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noun

history an annual record of the accounts of a sheriff or other minister of the crown kept at the British Exchequer from the 12th to the 19th centuriesAlso called: the Great Roll of the Exchequer

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Word Origin for pipe roll

C17: from pipe 1 and roll; perhaps from documents being rolled into a pipe shape

Words nearby pipe roll

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How to use pipe roll in a sentence

A gild at Lideford is mentioned in 1180, and the pipe roll of 1195 records a grant for the reestablishment of the market.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2|Various
Earl Randulf, first of his name, appears as deceased in the Pipe Roll of 1130.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries|J.H. Round
The sole remaining Pipe Roll of his reign only records a payment of 17 0s.
Memorials of Old London|Various
In the Pipe Roll for 1188 it is called Newgate, and it was then already a prison.
London Before the Conquest|W. R. Lethaby

Moreover, the Pipe-Roll of 1130 cannot be harmonized with their pedigree.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries|J.H. Round