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coroner1 (1255)
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coroner1 (1255)

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corener;  coroneor,  coronier,  coronnier,  coronour,  coronur;  corouner;  coruner;  corowner,  corownor;  couroner,  couronner;  crounor;  crowner;  curuner; 
(pl. corners (l. coroners)  YBB 3-4 Ed III 38)  
  FEW:  corona 2/ii,1209b Gdf:  coroneor 2 2,310b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  corone (coroner 2)  DMF:  coroner  TLF:  coroner  OED:  coroner n.  MED:  corouner n.  DMLBS:  coronarius 496a

s.

1lawoccupationcoroner, recorder of crown pleas: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ja ussent l’enfant […] cum mort de lincel aturné, Ne fust ceo ke ussent le coroner Atendeu pur l’enfant veer  S Rich ANTS M737
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  As Coroners furent enjoinz auncienement les gardes dé plees de la Coroune  Mir Just 29
( 1305 )  les coronurs […] le rey deyvent enquerre par le pais des homicides e des murdres  Criminal Law 103.9
( 1348 )  en la place du mareschalcie […] le clerc du marché, q’est corouner del hostel, tient la tierce roulle  King’s Bench vii 1
♦occupationoffice of coroner: 
( 1273-74 )  pur ceo ke jo suis remué de la curuner par cumandement le rey  Lett AF 13
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1255 )  Henry le Coroner  Family Names Crowner
( 1332 )  Alice le Crounor  Family Names Crowner

See also:

coronacion  corone  coronele  coronement  coroner2  coronet 
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