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The Pipe Rolls are financial records held by the Exchequer, dating
from the twelfth century. They were early audits by the Exchequer. Pipe rolls
record payments made to government, debts owed to the Crown and expenditure of
royal officials.
Various sheets of parchment were fixed together and rolled tightly
for storage, looking like a pipe, from which the name derives. Rotulus is the Latin for roll.
Pipe Rolls cover the period 1129 to 1832.
The National Archives at Kew hold pipe rolls
1130 to 1300 (Collection E 372 and
E 352
for Chancellor Rolls, which are duplicates with some variations) and has a more
detailed guide.
The Pipe Roll Society
publishes Pipe Rolls.
Medieval Genealogy provides an index of
source material.