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‪Contrary to the often studied thirteenth- and fourteenth-century administrative registers (cartularies, surveys, accounts, etc.) produced by medieval institutions, relatively little is known about similar types of records produced by individual laymen or clerks. This is a paradox, as the pragmatic turn characteristic of this period of the Middle Ages was in large part carried over by these new agents who participated in the production of written records. Studying the composition and conservation of records from the fourteenth century opens new perspectives for historians and allows us to observe individual practices in estate management through the medium of registers, which are often difficult to understand. This article offers an initial typology of these manuscripts through two case-studies from the Anjou and Bordeaux regions.‪