"Notarial" Quotes from Famous Books
... flocked to the victor's court and took oaths of fealty to him. Their names, along with those of the persons who made similar recognitions of his sovereignly during his Scottish progress, were recorded with notarial precision in one of those formal documents with which Edward delighted to mark the stages in the accomplishment of his task. This record, popularly styled the Ragman Roll, containing the names of about two thousand freeholders and men of substance ... — The History of England - From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) • T.F. Tout |