cartulary

[ kahr-choo-ler-ee ]

noun

, plural car·tu·lar·ies.

1. chartulary.

cartulary

/ ˈtʃɑːtjʊlərɪ; ˈkɑːtjʊlərɪ /

noun

1. law
   1. a collection of charters or records, esp relating to the title to an estate or monastery
   2. any place where records are kept

Word History and Origins

Origin of cartulary¹

C16: from Medieval Latin cartulārium, from Latin chartula a little paper, from charta paper; see card ¹

Example Sentences

There is an interesting note of the outfit provided for an Austin nun of Lacock on her profession in 1395, attached to a page of the cartulary of that house.

From Project Gutenberg

A rhymed Latin account of a dispute in which the nuns of Ronceray at Angers were concerned, contained in a cartulary of Ronceray, is also ascribed to the poet, who there calls himself Hilarius Canonicus.

From Project Gutenberg

In a Ramsey Cartulary we find the following entry in regard to a Huntingdonshire manor: 'Of seven hides one is free; of the remaining six two virgates pay rent.

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Lord Leigh was kind enough to allow of my coming to Stoneleigh Abbey to work at a beautiful cartulary in his possession, and the Hon. Miss Cordelia Leigh took the pains of making for me some additional extracts from that document.

From Project Gutenberg

Henry Bradshaw was the first to lay an Englishx MS. cartulary before me in the Cambridge University Library; and in all my travels through European libraries and archives I never again met such a guide, so ready to help from his inexhaustible store of palaeographical, linguistic and historical learning.

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Related Words

• archive
• catalog
• directory
• inventory
• prospectus