Arbroath Abbey (Order of Tiron)

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Date:	1230-1800
Places:	Arbroath, Angus
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Other monastic orders
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C9549 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O60376 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1254-1793: records of abbey, commendator and lordship of Arbroath 1254-1793, incl writs and tacks 15th-18th cent, extract from perambulation of lands 1254, rental 1531	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD45/13/194-5,300;16/575-6,652-7,734,754,783,1128-1313;18/1384-1409,1505,1519;26/7,28;27/67-9;28/24	NRA 17164 See HMC 2nd Report, p186
2	1348-17th cent: deeds (from 14th cent), rental (1531) and other estate papers	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD45/Section 13/2/300;Section 16/6	NRA 17164
3	1450-1715: deeds (mainly of Lord Hamilton as 'commendator') 1550-77	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	Bundles F1/4-5, F2/6,8, L1/21,34, 448, 644, 2027, 2040	NRA 10979 Hamilton See HMC 1st Report, p113; HMC 21: 11th Report, App VI, pp 30, 44-6, 63-9, 164; HMC 21: Duke of Hamilton
4	c1230-1615: indenture with Balmerino abbey c1230	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS217 Box 4/38, Box 31/III/120, Box 32/V/I/17, Box 36/24/10, Box 37/206	NRA 10983
5	1570-1606: state papers re erection of abbey into lordship for Lord Hamilton	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD406: bundles L1/41, M1/14, 450, 479	NRA 10979 Hamilton See HMC 1st Report, p113; HMC 21: 11th Report, App VI, pp 30, 44-6, 63-9, 164; HMC 21: Duke of Hamilton
6	c1288-1500: 'Registrum Vetus' cartulary (14th cent)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Adv.MS.34.4.2	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (nos 1118, 1120)
7	16th-18th cent: register (16th cent) and transcripts (18th cent) of same	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 33245-46	See GRC Davis Medieval Cartularies (no 1119)
8	fragment of register	Dundee City Archives		See Davis Cartularies (no 1117);Accessions to Repositories 1987. Previously in SRO (GD130 - see Keeper's
9	c1578: rental	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	NRA(Scot)0036/box 8	NRA 10128 Chalmers
10	1593-1594: estate rental and accounts	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD 16	NRA 29181 Ogilvy See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [76a]