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Extracts from the Red Book and Notes on the Pipe Rolls of Henry II

Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. XXXIII, (1901), pp. 363-398.

by

T.W. Whale

Prepared by Michael Steer

The paper was submitted at the Association’s July 1901 Exeter meeting. The Red Book (Liber rubeus de Scaccario) was first compiled by the Exchequer during the reign of Henry III. It contains documents from the post-Conquest period up to 1230. These include deeds and grants, as well as records of serjeanties and material from pipe rolls. The Red Book has been deemed second only to the Domesday Book in importance for its wealth of genealogical information. Pipe rolls are the annual financial records of the Crown. They are the written record, maintained by the Exchequer, of the monarchy’s accounts for a particular financial year. They are some of the earliest available financial records from the medieval period and one of the richest sources of history from that era. The article is from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal that can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.