Protonotary

On this, Monsignor Talbot hurried round to Father St. John’s lodgings in Rome to express his regret at the misunderstanding that had arisen, to wonder how it could possibly have occurred, and to hope that Dr. Newman might consent to be made a Protonotary Apostolic.

Cardinal Manning: Part VI 1918

High Steward, who controls the demesnes; the Protonotary, by whose staff the royal letters and all documents of state are written out; the

Medieval Europe 1901

And he further conferred upon him the title and rank of Protonotary.

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

Whereupon the Pope sent for Orsini, and commanded him, as the faithful adherent of the Church, to go and take the Protonotary prisoner to his house.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

Five hundred years had passed since Theodora's day, four hundred more are gone since Lorenzo the Protonotary laid his head upon the block, and still the tradition of terror and suffering clings to Sant 'Angelo, and furnishes the subject of an all but modern drama.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

Nevertheless Colonna, the Protonotary, mounted his horse to ride over to the Vatican.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

Colonna, on pretext that a certain part of the agreement to which they had come had not been executed by the Protonotary; and while the matter was under discussion, the Cardinal of Saint George, nephew of the great

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

Among others he took two men who belonged to the Protonotary.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

They found the Protonotary in his room, wounded in the hand and sitting on a chest, and Orsini told him that he was a prisoner and must come.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

So the Protonotary, on the faith of Orsini, was led away to the Pope in his doublet, but some one lent him a black cloak on the way.

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881