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Transcripts made for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, 1818, of copies of the cartularies of the abbeys of Dryburgh and Balmerino, 15th century; and, after 1331., After 1331, 15th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.9A.1.4

Scope and Contents

The transcripts are of:

a copy of the cartulary of the abbey of Dryburgh (folio 1); and

a copy of the cartulary of the abbey of Balmerino (folio 320).

The transcripts are in the same hand as Adv.MS.9A.1.1, folio 429 and after, and 9A.1.2, on paper watermarked 1818, and bound with endpapers watermarked 1818.

The copies from which the transcripts were made were at Panmure at the time of transcription.

Marginalia in pencil by Hutton on many of the leaves. Folios 289-318 are blank.

Dates

  • Creation: After 1331, 15th century.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (xix + 388 folios.)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Existence and Location of Originals

The cartulary of the abbey of Dryburgh, 15th century, is now Adv.MS.34.4.7.

The cartulary of the abbey of Balmerino, after 1331, is now Adv.MS.34.5.3.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.149.

Related Materials

For a seventeenth-century transcript of the cartulary of Dryburgh Abbey by Sir James Balfour see Adv.MSS.33.2.9.

For an eighteenth-century transcript of the cartulary of Dryburgh Abbey see 35.3.8(i).

For a sixteenth-century transcript of the cartulary of Balmerino Abbey see Adv.MSS.33.2.5.

For an eighteenth-century transcript of the cartulary of Balmerino Abbey see 35.3.13, pages 133-192.

Bibliography

The cartularies of the abbeys of Dryburgh and Balmerino are recorded in `Medieval cartularies of Great Britain` by G R C Davis (London, 1958), as numbers 1138 and 1124 respectively.
The cartulary of the abbey of Dryburgh is printed in ‘Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh’, edited by J Spottiswoode (Bannatyne Club, 1847).

The cartulary of the abbey of Balmerino is printed in ‘The Chartularies of Balmerino and Lindores’, edited by W B D D Turnbull (Abbotsford Club, 1841).

Repository Details

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