Pipe Rolls
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
These were the Great Rolls of the Exchequer and contained the account of the king’s profits and rents in all the counties of England. They exist in a continuous series (670 rolls) from 1156 to 1833 (except 1216 and 1403). The Chancellor’s Roll from 1255 to 1833 is a duplicate of the Pipe Rolls. A single roll of Henry I) but not complete, is extant 2 Holdsw.
Hist. E. L. 129.
The Pipe Roll& are our earliest records; id.
138.
They are said to be most instructive as to legal rules aud institutions; Brunner, 2 Sel. Essays in Anglo-Amer. L. II.
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