- pipe-roll
- A treasury account which was kept in the English exchequer.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
pipe-roll
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pipe roll — noun 1. : one of the annual rolls containing the statements of the accounts of the king s revenue and various expenses and other matters affecting the British public treasury and dating from 1131 to 1833 2. : a roller for supporting a pipe… … Useful english dictionary
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Pipe Rolls — The Pipe Rolls are a series of financial records from England, beginning in 1130 and lasting, mostly complete, until 1833. They were used by the Exchequer (treasury) and recorded such things as audits of kings incomes and expenses. They are named … Wikipedia
Pipe Rolls — Records of the *exchequer, the financial section of the * curia regis; yearly accounts of the royal income from *county sheriffs and other financial officials. The account of each shire (or other district) was entered on both sides of a single… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Pipe Rolls — ▪ English history also called Great Rolls Of The Exchequer, the oldest and longest series of English public records and a valuable source for the financial and administrative history of medieval England. Apart from an isolated survival… … Universalium
