Pipe Rolls
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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. 24.