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Rentals. Records (documents).

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A type of manuscript ledger or register used to list a person's lands and properties and the rents paid on each of them by specified tenants. Source: Beal, Peter. 'Dictionary of English manuscript terminology, 1450-2000'. (2008).

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16th-century manuscript containing a register of charters and leases of St Andrews Priory, Pittenweem Priory and the archbishopric of St Andrews, covering the years 1553-1574.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.17.1.3
Scope and Contents 16th-century manuscript written in Scotland, containing a register of charters and leases covering the years 1553-1574.Davis has dated the manuscript to the second half of the 16th century. The volume is multi-scribal, containing entries in various contemporary hands.Affixed to the beginning of the volume, folio ii, is an analysis of the contents by James David Forbes, who at that time was principal of the United College at the University of St Andrews.The...
Dates: 2nd half of 16th century.