Escheator
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
An officer anciently appointed in English counties to look after the escheats of the sovereign and certify them into the treasury.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A royal
officer
in
medieval
and
early modern
England, responsible for taking
escheats
from
deceased
subjects.