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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 41 Collections and/or Records:

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.

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.

‘Collection of charters, evidents and antiquities collected by E. Hadinton, vol. I’., ?Early 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.1a
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

‘Collection of charters, evidents and antiquities collected by E. Hadinton, vol. II’, ?Early 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.1b
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 2., 1686-1689.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.10(ii)
Scope and Contents

The volume contains transcripts of the cartulary of the Abbey of St Thomas the Martyr, Arbroath (Adv.MS.34.4.2), in a different arrangement (folio 17); a Calendar of Saints` days observed in Scotland before the Reformation (folio 267), and a list of feasts formerly held in Scotland (folio 286 verso).

Dates: 1686-1689.

General and East Lothian papers., 1541-1891, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14750-14756
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: 1541-1891, undated.

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

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.149
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: [After 1331], 15th century.

Miscellany of antiquarian papers compiled by Richard Augustine Hay, volume 1., 12th century-17th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers are in some confusion and many others dispersed. Some (Adv.MS.25.9.10) were acquired by the Advocates` Library in 1881 as part of the Riddell Papers; and others (Acc.5022 and Acc.5694) were acquired by the National Library of Scotland in 1970 and 1972.

The purposes for which the papers were originally compiled and the circumstances of their dispersal are alike unknown.

Dates: 12th century-17th century.

Morton chartulary, a register of the writs of the Douglases of Lochleven, Earls of Morton., 14th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.72
Scope and Contents The chartulary contains some 300 charters, most of which are printed in 'Registrum Honoris de Morton' (Bannatyne Club, 1853), volume ii. At the date of that publication, the register, 'probably the oldest Chartulary of lay possessions in Scotland', consisted of two separate parts, one of which, written about the middle of the 14th century, contained 40 leaves of vellum, and the other, written somewhat later but before the end of the century, 91 written leaves of vellum. This later portion...
Dates: 14th century.

`Registrum Coenobii Arbrothensis: Impensis Walteri McFarlan De Eodem, Transcriptum. 1740`., 14th century, 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.2
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is copied from Adv.MS.34.4.2, 14th century, with extracts from Hay on Arbroath, 1700-1707, or after (page 331; from Adv.MSS.34.1.8, page 191, and 34.1.10(ii), pages 434-498) and Fyvie (page 408; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, page 386), and a list of the charters (page 409).

Dates: 14th century, 1700-1707, or after.

`Registrum Coenobii de Cambus-Kenneth: Impensis Walteri McFarlan de Eodem In ipsius usum transcriptum MDCCXXXVIII`., 1535, 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.7
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is copied from Adv.MS.34.1.2, 1535 (the list of the charters is trans¬ferred to the end), with extracts from Hay on Cambuskenneth, 1700-1707, or after (page 313; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 511-516) and from ‘Collections concerning the Scottish History’, pages 264-265 (page 319), and a rental of the abbey in 1561 (page 321; `Ex MS[??] penes T[homam] C[alderwood] de P[olton] Jurisconsultum`). The rental is in Macfarlane’s own hand.

Dates: 1535, 1700-1707, or after.

‘Registrum Coenobii de Dunfermline: Impensis Walteri Macfarlan de Eodem In ipsius usum transcriptum. MDCCXXXVIII`., 13th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.9
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is copied from Adv.MS.34.1.3A, 13th century-16th century (the index on folios 11-15 is placed after the first section), with an extract from Hay on Dunfermline, 1700-1707, or after (page 784; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 323-338), an additional note by Macfarlane himself (page 804), and a list of the charters (page 805).

Dates: 13th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.

`Registrum Coenobii Kalsonensis: Impensis Walteri Macfarlan de Eodem In ipsius usum transcriptum MDCCXXXVIII`., 14th century, 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.6
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is copied from Adv.MS.34.5.1, 14th century (the medical treatise on folios 213 verso-215 is placed after the chartulary, the defaced last leaves of which are not completely transcribed; the rental on folios 1-6 is transferred to the end), with extracts from Hay on Kelso, 1700-1707, or after (page 489; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 500-504) and Lesmahagow (page 495; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 509-510), and a list of the charters (page 497).

Dates: 14th century, 1700-1707, or after.

`Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis: Impensis Walteri Macfarlan De Eodem Transcriptum. 1740`., Late 14th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.4
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is copied from Adv.MSS.16.1.10, late 14th century-16th century (page 1), and 34.4.4, 1st half of 16th century (page 505; documents already tran¬scribed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 are omitted), with an extract from Hay, 1700-1707, or after, on the see of Aberdeen (page 593; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 159-90) and a list of the charters (page 625).

Dates: Late 14th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.

`Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis Impensis Walteri MacFarlan De Eodem Transcriptum Anno MDCCXLII Volumen I`., Late 13th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.5(I)
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is copied from Adv.MS.34.4.10, late 13th century-16th century, with an extract from Hay on the see of Moray, 1700-1707, or after (page 548a; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 559-566).

Dates: Late 13th century-16th century, 1700-1707, or after.

`Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis Impensis Walteri MacFarlan De Eodem Transcriptum Anno MDCCXLIIl Volumen Il`., 16th century.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.5(II)
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is copied from Adv.MS.34.4.9, 16th century, folios 117-154, 92-116, 155-321, with a copy of the rental of the see of Moray in 1565 (page 1085, from Adv.MS.34.5.2, folios 2-39), and a list of the charters (page 1125). The rental is in another hand.

Dates: 16th century.

Transcript by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, 1815, of the cartulary of the Dominican priory of St Andrews, 13th century-14th century., 13th century-14th century.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.9A.1.3
Scope and Contents

The transcript was made from the original which was then at Panmure. A few textual losses are supplied by Hutton from "the other copy", presumably that known as the `Magnum Registrum’. A bifolium containing a few excerpts by John Stuart, formerly loosely enclosed, is at Adv.MS.9A.1.20, folio 1. The volume is bound with endpapers watermarked 1818.

Dates: 13th century-14th century.