Also 7 -a(l)mner. [SUB- 6.] A subordinate almoner, one of the officials of the Royal Almonry.
1647. Haward, Crown Rev., 31. Gentleman Amner: Fee, 11. 8. 1. ob. Sub-amner: Fee 6. 16. 10.ob.
1710. J. Chamberlayne, M. Brit. Notitia, 106. One of the King’s Chaplains, deputed by the Lord Almoner to be his Sub-Almoner.
1773. Gentl. Mag., XLIII. 200. The Rev. Mr. Kaye, Sub-almoner to his Majesty, preached at the Chapel Royal.
1886. Encycl. Brit., XXI. 37/1. The officers of the almonry, namely, the hereditary grand almoner, the lord high almoner, the subalmoner, the groom of the almonry, and the secretary to the lord high almoner.
fig. 1654. Cleveland, Char. Diurn. Maker, 1. A Diurnal Maker is the Sub-Almner of History.
