Ragman('s) roll Obs. exc. Hist.
[f. prec. + roll.]
† 1. The roll used in the game of Ragman. Obs.
| c 1400 MS. Fairfax 16 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 68 Here begynnyth Ragmane roelle. c 1500 in Dodsley O. Pl. (1827) XII. 308 Explicit Ragmannes Rolle. |
† 2. A list, catalogue, etc. = Ragman2 2. Obs.
| α 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 1490, I did what I cowde.. Apollo to rase out of her ragman rollis. 1556 Olde Antichrist 87 b, The noble ragge man rolle of those most holy fathers. 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe (1871) 48 The whole ragman roll of fasting days. a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 286 A ragman roule, of numbers of rogues. |
| β 1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 653/2 All the heresies that they haue in all theyr whole raggemans rolle. 1553 Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 195 Many other raggemans roules could I here haue placed. a 1610 Healey Disc. New World 175 The ragman's rolles of porters and panierists. |
3. † a. = Ragman2 4 b. Obs.
| 1570 Foxe A. & M. 470/1 Their indenture which was called the Ragman role. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. §13. 671 There was also deliuered to them that famous Euidence called the Ragman-Roll. 1641 Baker Chron. (1660) 227 The King..restores..the famous Evidence called Ragmans Roll. |
b. A set of rolls (formerly preserved in the Tower of London, now in the Public Record Office), in which are recorded the instruments of homage made to Edward I by the Scottish King (Balliol), nobles, etc., in 1296.
This application of the term seems to be comparatively modern: older writers apply it only to the original document given back to the Scots by Edward III (see above).
| 1710 Ruddiman Gloss. Douglas' æneis s.v. Ragmen, Hence the famous Ragman's row or roll, i.e. a collection of those deeds..recorded in four large rolls of parchment [etc.]. 1834 Instrumenta Publica, etc. (Bann. Club) p. xv, They are the same instruments that have been usually known under the uncouth appellation of the Ragman Rolls. |
So † Ragman('s) rew (see quots.). Obs.
| 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 244 b, Augustus had written a greate ragmans rewe, or bille to bee soung on Pollio in derision and skorne of hym. Ibid. 245 A ragmans rewe, or, a bible... So dooe we call a longe ieste that railleth on any persone by name, or toucheth a bodyes honestee somewhat nere. 1570 Levins Manip. 95/2 Ragmanrew, series. |