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  • noun UK Any of several former officials in the Court of Exchequer.
  • noun UK A similar official of the Corporation of the City of London.

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Examples

  • In one of our lafl eflays, we referred our readers to this faithful Remembrancer, which is infeparably connefted with us, and intended giving fome account of its nature and office: We would now therefore wifh to treat of the fubjeft at fome length, and with fome accuracy, both in a philofophi - cal and pra&ical light.

    Essays and Dissertations on Various Subjects: Relating to Human Life and Happiness 1770

  • Scotland have sent you a doctor's degree, or, if they have not, all the world knows they ought to have done; and the more shame for them if they keep no 'Remembrancer' to put them in mind of what they must allow to be amongst their most sacred duties.

    The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • Now, getting back to H.A. Muhlenberg's sources for his 1849 version of the story, his next two sources are Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia and Rogers's Remembrancer of American Heroes, Statesmen, and Sages, both of which merely copy verbatim from the last two sentences of James Thacher's journal entry, so neither can be considered an independent source.

    Chris Rodda: "Debunk U" Study Guide -- Lesson 1 2010

  • Ibid., 390–91, and also 440 (November 30, 1787), where Smilie read a copy of the Virginia declaration from The Remembrancer: or, Impartial Repository of Public Events (London, 1776), 221–22.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • Ibid., 390–91, and also 440 (November 30, 1787), where Smilie read a copy of the Virginia declaration from The Remembrancer: or, Impartial Repository of Public Events (London, 1776), 221–22.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • Now, getting back to H.A. Muhlenberg's sources for his 1849 version of the story, his next two sources are Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia and Rogers's Remembrancer of American Heroes, Statesmen, and Sages, both of which merely copy verbatim from the last two sentences of James Thacher's journal entry, so neither can be considered an independent source.

    Chris Rodda: "Debunk U" Study Guide -- Lesson 1 2010

  • Ibid., 390–91, and also 440 (November 30, 1787), where Smilie read a copy of the Virginia declaration from The Remembrancer: or, Impartial Repository of Public Events (London, 1776), 221–22.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • The Queen and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer is the Crown Office employee responsible for claiming objects for the Crown under the law of Treasure Trove.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

  • The stone will now be passed to Orkney Museum and brought to the attention of the Queen and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer to determine if it is a treasure trove or not.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

  • Actually, there's a lot more of The Christian Remembrancer digitized than just the 1864 volume.

    This Week's Acquisitions 2007

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