sigillifer

sigillifer [CL sigillum+-fer], bearer or keeper of official seal: a (of keeper of Great Seal); b (of vicechancellor as physical bearer of royal seal); c (of sealer or sim. officer in Chancery, cf. sigillator 1a); d (of officer in service of nobleman other than king). a s1173 Walterus de Constantia factus est ~fer Diceto YH 273 (cf. ib. 4: W. de C. sigillarium regis); s1177 Ualterum de Constantiis archidiaconum de Oxenefordia et ~ferum suum G. Hen. II 136 (= W. Coventr. I 275).  b s1191 ibi inter ceteros submersus interiit Rogerus, cognomento Malus Catalus, regis ~fer, et amissum est sigillum Itin. Ric. II 30 p. 184; Rogerus Malus Catalus regis ~fer, cum cujus corpore sigillum postea est inventum Trevet Ann. 123.  c nihil hic a ~fero, nihil a signatore accipitur, a notario nihil H. Bos. Thom. III 14 p. 224; cancellarii Anglie dignitas est ‥ ut omnia ~feri regii, clerici sui, manu signentur, omnia cancellarii consilio disponantur W. Fitzst. Thom. 9.  d 1380 Willelmo de Camera, clerico justiciarie domini nostri regis, secretario illius domini Alexandri [sc. domini de Badenach et regis filii] et ~fero Reg. Moray 183.