Records of the Enrolment OfficeC 561483-1626Chancery: Confirmation Rolls
Enrolled confirmations by letters patent of earlier letters patent, charters, and other miscellaneous deeds of both royal and private origin.
A confirmation generally took the form of an inspeximus, which recited verbatim the earlier charter or letter patent which was being confirmed. Other miscellaneous deeds of private origin were sometimes included in such instruments, which in such cases provided a form of official registration. The instruments thus confirmed may be of a date very much earlier than the confirmation itself, and include pre-Conquest grants, sometimes of spurious authenticity.