RAFTERS, in building, are pieces of timber, which standing by pairs on the reason or railing piece, meet in an angle at the top, and form the roof of a building. See ARCHITECTURE.
RAGMAN'S ROLL, Rectius Ragimund's roll, so called from one Ragimund a legate in Scotland, who calling before him all the beneficed clergymen in that kingdom, caused them on oath to give in the true value of their benefices; according to which they were afterwards taxed by the court of Rome: and this roll, among other records, being taken from the Scots by Edward I. was re-delivered to them in the beginning of the reign of Edward III.