Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pells

Clerk of the Pells. An officer of the Exchequer, whose duty it was to make entries on the pells or parchment rolls. Abolished in 1834.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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