[Sidenotes: _Of the Clerk of the Kitchen._ [553] He shall keep account of all purchases, and payments, and wages, shall preside at the Dresser, and keep the spices, stores, &c., [561] and the clothes of the officers.] [Headnote: OF THE CHANCELLOR AND TREASURER.] ¶ De cancellario.[36] ¶ The chaunceler answer{es} for hor clothyng, For ȝome{n}, faukeners, {and} hor horsyng, 564 For his wardrop and wages also; And asseles patenti{s} mony {and} mo; [Fol. 22.] Yf þo lorde gyf oȝt to t{er}me of lyf, The chaunceler h{i}t seles w{i}t{h}-oute{n} stryf; 568 [Text note: [E MS. þ{er}]] _Tan come nos plerra_ me{n} seyne, þ{at}[E] is _q{ua}n{do} nob{is} placet_, Þ{a}t is, whille vs lykes hym noȝt omys; Ou{er}-se hys londes þ{a}t all{e} be ryȝt: On of þo grete he is of myȝt. 572 [Sidenotes: _Of the Chancellor._ [563] He looks after the servants’ clothes, and horses, seals patents, and grants of land, &c., for life, or during the lord’s pleasure. [571] He oversees the land too, and is a great man.] ¶ De thesaurizario.[37] ¶ Now speke y wylle of tresurer{e}, Husbonde and houswyf he is in fer{e}; Of þe resayu{er} he shall{e} resayue, All{e} þ{a}t is gedurt of baylé and grayue,[38] 576 Of þe lordes courtes and forfet{is} als, Wheþ{er} þay ben ryȝt or þay ben fals. To þo clerke of cochen he payes moné For vetayle to bye opon þo countré: 580 The clerke to kat{er} and pult{er} is, To baker and butler bothe y-wys Gyffys seluer to bye in all{e} thyng Þ{a}t longes to here office, w{i}t{h}-oute{n} lesyng. 584 Þe tresurer schall{e} gyfe alkyn wage, To squyer, ȝomo{n}, grome, or page. Þo resayuer and þo tresurer, Þo clerke of cochyn and chaunceler, 588 Grayuis, and baylys, and parker, Schone come to acountes eu{er}y ȝere By-fore þo audito{ur} of þo lorde onone, Þ{a}t schulde be trew as any stone; 592 Yf he dose hom no ryȝt lele, To A baron of chekker þay mu{n} h{i}t pele. [Sidenotes: _Of the Treasurer._ [574] He takes from the Receiver what is collected from bailiff and grieve, courts and forfeits. [579] He gives the Kitchen clerk money to buy provisions with, and the clerk gives some to the baker and butler. [585] The Treasurer pays all wages. [587] He, the Receiver, Chancellor, Grieves, &c., [590] account once a year to the Auditor, from whom they can appeal to a Baron of the Exchequer.] ¶ De receptore firmar{um}. ¶ Of þe resayuer speke wyll{e} I, Þ{a}t fermys[39] resayuys wytt{ur}ly 596 Of grayuys, and hom aquetons makes, Sex pons þ{er}-fore to feys he takes, And pays feys to parkers als I-wys, [Text note: [F _Or_ loned.]]