Tale from America about member of the aristocracy (7)
I believe the answer is:
account
'tale' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'america about member of the aristocracy' is the wordplay.
'america' becomes 'A' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for circa).
'member of the aristocracy' becomes 'count' (count is a type of aristocrat).
'a'+'c'+'count'='ACCOUNT'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for account that I've seen before include "judge" , "Reckoning; narrative" , "Statement of transactions and costs" , "History" , "books" .)