Cathedrals and collegiate churches

Systematic directory of the funds and collections available in the Tournai State Archives for cathedrals and collegiate churches¹

In the jurisdiction of Antoing : Notre-Dame Chapter, 1255-1880 (25 items). Priory of Benedictine nuns attested in the 9th century^e century. It then became a secular chapter of men in the 10th century.^e century; the chapter was abolished in 1796 (25 archive documents from 1255 to 1880 have been listed in this collection).
L.DEVILLERS, Note on a cartulary and on the archives of the chapter of Antoing, in Annales du Cercle archélogique de Mons, t. IX, 1869, p. 103-143, 297-320 or analytical description of cartularies and chatriers, accompanied by the text of documents useful to the history of Hainaut.t, V, Mons, 1870, p. 33-99
In the jurisdiction of Ath: Le Couvent de Nazareth, 1736-1785 (1 article). Hospital foundation around 1416, beguinage around 1448 then community of regular canonesses of the Order of Saint Augustine in 1464; suppressed in 1797.
In the jurisdiction of Tournai: Chapitre Notre-Dame, XIII^e – 1752 (8 items) . Secular Chapter of the Cathedral, attested since the 9th century^e century.
Saint-Nicolas-des Prés or Saint-Médard Abbey, 1331-1789 (3 items). Abbey of Canons Regular of the Order of Saint Augustine since 1099-1100; abolished in 1797
J. VOS, the abbey of Saint-Médard or Saint-Nicolas-des-Prés, near Tournaivol. XI-XIII, 1873-1876-2879
Outside the jurisdiction: Notre-Dame Chapter, 1735  (1 article).
Benedictine abbey founded around 630, then a secular chapter of men around 960 (?); abolished during the French Revolution.

¹ Latin Church ecclesĭa, from the ancient Greek ἐκκλησία, ekklêsía ("assembly"). which brings together a group of canons located elsewhere than at the seat of the bishopric.
Extract: AGR, Les archives de l'État dans les provinces, Aperçu des fonds et collections, II, Les provinces Wallonnes, Brussels, 1975