Patent Rolls
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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No one would mistake the Calendar of Patent Rolls for scintillating reading.
From Forbes • Jun. 3, 2015
The floor is covered with them, all the chairs are in use, three Patent Rolls are lying open and face downwards on the mantelpiece, there are several on the hearthrug.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
Byles, Andrew, 35 Byrom, Margaret, 52 Bysack, of Waldingfield, 404 Calamy, Edmund, the elder, 178 Calendar of Patent Rolls, cited, 7 n.
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace
It was mentioned in the Patent Rolls so early as Edward III.'s reign.
From Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
At the slightest hitch out come Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Fine Rolls, Pipe Rolls, and records of almost every description.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
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