial officer, deputy treasurer, sub-treasurer. 1533 rege Henrico octavo ‥ adscitus in aulam est, ‥ et creatus eques, ~or primum, post cancellarius Lancastriae, tandem Angliae ‥ factus est (More) Ep. Erasm. X 2831 p. 260.