Chartularies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Registers, usually in volume form, of copies of charters, title deeds, and other documents of significance belonging to a person, family, or institution. (AAT) .
Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
13th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Melrose Abbey.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.11
Scope and Contents
Chartulary compiled in Scotland containing copies of royal, papal, and episcopal charters of Melrose Abbey, which was founded as a Cistercian house in 1136.The manuscript contains charters from the restoration of the Abbey by David I to the reign of Alexander III. Nearly all of the deeds are grants or confirmations of land. The charters are arranged in a roughly topographical order.The work is multi-scribal, but it written by contemporaneous charter hands. Davis dates...
Dates:
2nd half of the 13th century.
14th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Arbroath Abbey, also known as the 'Registrum Vetus'.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.2
Scope and Contents
Chartulary produced in Scotland recording grants relating to the Tironensian Abbey of Arbroath. The material present roughly covers the years 1178 to 1329, with some later insertions and additions. The manuscript consists of copies of royal, episcopal, papal and other charters, arranged partly by reigns and partly by grantors. Borland also notes that it contains many notices of the Culdees, especially in connection with their convent at Abernethy and with the Cathedral at Brechin. Davis...
Dates:
Mid 14th century.
14th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Balmerino Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.3
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Scotland, probably in the first half of the 14th century. Davis has dated the work to some time after 1331 with some later additions. The work was written for use of the Cistercian Abbey of Balmerino, founded circa 1227 and dissolved in 1603.The chartulary is arranged into two sections. Folios 1r-20r contain royal and other charters; folios 21v-27v contain papal privileges to the abbey and Cistercian Order.The work is multi-scribal...
Dates:
14th century, after 1331.
14th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Newbattle Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.13
Scope and Contents
Chartulary produced in Scotland containing charters relating to the Cistercian Abbey of Newbattle, founded in 1140 and dissolved in 1587.Davis has dated the manuscript to after 1339. The manuscript is multi-scribal and has been written in a variety of charter hands, with frequent marginal annotations.The manuscript is arranged topographically and includes copies of royal and episcopal charters, as well as papal charters to the abbey and Cistercian Order. These...
Dates:
14th century, after 1339.
14th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Scone Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.3.29
Scope and Contents
Chartulary produced in Scotland containing documents relating to the Augustinian Abbey of Scone covering the years 1164-1326. The chartulary is wanting several leaves and is bound out of order. It contains copies of 83 papal, royal, and episcopal charters; however, many of the witness lists have been omitted.The documents are written in a variety of contemporary charter hands with 28 lines to a page. Davis has dated the manuscript to the 2nd quarter of the 14th century....
Dates:
14th century.
15th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Arbroath Abbey, known as the 'Registrum nigrum'.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.3
Scope and Contents
Chartulary produced in Scotland, known as the 'Registrum Nigrum' of the Tironensian Abbey of Arbroath. The work was compiled in the 15th century, probably the early part thereof, and is written in a variety of hands. The material in the manuscript covers the years 1288 to circa 1500, with the bulk of the material belonging to the later part of this time span. The manuscript is a register of leases, recording the administration of the lands, churches and tithes of the abbey. For a full list...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Scone Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.3.28
Scope and Contents
Chartulary produced in Scotland containing documents relating to the Augustinian Abbey of Scone, covering the 12th to the 15th centuries. The chartulary is incomplete, but does contain copies of 148 royal, papal, episcopal and other charters and documents.The documents are written in a variety of hands which appear to be contemporary, or near-contemporary, with one another, with 29 lines to a page. Davis has dated the manuscript to the 15th and 16th centuries. Borland and Innes...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century transcript of the chartulary of Dryburgh Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.7
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Scotland containing the chartulary of Dryburgh, a Premonstratensian Abbey founded in 1150 and dissolved in 1606. Davis, Borland, and Spottiswoode date the manuscript to the 15th century.The manuscript is the work of one hand and has apparently been transcribed from an earlier compilation. The material covers the 12th to the 14th centuries, with the last entry dated 1338. The chartulary is arranged in a roughly topographical order, with copies of...
Dates:
15th century.
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.
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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.
17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.9
Scope and Contents
17th-century manuscript written and compiled by Sir James Balfour containing the following works:1. Copy by Sir James Balfour of George Marjorybanks, 'Annals of Scotland, 1514-94'. Folios 6r-23r.A history of Scotland in the form of annals written in Scots, originally written in the late 16th century by George Marjoribanks, burgess of Edinburgh. The location of the original manuscript from which Balfour made his copy is unknown. The work is separated into...
Dates:
17th century.
17th-century transcripts of foundation charters of religious houses in Scotland made by Sir James Balfour; and a transcript, probably late 16th-century, of the Chartulary of Balmerino Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.5
Scope and Contents
A volume containing transcripts of foundation charters of religious houses in Scotland in the hand of Sir James Balfour, and a late 16th-century transcript of the Chartulary of Balmerino Abbey.The two sets of transcripts were probably brought together in the mid-17th century, and were certainly together before the death of Charles Fairfax in 1673. The volume is interleaved, which was probably done in the late 18th century, with insertions also added at the end.Folios...
Dates:
Late 16th century and 1st half of 17th century.
A cartulary of Westraw and Pettinain, Lanarkshire.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12189
Dates:
15th century to 17th century.
