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Meanings of privy seal in English

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Usage of privy seal in English
1
The king used a privy seal to issue directives to the chancery.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
2
The earl of Manchester was appointed lord chamberlain, and Lord Say, privy seal.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
3
The keeper of my privy seal is an earl: what then?
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4
Kildare was regularly acknowledged Lord Deputy, under the King's privy seal.
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5
The Duke of Bedford is privy seal; Lord Thomond, cofferer; Lord George Cavendish, comptroller.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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Moreover, he received a special pardon, which passed the privy seal in December, 1660.
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The latter was made privy seal; and successively bishop of Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester.
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Lord Lorn has declined, and Lord Frederic Campbell is to be lord privy seal for Scotland.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
9
The keeper of the privy seal was established as a new office by Edward I in 1318.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
10
He resigned the privy seal in October, and Grafton was thenceforward considered as head of the ministry.
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He was keeper of the privy seal.
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12
He was a lord of the bedchamber, and at one period of his life was privy seal.-D.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
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The house was next startled with the declarations made by the Duke of Grafton, now lord privy seal.
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14
Having at length prepared this code, he issued it under the sign manual, and privy seal of England.
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15
However, he obtained a special pardon in December, 1660, which passed the privy seal, but not the great seal.
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
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At the same time Lord Temple retired from office, and the privy seal was given to the Duke of Bedford.
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