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Paisley Abbey (Renfrew)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chartulary of Paisley Abbey, 16th century, containing material covering the years 1163-1530.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.14
Scope and Contents Chartulary produced in Scotland containing documents and charters concerning Paisley Abbey. The contents are arranged according to subject matter, and in part topographically. The volume includes copies of royal, papal and episcopal charters, with a contemporary table of contents at the front.Davis has dated the manuscript to the 1520s. Scott suggests that part of the manuscript may have been started around 1505, but that the presence of a group of texts dated to 1522 supports...
Dates: 1520-1530.

Rental of Paisley Abbey, written between 1460 and 1550.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.17
Scope and Contents Manuscript rental book for Paisley Abbey, written in Scotland, containing statistical information and a series of individual rentals from the period 1460 to 1550, with a later marginal addition of 1555.The record is sporadically kept. Farnhill observes that the earliest extant rentals were drawn up in 1460. The next sets of rentals date from 1472 and 1484. Subsequently there are rentals which cover the years 1519 to 1522, and then a final completed rental from 1525. Towards the...
Dates: 1460 - 1550.

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