Chartularies of Inchcolm Abbey and of Scone Abbey transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane., 14th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.5
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) `Registrum Coenobii Inch-colm: Impensis Walteri McFarlan De Eodem In ipsius usum transcripturn. 1739` (folio 1), copied from the originals belonging to the Earl of Moray (Moray Charters, 42.3, 1420, and 42.4, 1423; ‘Medieval Cartularies’, numbers 1158-1159), with a few additional documents also from the Moray Charters (cf. ‘Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm’, page vii) (folio 25), extracts from Hay on Inchcolm, 1700-1707, or after...
Dates:
14th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.
Chartularies of the bishopric of Moray transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane., Late 13th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.5(I)-(II)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The wording and ornament of the title pages suggest a division into three groups:
(i) Adv.MSS.35.2.5, 35.3.6, 35.3.7, 35.39: 1738-1739.
(ii) Adv.MSS.35.3.2, 35.3.4: 1740.
(iii) Adv.MSS.35.3.3, 35.3.5, 35.3.8: 1740-1744.
The sources are mainly the original manuscripts then in the Advocates` Library, with notes taken from Richard Augustine Hay`s works. Only those documents the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail.
Dates:
Late 13th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.
Chartulary, concerning the estates of the Marquess of Tweeddale., 1707-1735.
Item
Identifier: MS.14752B
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1707-1735.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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General and East Lothian papers.
Chartulary of Cambuskenneth Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.2
Scope and Contents
‘Registrum Monasterii de Cambeskenneth’. A formal transcript of all the charters of the Abbey which were in danger of destruction from its damp situation, obtained by Abbot Alexander Myln (the first president of the Court of Session) under the confirmation of the great seal, and with the attestation of Sir James Foulis, Clerk of Register affixed to each charter.The foundation charter of David I occurs at folio 6.The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue...
Dates:
24 July 1535.
Chartulary of Dryburgh Abbey and a selection of deeds of Coldingham priory transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane., 15th century, 16th century, 1700-1707, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.8
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Registrum Coenobii de Dryburgh Impensis Walteri MacFarlan de Eodem Transcriptum, Anno MDCCXL` (folio 1), copied from Adv.MS.34.4.7, 15th century, with an extract from Hay on Dryburgh, 1700-1707, or after (folio 127 verso; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 301-302) and a list of the charters (folio 129).(ii) ‘Chartae Prioratus de Coldingham Impensis Walteri MacFarlan de Eodem Transcriptae Anno MDCCXLIV` (folio 135), a...
Dates:
15th century, 16th century, 1700-1707, or after.
Chartulary of Dunfermline Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.3A
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Scotland containing the Register of Dunfermline Abbey, a Benedictine house founded circa 1070 and dissolved in 1593. The material in the register covers the 12th to the 16th centuries.The manuscript is a composite register compiled at various stages through the 13th to the 16th centuries. Davis and Broun state that the original portion of the manuscript was created sometime between 4 February 1254 and the early part of 1255. The work is multi-scribal and...
Dates:
13th century.
Chartulary of Kelso Abbey, 14th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.1
Scope and Contents
Chartulary produced in Scotland for the use of the Tironensian Abbey of Kelso, founded at Selkirk in circa 1113, removed to Kelso in 1128, and dissolved in 1607. The contents are generally arranged topographically. Copies of the foundation charters are found at the beginning. The other royal, episcopal and papal charters are mainly grouped at the end. Witness lists are often omitted from the documents. The manuscript is multi-scribal and displays various charter hands of the 14th and 15th...
Dates:
14th century.
Chartulary of Milton estate feus, owned by William Crawfurd Stuart of Milton and Castlemilk.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14588
Dates:
1895-1956.
Chartulary of Paisley Abbey, 16th century, containing material covering the years 1163-1530.
Item
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.
Chartulary of the bishopric of Moray, 16th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.9
Scope and Contents
Chartulary compiled in Scotland containing a selection of transcripts of charters, deeds, and acts of the Bishopric of Moray, covering the 13th to the 16th centuries. The manuscript is also known as the 'Red Book of the Church of Moray'. Davis dates the manuscript to the 16th century. Borland suggests that the manuscript can be dated to circa 1540, with later 16th-century additions. This suggestion is certaninly true of the later portion of the chartulary, but the first 94 folios were...
Dates:
16th century.
Chartulary of the Bishopric of Moray, written in parts from the late 13th century to the late 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.10
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Scotland, containing the older chartulary of the Bishopric of Moray. The manuscript is a composite register and contains material written at different times in various hands, from the latter half of the 13th century down to the late 16th century. The material covers the 12th to the 16th centuries.The bulk of the manuscript, folios 1-114, was possibly brought together in the late 14th century after the destruction of the Cathedral. There are later additions...
Dates:
Late 13th century-16th century.
Chartulary of the Hospital of the Holy Trinity at Soutra, written in 1399 by William de Cranstoun, notary public.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.1
Scope and Contents
The charters, which are not in chronological order, cover the period 1162-circa 1330. They are followed by a copy of Cranstoun`s notarial instrument concerning the making of the chartulary (folio 25) and copies of two charters of 1426 and 1440 in different hands (folio 26 verso).
Some of the initials have simple penwork decoration by the scribe, whose notarial sign is also given (folio 25 verso).
Dates:
1162-circa 1330.
‘Collection of charters, evidents and antiquities collected by E. Hadinton’, the title in the hand of Sir James Balfour prefaced to the collection from original charters, public records & chartularies made by Sir Thomas Hamilton, Clerk of Register and First Lord of Haddington.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.1a-b
Scope and Contents
There is no method preserved in the arrangement of the charters nor any index to the contents of the volumes but along the margins, especially of the first volume are notes in the hand of Sir James Balfour, which though imperfect are convenient.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.4.16.
Dates:
?Early 17th century.