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The Close Roll is the administrative record created by the medieval office of the chancery that recorded all the letters close issued by the chancery. In the medieval Kingdom of England, the first Close Roll was started in 1204 under the Chancellorship of Hubert Walter. This was during the reign of King John of England, and the Close Roll was started in order to keep track of letters that had been issued by the government. Instead of keeping the records in a register or book form, they were written on sheets which were stitched together into long rolls to form a roll for each year.[1] Examples of letters in England that were entered into the Close Rolls included summons of barons to Parliament.[2]
Notes
- ^ Saul, Nigel (2000). A Companion to Medieval England 1066–1485. Stroud: Tempus. p. 116. ISBN 0-7524-2969-8.
- ^ Coredon, Christopher (2007). A Dictionary of Medieval Terms & Phrases (Reprint ed.). Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-74384-138-8.
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