Ragman rolls

British

/ ˈræɡmən /

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Ragman rolls

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

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