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 1 Collection or Record:
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.