Pipe

Pipe, a roll in the Exchequer; otherwise called the great roll. The Pipe Rolls contained an account of the ancient revenue of the Crown, written out in process every year to the several sheriffs of England, who were the general receivers and collectors thereof, and by them levied and answered to the Crown upon their annual accounts, before the clerk of the pipe (First Rep. Of Select Com. on Pub. Rec., App. p. 161). The Pipe-office was abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 99. Consult Hubback on Succession, p. 624.