Crown & government · also Court & law
Chancery
Also called the Chancery at London
The Crown's office of seals, records and legal procedure. In 4271 A.C., under Edmund III, it required every roll, register and issued copy to be written in one settled spelling, the Standard of Rolls and Registers.
The Crown office that settled the spelling of the realm in 4271. The office that settled the spelling of the realm in 4271.
Named with it
- Lord Chancellor Thomas Edward Bale
Ties
- under the Lord Chancellor
- House Harcourt's power is strongest where chancery and seals overlap
In the chronicle
At the table
Cambridge conformed to the Standard within six years; Oxford refused it for fifty and yielded only under royal pressure in 4321. Lord Chancellor Bale is the official who explains why urgent actions cannot yet be made lawful. Oxford men were passed over for Chancery places during the fifty years of refusal. Cambridge conformed in 4277, keeping its assay formularies unaltered; Oxford refused until 4321, so Oxford instruments of 4271 to 4321 are in the older spelling and still valid.