rotularia

rotularia, ~us, ~um [1 rotula+-aria] 1 (as sb. f.) office of comptroller or keeper of accounts, comptrollership. 1488 memorandum quod compotans oneratur cum ista resta pecunia in compoto suo ~ie reddito anno nonagesimo ExchScot 22. 2 (as sb. m.) one who records information on a roll, recorder, registrar. c1110 nostro ~io subvenire precamur ‥ ne penuria victus ab incepto deficiat (Rot. Mort. Mathildis) Mém. Soc. des Antiquaires de Normandie (Paris, 1847) p. 272; 1361 hactenus ~ius meus author qui hanc suam chroniculam ex libro monasterii Abendone ‥ compilasse se scripsit (Chr. Abingd.) EHR XXVI 730. 3 (as sb. n.) roller, cylindrical piece of wood. 1553 tribus aliis [manticulariis] super rotular’ pendentibus, Anglice thre other playne towelles to hange upon a roller Pat 852 m. 29.

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