clerk of the pells
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Pell \Pell\, n. [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell a skin.]
1.A skin or hide; a pelt. [1913 Webster]
2.A roll of parchment; a parchment record. [1913 Webster]
Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]