Patent Rolls
Britishplural noun
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No one would mistake the Calendar of Patent Rolls for scintillating reading.
From Forbes ● Jun. 3, 2015
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 A. G. (Andrew George) Little
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 Wallace Notestein
In 1389-92 he was mentioned frequently in the Patent Rolls as justice of the Peace in Suffolk.
From Chaucer's Official Life by James Root Hulbert
Do any such creations appear upon the Patent Rolls?
From Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
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