Middle English Dictionary Entry
recordǒur(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | recordǒur(e n. Also recordur, -er, -are. |
| Etymology | OF: cp. CF recordëor, -e(o)ur, -ere, AF recordour. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The chief legal official of a city; (b) a witness.
Associated quotations
a
- (1415) *Choosing Mayor Norwich (Cleo C.10)40-41 : Þe Recordour of þe Cite..schall declaren þe caws of þare comyng.
- (1422) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.141/12 : John Fray, atte that tyme beyng Recordour of þe said Cite, said to the Brueres, [etc.].
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)49 : At the secounde table satyn the Mair, Recordour, and Aldermen off London.
- (1447) Shillingford17 : Y pray yow that..oure Recorder have knoweliche of all thyng that y have write home.
- (1463-4) RParl.5.504b : Aldermen or Recorders of the same Cite..shal be chosen and assigned to doo their service in the Coronation of the Kyng.
- (1474-5) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.44 : Item,paid vnto vmferey Sterkey, Recordare, for his advice fore þe corporacyon, iij s. iiij d.
- a1500(c1450) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)140 : We..pray yow..that..ye wil have the seid T. unto the said occupacion of recorder, when it shall nexte voide.
b
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)31 : Also agaynes þis [the eighth] commaundement doos al fals recordurs, gylurus, [etc.].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)426 : Recordowre, wytnesse berer: Testis.