cartulary

[kahr-choo-ler-ee]

noun

plural

cartularies 

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.

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I shall merely take from the Eynsham Cartulary the general description of the arable of Shifford, Oxon.

From Project Gutenberg

A very good instance of the system may be found in an ancient cartulary of Ramsey,302 now at the British Museum, which though compiled in the early thirteenth century, constantly refers to the order of Henry II's time.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless the contrast with the villains appears throughout the Cartulary and is substantiated by a marked difference in point of assessment: a socman has to work one or two days in the week when the villain is made to work three or four.

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