Signet Office
chancery
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relation to the English chancery
- In diplomatics: The English royal chancery
…of the 14th century, the Signet Office was established, so called after the small seal (signet). The king’s secretary was also the head of this office. All these shifts made the issuing of royal documents increasingly complicated. From the end of the 14th century, the common procedure involved, first, the…
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