History A-Level
Chancellor
What Chancellor means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Chancellor
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The officer who kept the great seal and drafted writs, heading the writing office that sealed and authenticated royal documents.
Topics that use Chancellor
- Reforms in England, 1154–89 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Baronial cooperation and resistance
- Centralisation of royal authority
- Coinage reform
- Curia Regis
- Danegeld
- Institutional growth versus individual agency
- Itinerant kingship and empire governance
- Assizes of Clarendon and Northampton
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