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Definition of Chirographers
1. chirographer [n] - See also: chirographer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirographers
Literary usage of Chirographers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London by Arnold Fitz-Thedmar (1863)
"... in the custody " of the chirographers aforesaid, as a rule for their procedure
therein. " Witness myself at Clarendon, this tenth day of December, ..."
2. The History of England by Nicholas Tindal (1757)
"The chirographers were commonly ... the coun- .try) and of the chirographers and
... of the chirographers at Wilton, and take out, in their prefence, ..."
3. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1901)
"... at any time afterwards by him, the Jew ; and this he is ready to verify
etc.; and he says, that he is not bound to put himself upon the chirographers of ..."
4. Select Pleas, Starrs, and Other Records from the Rolls of the Exchequer of by James Macmullen Rigg, Jewish Historical Society of England (1902)
"... that he is not bound to put himself upon the chirographers of the said Chest,
nor ought the attaint to be made by them, because if there were aught of ..."
5. An Abridgement of the History of England: Being a Summary of Mr. Rapin's by Nicolas Tindal, Paul de Rapin-Thoyras (1747)
"The chirographers were commonly ... it was done publickly, in the prefence of
the Sheriff, (if in the County) and of the chirographers and ..."
6. Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte (1901)
"... chests of debts of the Westminster, chirographers of Winchester, Oxford, ...
and Wilton,and by view of the chirographers thereof, both Christians and ..."
7. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson (1900)
"The like to the justices appointed to make scrutiny of the debts of the Jews in
the chest of the chirographers of the Jews of Warwick. Dec. 15. ..."
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