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See also:LORD HIGH TREASURER , in See also:England, once the third See also:great officer of See also:state. The See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office was of See also:Norman origin and dated from 1216. The See also:duty of the treasurer originally was to See also:act as keeper of the royal treasure at See also:Winchester, while as officer of the See also:exchequer he sat at See also:Westminster to receive the accounts
of the sheriffs, and appoint See also:officers to collect the See also:revenue. The treasurer was subordinate to both the See also:justiciar and the See also:chancellor, but the removal of the See also:chancery from the exchequer in the reign of See also:Richard I., and the abolition of the office of justiciars in the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III., increased his importance. Indeed, from the See also:middle of the reign of Henry III. he became one of the See also:chief officers of the See also:crown. He took an important See also:part in the equitable See also:jurisdiction of the exchequer, and was now styled not merely See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's treasurer or treasurer of the exchequer, but lord high treasurer and treasurer of the exchequer. The first office was conferred by delivery of a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:staff, the second by patent. Near the end of the 16th See also:century he had See also:developed into an See also:official so occupied with the See also:general policy of the See also:country as to be prevented from supervising personally the details of the See also:department, and Lord Burleigh employed a secretary for this purpose. On the See also:death of Lord See also:Salisbury in 1612 the office was put in See also:commission; it was filled from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time until 1714, when the See also:duke of See also:Shrewsbury resigned it; since that time it has always been in commission (see See also:TREASURY). The Scottish treasury was merged with the See also:English by the Act of See also:Union, but the office of lord high treasurer for See also:Ireland was continued until 1816.
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