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.