Chancery

Chancery may refer to:

Chancery (village)

Coordinates: 52°22′36″N 4°04′42″W / 52.37667°N 4.07833°W / 52.37667; -4.07833

Chancery (Welsh: Rhydgaled) is a village located in the district county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth. The Conrah Hotel is an old lodge on the outskirts of this small village.

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Chancery (medieval office)

Chancery is a general term for a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents. The title of chancellor, for the head of the office, came to be held by important ministers in a number of states, and remains the title of the heads of government in modern Germany and Austria. Chancery hand is a term for various types of handwriting associated with chanceries.

Etymology

The word chancery is from French, from Latin, and ultimately refers to the lattice-work partition that divided a section of a church or court, from which also derives chancel, cancel "cross out with lines", and, more distantly, incarcerate "put behind bars" – see chancery for details.

In England

In England, this office was one of the two main administrative offices, along with the Exchequer. It began as part of the royal household, but by the 13th-century was separate from the household and was located at Westminster. It produced all the charters and writs, which were all sealed with the Great Seal.