Sentence:  "Have you agreed on your <WSD>chancellor</WSD>, gentlemen?" was the first question of the Judge. The foreman, called in Scotland the <WSD>chancellor</WSD> of the jury, usually the man of best rank and estimation among the assizers, stepped forward, and, with a low reverence, delivered to the Court a sealed paper, containing the verdict, [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The foreman of a jury.