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INTRODUCTION.
"In citing the several Statute Rolls, Parliament Rolls, and Close, Patent, Fine and Charter Rolls, the Year of the King, the Part, if there are more Rolls than one of the same Year, the Membrane or Skin, and the Number of the Article, where it is so distinguished on the Roll, are particularised ; and if it is on the Dorse or Back of the Roll, that also is noticed. The several Membranes or Skins of which the Rolls are composed are frequently numbered from the bottom to the top of the Roll, the Membrane at the end being numbered 1, and so progressively up to the beginning of the Roll :— thus
| Mag. Rot. Stat. m. 46 d. signifies The Great Roll of the Statutes, on the back of the Membrane 46. | |
| Rot. Parl. 6 Edw. II. p. 2, nu. 3. Parliament Roll 6 Ed ward II. Part II. Number 3. | |
| Rot. Claus. | Close Roll. |
| Rot. Pat. | Patent Roll. |
| Rot. Fin. | Fine Roll. |
| Rot. Cart. | Charter Roll. |
| In Cedula. | In a Schedule or a separate Skin or Membrane attached to the Roll." |
