| Description | This mentions GC and RM who are to hold the office of clerk of the Hanaper and clerk of the Crown in the High Court of Pleas after the decease of Sir JK who held the office for his life. Previous office-holders include NS, TA, LA, WA, WP.
(The Hanaper was an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper.) |