CELLARER, or CELLERER (Cellerarius or Cellarius),
an officer in monasteries, to whom belonged the care and
procurement of provisions for the convent.
The cellerarius was one of the four obedientiarum, or great
officers of monasteries. Under his orders were the pistrinum
or bakehouse, and the bracinum or brewhouse. In the
richer houses there were particular lands set apart for the
maintenance of his office. The cellerarius was an impor-
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tant person in the convent. He was bound to see his lord's corn got in and stored; and his appointment consisted in a certain proportion of grain, usually a thirteenth part of the whole, together with a furred gown. He had also the receipt of his lord's rents throughout the whole extent of his jurisdiction. (See Chronicle of Jocelyn of Brakelonde.)