The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cofferer \Cof"fer*er\, n. One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]
Wikipedia
In the history of the royal household of England, a cofferer was a principal officer in the court, next under the Comptroller of the Household. In the counting-house, and elsewhere at other times, he had a special charge and oversight of other officers of the house, for their good demeanor and carriage in their offices — all whom he paid the wages.
Category:History of England Category:Government accounting officials Category:Positions within the British Royal Household
Usage examples of "cofferer".
Early in 1548, she told her cofferer, Thomas Parry, 'that she feared the Admiral loved her but too well, and that the Queen was jealous of them both'.
But in no way she will not confess any practice by Mrs Ashley or the cofferer concerning my Lord Admiral.
But thy good Nan and thy Bet shall have raiment and lackeys enow, and that soon, too: my cofferer shall look to it.
Many councillors, hearing these reports, slipped quietly away from the Tower to offer Mary their support, one, Sir Edmund Peckham, the royal cofferer, even removing some of the royal treasure.
He had a high chamberlain and a vice-chamberlain, both attired in rich gowns, and provided with white staves, a dozen gentlemen ushers, likewise richly arrayed, six gentlemen waiters, three marshals, a chaplain, an almoner, a cofferer, a clerk of the kitchen and clerk of the spicery, a master cook and his assistants, besides a multitude of yeomen ushers, grooms, cup-bearers, carvers, and sewers.