cartularies
- plural of cartulary.
Example Sentences
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They appear as entirely free to dispose of such property, and at every step we find in the cartularies of Glastonbury Abbey proofs of the existence of a numerous and powerful 'sergeant' class.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Its library contains many important MSS., among them Burns’s correspondence with George Thomson, and several cartularies including those of St Andrews and Brechin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Here were descents of families, and tenures of estates; authorities of charters and of cartularies; curious customs of counties, cities, and great towns.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
The D'Ewes collection was a curiously miscellaneous one, containing much trivial matter side by side with learned treatises, transcripts of important cartularies, monastic registers, public and private muniments of the most varied description.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
The sooty mass of chronicles and historical books and cartularies accumulated, and the stammering grace, the often exquisite awkwardness of the monks, placing the poetic remains of antiquity in a ragout, were dead.
From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
