tabellion

-- Tr. The tabellion, -- he called himself "tabellion," petty notary, and keeper of notes (making fun of his calling in order to seem above it),

Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Before me William Allen, notary and tabellion publicke dwelling in this Citty of London, by the Authority of the said Kings Majesty admitted and sworne, and in the presence of the witnesses here after named personnally appeared Sir William Davidson, Knight and Barronett, his Majestyes Royall Commissionner at Amsterdam in Holland, etca., at present in this Citty of London, one of the Gentlemen of his

Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898

It is certain that a tabellion [2173] of Andelot in Champagne, Nicolas

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

Bailly was a man of sixty; he had been employed by the English in 1430, and by Cauchon -- he was a scrivener (_tabellion_) by profession -- to make investigations into the character of Joan in her native place.

Joan of Arc Ronald Sutherland Gower 1880

About 1840 he related, at Mlle. Turquet's -- Malaga's -- home, then maintained by Cardot the notary, and in the presence of Bixiou, Lousteau and Nathan, who were invited by the tabellion, the tricks employed by Cerizet to obtain the face value of a note out of Maxime de Trailles.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

I had an idea of becoming the writer, tabellion, and rubrican of the

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

I had an idea of becoming the writer, tabellion, and rubrican of the

Droll Stories — Volume 2 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

-- the tabellion was on terms of spoken gallantry with Madame Soudry, who had a weakness for Lupin, though he was blond and wore spectacles.

Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Coming to the top of the staircase, up which he had been followed by a servant with a pallid countenance and a small pigtail clubbed at the back of his head, like one of Goya’s sacristans or a tabellion in an old play, Swann passed by an office in which the lackeys, seated like notaries before their massive registers, rose solemnly to their feet and inscribed his name.

Swann's Way 2003

a small pigtail clubbed at the back of his head, like one of Goya's sacristans or a tabellion in an old play, Swann passed by an office in which the lackeys, seated like notaries before their massive registers, rose solemnly to their feet and inscribed his name.

Swann's Way Marcel Proust 1896