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
With the kind assistance of Mr. Duffus Hardy, I have obtained a complete list of the licences to crenellate contained in the Patent Rolls, and some other records preserved in the Tower.
From Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
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
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
In addition to the animals above named, the otter was hunted—vide Patent Rolls of Henry III. of 1221.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de
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