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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Crowner, Crouner, n.1 [Late ME. crowner (1487).] = Crounar(e. 14.. Acts i. 346/2.
To the crowneris for thair feis for ilk man vnlawit or sald a copindach or xxx d. 1488 Liber Aberbr. 259.
To all ande syndry … maistir Thomas Dekysoun crovner of the regalitate off Abirbrothoc greting 1502 Acta Conc. MS. XII. 69 b.
[To act] as crowner deput til him in the office of crownerschip 1516 Reg. Privy S. I. 424/2.
Ane respitt made … for the slauchter of Iohne Piot, crowner depute within the schirefdome of Forfare 1527 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 377.
To all and sindry our justices, … clerkis, crowneris, … and ballies of burrowis … greting 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 167.
The crowner sould haue all the cornes lyand in bings 1690 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 402/2.
Robert Jamieson, Crouner of Bute
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