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
In 1389-92 he was mentioned frequently in the Patent Rolls as justice of the Peace in Suffolk.
From Chaucer's Official Life by Hulbert, James Root
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
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.
The second concerns Builth, and is taken from the Patent Rolls of Edward II. in 1315.
From Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by Little, A. G. (Andrew George)
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