Receipt and Issue Rolls in United Kingdom

The Rolls Series, which while not an exclusively legal source, contains much legal material (Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Also known as Pell Records, these rolls contain all the payments made by the Treasurers and Chamberlains from 25 Henry III (1241) to 19 Edward IV (1497)

Barratt, Nicholas, ed. Receipt Rolls for the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of King Henry III, Easter 1223, Michaelmas 1224 : (Receipt Rolls 6 and 7) : Now First Printed From the Originals in the National Archives Public Record Office. Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, 93; n.s., 55. London: Q3 Digital, 2007.

Abstract: Text in Latin.

Barratt, Nicholas, Napran Laura, and David Crook , eds. Receipt Rolls for the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King Henry III, Easter 1220, 1221, 1222 (Receipt Rolls 3B, 4, and 5) : Now First Printed From the Originals in the National Archives: Public Record Office . Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, 90; n.s., 52 . London : Pipe Roll Society, 2003.

Abstract: Text in Latin.

Cazel, Fred A., ed. Roll of Divers Accounts for the Early Years of the Reign of Henry III : Account of Escheats for the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of the Reign of Henry III : Wardrobe Receipt Roll and Fragments of Household Roll 10 Henry III. Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, 82; n.s., 44 . London : Pipe Roll Society, 1982.

Abstract: Text in Latin.

Devon, Frederick, ed. Issue Roll of Thomas De Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter, Lord High Treasurer of England: Containing Payments Made Out of His Majesty’s Revenue in the 44th Year of King Edward III., A.D. 1370 . London: J. Rodwell, 1835.

Abstract: Translated from the original roll now remaining in the ancient Pell office.

—, ed. and trans. Issues of the Exchequer; Being a Collection of Payments Made Out of His Majesty’s Revenue, From King Henry III to King Henry VI Inclusive. (Pell Records). London: J. Murray, 1837.

Notes: Also available online in Modern Economy (subscription database)Abstract: Issue rolls of the Exchequer extracted and translated from the original rolls of the ancient Pell office.

—, ed. Pell Records. 3 Vols. London: John Rodwell, 1835-1937.

Abstract: Extracted and translated from the original rolls of the ancient Pell Office.

Vol. 1, Issue roll of Thomas de Brantingham … containing payments made out of His Majesty’s revenue in the 44th year of King Edward III, AD 1370. 1835

Vol. 2, Issues of the Exchequer … during the reign of King James I. 1836

Vol. 3, Issue of the Exchequer … from King Henry III to King Henry VII, inc. with an appendix 1837

Receipt and Issue Rolls and Medieval Law

Receipt and Issue Rolls and Legal History

Legal Materials

(Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Stacey, Robert C., ed. Receipt and Issue Rolls for the Twenty-Sixth Year of the Reign of King Henry III, 1241-2: Now First Printed From the Originals in the Public Record Office. Publications of the Pipe Roll Society, 87; n.s., 49. London : Pipe Roll Society, 1992.

Abstract: Text in Latin.

Bibliographies of English Law History

• Maxwell, William H. A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Volume 1: English Law to 1800. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1955-
• Beale, Joseph H. A Bibliography of Early English Law Books. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926.
• Winfield, Percy H. The Chief Sources of English Legal History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925.

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See Also

• Legal History of India (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Medieval Church Law (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Law Making (in this legal Encyclopedia)
• Pleas of the Crown (in this legal Encyclopedia)