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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Chanslar(e, -ler, -lor, n. [Reduced forms of Chancellar(e, etc. Cf. Chanclar(e.]

1. The chancellor of Scotland or England.(a) c1475 Wall. vi. 861.
Erll off Stamffurd, was chanslar off Ingland, … this trawaill tuk on hand
Ib. 868.
The gret chanslar and Amar thidder past
1488 Treas. Acc. I. 93.
To Mussche to pas … to the Chanslare to get a commission seylit
1493 Douglas Chart. 143.
Our traist cosyne and chanslar Archibald erle of Angus
1593 Maxwell Mem. III. 171.
Ȝe man mak my lord chanslar to mwif his Magestie as I sall gif his lordschip informatioun
1667 Wemyss Corr. 65.
My Lord Rothes … to be our Chanslar in that our antiante kingdome of Scottland
(b) 14.. Acts I. 112/2.
That na chansler, chawmerlane [etc.] … sal be sustenaris na manteinaris … of querellys in the kyngis court
c1475 Wall. ix. 663.
Be thar chansler the tothir pees was bwn
1495 Douglas Chart. 149.
Archibalde erll of Anguse, lord Douglas, and chansler of Scotlande
1570 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 268.
Thay ordane [certain persons] … to ryde to my lord of Mortoun, chansler, to resort to the toun
1698 Annandale Corr. 155.
The chansler … cane aluays order bussines so as his opinione may determine the mater
(c) 1616 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI. 298.
To the Right Honorabill my Lord Chanslor

2. The chancellor of an assize.1488 Treas. Acc. I. 104; 1490 Ib. 131.
The costis maide in Gedwort be the chanslare, justis, … and clerkis, the tyme of the justis ayre
1514 Dunferm. B. Rec. 191; 1521 Ib. 208.
The assis … be thar chansler pronuncit that the said Dauy Atyine suld pay for his land yeirlye xijd

3. The chancellor of a diocese.1567 G. Ball. 178.
Thocht thow be archebischop, or deane, Chantour, chanslar, or chaplane

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