Royal Chancery of England

E466850

central administrative body medieval English government office royal chancery

The Royal Chancery of England was the medieval English royal writing office and central administrative body responsible for producing official documents, charters, and legal records on behalf of the crown.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
chancery	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central administrative body ⓘ medieval English government office ⓘ royal chancery ⓘ
associatedWithOffice	Lord Chancellor NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
developedFrom	Anglo-Saxon royal writing office ⓘ
documentTypeProduced	enrolments ⓘ letters close ⓘ letters patent ⓘ royal charters ⓘ royal mandates ⓘ writs ⓘ
employed	chancery scribes ⓘ royal clerks ⓘ
function	central documentary administration of the crown ⓘ central royal writing office ⓘ record-keeping for the English monarchy ⓘ
governedBy	chancery formulas and protocols ⓘ royal customary practice ⓘ
headedBy	Lord Chancellor of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of English administrative law ⓘ growth of written government records in England ⓘ
languageOfWork	Anglo-Norman French NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin ⓘ Middle English ⓘ
location	Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ royal court of England ⓘ
operatedIn	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	English royal household ⓘ medieval English royal administration ⓘ
playedRoleIn	centralization of royal authority in medieval England ⓘ expansion of royal bureaucracy ⓘ
responsibleFor	authentication of royal documents ⓘ issuing royal commands in written form ⓘ production of legal records ⓘ production of official documents ⓘ production of royal charters ⓘ production of royal letters ⓘ production of writs ⓘ recording royal grants ⓘ
subordinateTo	English Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
usedMedium	parchment ⓘ
usedScript	Anglo-Norman documentary hands ⓘ medieval Latin script ⓘ
usedSeal	Great Seal of England NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chancery Standard → usedByInstitution → Royal Chancery of England ⓘ

Anglo-Norman court → hasPart → Royal Chancery of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: chancery