Rolls[Chancery Lane, London]. So called from the records kept there in rolls of parchment. The house was originally built by Henry III, for converted Jews, and was called “Domus Conversorum.” It was Edward III, who appropriated the place to the conservation of records. “Conversi” means laymonks. (Ducange, vol. ii. p. 703.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Rolls from Infoplease:
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