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Charter rolls

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Old records of charters.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Ancient English records of royal charters, granted between the years 1199 and 1516.

Defined under Charter in Black's Law Dictionary.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Rolls preserved amongst the ancient English records, containing the royal charters from the year 1199 to 1516. They comprise gi-ants of privileges to cities, towns, bodies corporate, and private trading companies; grants of markets, fairs, and free warrens, of creations of nobility, of privileges to religious houses, &c. Huhhack's Emd. of Succession, 616, and notes, ibid.