† Cosyner

Obs. [= Pr. cosiner, Sp. cocinero, F. cuisinier, med.L. cocinārius, -erius = L. coquīnārius cook, master of the kitchen, ‘præfectus coquīnæ’ (Du Cange), f. L. coquīna, med.L. and Sp. cocīna, Pr. cozina, F. cuisine kitchen.] A cook; in quot. the member of a priory having superintendence of the kitchen.

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1533. Wells Wills (1890), 162. The cosyner of Barton, my gostly father, to pray for me xx^d. Ibid. (1533), 162. Sir Will. bayly, cosyner [Canon of Taunton Priory].

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[Du Cange cites a document of 1529 signed among others by the Bursarius, Granetarius, and Coquinarius of a priory.]

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