manciple

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"And yet this manciple made them fools, I wot."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various

A doctor of physic, a cook, a poor parson, a ploughman, a reeve, or estate agent, a manciple, and two disgraceful characters—a summoner and a pardoner—make up the total of the company.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.

In Tyrwhitt's edition of Chaucer, however, and in all other copies I have seen, the reading is "A gentil manciple was ther of a temple."

From Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 by Various

So that the plowmans tale must be sett in some other place before the manciple and persons tale, and not as yt ys in the last editione.

From Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition by Kingsley, G. H. (George Henry)

I had, indeed, took the liberty of telling the manciple that you was not a gentleman to give more trouble than you could 'elp.

From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir