King’s Remembrancer

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The King’s Remembrancer is a historic judicial and ceremonial office in the United Kingdom responsible for certain ancient legal and financial duties, including traditional ceremonies such as the Trial of the Pyx.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial office
judicial office
legal office in the United Kingdom
appliesTo Crown revenue matters
ancient feudal tenures
associatedWith Royal Mint NERFINISHED
Trial of the Pyx jury NERFINISHED
ceremony Quit Rents ceremony NERFINISHED
Swan Upping-related legal formalities
Trial of the Pyx NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
creator Henry II of England NERFINISHED
duty administering some historic feudal obligations
conducting the Trial of the Pyx
custody of certain ancient legal records
overseeing certain Crown debts and recognizances
presiding over certain revenue-related ceremonies
hasGenderedForm King’s Remembrancer NERFINISHED
Queen’s Remembrancer NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalPeriod Early modern period NERFINISHED
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Modern era
hasJurisdiction England and Wales NERFINISHED
inception 12th century
c. 1154
languageOfName English
legalSystem English law
locatedIn London NERFINISHED
Royal Courts of Justice NERFINISHED
mergedWith Senior Master of the King’s Bench Division NERFINISHED
notableFor being the oldest judicial office in continual existence in England
linking modern courts with historic royal revenue practices
preserving medieval Exchequer traditions
officeHolder Senior Master of the King’s Bench Division of the High Court
officeHolderTitle Senior Master of the King’s Bench Division NERFINISHED
originalFunction chief officer of the Exchequer
recording debts owed to the Crown
supervising collection of royal revenue
partOf Exchequer of Pleas NERFINISHED
Senior Courts of England and Wales NERFINISHED
replacedByForm Queen’s Remembrancer NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales NERFINISHED
Senior judiciary of England and Wales NERFINISHED
usedDuringReignOf a king of England
a king of the United Kingdom

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The Queen’s Remembrancer titleVariesWithMonarch King’s Remembrancer
subject surface form: Queen’s Remembrancer
The Queen’s Remembrancer genderNeutralForm King’s Remembrancer
subject surface form: Queen’s Remembrancer