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Encyclopedia > Pipe Rolls

The Pipe Rolls are a series of financial records from England, beginning in 1130 and lasting, mostly complete, until 1833. They were used by the Exchequer (treasury) and recorded such things as audits of kings' incomes and expenses. They are named after the "pipe" shape formed by a rolled up piece of parchment on which records were originally kept. The Exchequer and Pipe Rolls were a great innovation in government, nothing else like it existed in Europe. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope An antipope schism occurs when Roger II of Sicily supports Anacletus II as pope instead of Innocent II. Innocent flees to France and Anacletus crowns Roger King. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Exchequer was that part of the government responsible for the management and collection of the royal revenues of the King of England. ... German parchmenter, 1568 Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. ...


Pipe Rolls provide invaluable records for historians for everything from the composition of a hunting party, the contents of a king's kitchen to the tracking of historical figures.


The Pipe Roll Society, founded by the Public Record Office in 1883, has published the Pipe Rolls up to the year 1222. They were written in Latin until 1733. The Public Record Office of the United Kingdom is one of the two organisations that make up the National Archives (the other is the Historical Manuscripts Commission). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 See also: 1222 state leaders Events Foundation of the University of Padua Completion of the Cistercian convent in Alcobaca... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ...


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Pipe - LoveToKnow 1911 (1470 words)
The Great Roll of the Exchequer was known as the " Pipe Roll "; this contained the various " pipes" or enrolled accounts of the sheriffs, andc., which were so called either from being sent in a cylindrical case or as resembling a pipe in shape when rolled (see Records).
The elfin pipes have commonly flat broad heels in place of the sharp spur now found on clay pipes, and on that flat space the mark or initials of the maker is occasionally found.
Clay pipes are made in prodigious numbers by hand labour with an iron mould and a steel wire for forming the tube of the stem.
Tubing and Pipe Benders, roll forming, square tube bending machines, angle and ring roll (699 words)
These tube benders have two stationary driven rolls and one independent roll that has to be manually lowered to attain the desired bend angle.
The lateral guide rolls allow the fabricator to make these pipe bending machines accomplish two dimensional bends such as spiral stair cases or hand railing with the proper incline and a sweeping bend to the left or right.
The top roll has a hydraulic power feed to lower the roll and has a slip differential to compensate for the different speeds required between the outside of the bend and the inside of the bend.
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