Ragman rolls

/ (ˈræɡmən) /


pl n
  1. history a set of parchment rolls of 1296 enumerating the Scottish nobles who owed allegiance to Edward I of England, important as the only full list of the nobility of Scotland in the later 13th century

Origin of Ragman rolls

1
C18: from obsolete ragman in the sense: statute, roll, list

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