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peace ; all general pardons, granted either 
at the King’s coronation, or in parliament : 
the writs of parliament, with the names of 
the knights, citizens, and burgesses, are also 
returned into his office. He also makes 
out special pardons, and writs of execution 
on bonds of statute-staple forfeited. 
Clerk of the declarations, he that files 
all declarations after they are engrossed, in 
causes depending in the court of King’s 
Bench. 
Clerk of the deliveries, an officer of the 
Tower, whose function is to take inden- 
tures for all stores and ammunition issued 
from thence. 
Clerk of the errors, in the court of Com- 
mon Pleas, an officer who transcribes and 
certifies into the King’s Bench, the tenor 
of the record of the action on which the 
writ of error, made out by the cursitor, is 
brought there to be determined. In the 
King’s Bench the. clerk of the errors tran- 
scribes and certifies the records of causes, 
by bill, in that court, into the Exchequer : 
and the business of the clerk of the errors 
in the Exchequer is to transcribe the re- 
cords certified thither out of the King’s 
Bench, and to prepare them for judgment 
in the Exchequer-chamber. 
Clerk of the essoins, in the court of Com- 
mon Pleas, keeps the essoin roll, or enters 
essoins : he also provides parchment, cuts 
it into rolls, marks the number on them, de- 
livers out all the rolls to every officer, and 
receives them again when written. See 
Essoin. 
Clerk of the estreats, an officer in the 
Exchequer, who every term receives the 
estreats out of the Lord Treasurer’s remem- 
brancer’s office, and writes them out to be 
levied for the crown. 
Clerk of the hamper, or hanaper, a,n offi- 
cer in Chancery, whose business is to re- 
ceive all money due to the King for tlie 
seals of charters, letters patent, commis- 
sions, and writs ; also the fees due to the 
officers for enrolling and examining them. 
Clerk of the enrolments, an officer of 
the court of Common Pleas', that inrols and 
exemplifies^ all fines and recoveries, and re- 
turns writs of entry. 
■Clerk (f the juries, an officer of the 
Common Pleas, who makes out the writs 
called habeas corpus and distringas, for ju- 
ries to appear either in tliat court, or at the 
assises, after the pannels are returned upon 
the venire facias. He likewise enters into 
the rolls the awarding these writs, and 
makes all the continuances till verdict is 
given. 
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Clerk comptroller of the King’s household, 
an officer of the King’s court, authorised to 
allow or disallow the charges of pursuivants, 
messengers of the green-cloth, &c. to in- 
spect and control all defects of any of tlie 
inferior officers, anti to sit in the counting- 
house with the Lord Steward and other offi- 
cers of the household, for regulating such 
matters. 
Clerk of the King’s silver, an officer of 
the Common Pleas, to whom every fine is 
brought, after it has passed the office of the 
custos brevium ; and who enters the effect 
of writs of covenant into a book kept for 
that purpose, according to which all the 
fines of that term are recorded in the rolls 
of the court. 
Clerk of the King’s great wardrobe, an 
officer who keeps an account of all things 
belonging to the wardrobe. 
Clerk of the market, an officer of the 
King’s house, to whom is given the charge 
of the King’s measures and weights, the 
standards of those that ought to be used all 
over England. 
Clerk of the ordnance, an officer tliat re- 
gisters all orders concerning the King’s ord- 
nance in the Tower. 
Clerk of the outlawries, an officer of the 
Common Pleas, and deputy to the Attor- 
ney General, for making out all writs of ca- 
pias utlagatum, after outlawry, to which 
there must be the King’s attorney’s name. 
Clerk of the paper-office, an officer be- 
longing to the King’s Bench, whose busi- 
ness is to make up the paper-books of spe- 
cial pleadings in that court. 
Clerk of the Parliament-rolls, an officer 
in the House of Lords, and likewise in the 
House of Commons, who records all trans- 
actions in Pai-liament, and engrosses them 
fairly in parchment rolls. 
Clerk of the peace, an officer belonging 
to the sessions of the peace, whose business 
is to read indictments, inrol the proceed- 
ings, and draw the process ; he likewise 
certifies into the King’s Be'ncli transcripts 
of indictments, outlawries, attainders, and 
convictions had before the justices of tlie 
peace, within the time limited by statute, 
under a certain penalty. This office is in 
the gift of the Custos Rotulorum, and may 
be executed by deputy. 
Clerk of the pells, an officer that be- 
longs to the Exchequer, whose business is 
to enter every teller’s bill into a parchment 
roll, called pellis receptorum, and to make 
another roll of payments, called pellis exi- 
tuum. 
Clerk of the petty bag, an officer o the 
