referendary

plural referendaries

1. obsoleteOne to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.

   let him choose well his referendaries , for else he may be led by the nose

   1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Suitors”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

2. historicalAn officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.

   referendaries were involved in the presentation of petitions to the king

   1992, P. S. Barnwell, Emperor, Prefects & Kings: The Roman West

   1 more example

   In the writs of Merovingian kings , the king normally signed his name first , and his referendary followed

   1941, The Cambridge Historical Journal

3. obsoleteAn officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.