Manciple
MANCIPLE, the official title of the caterer at a college, an inn of court, or other institution. Sometimes also the chief cook. The medieval Latin manceps, formed from mancipium, acquisition by purchase (see ROMAN LAW), meant a purchaser of stores, and mancipium became used of his office. It is from the latter word that the O. Fr. manciple is taken.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
