clerk of the pells

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clerk of the pells - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pell \Pell\, n. [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell
     a skin.]
     1. A skin or hide; a pelt.
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     2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
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     Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer
        who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called
        pell rolls. [Eng.]
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