Ten documents, mainly concerning Thornton and other places in the East Midlands, in Latin, dated from 1304 to 1410

10 single-sheet documents, vellum, each accompanied by a brief summary; including six grants of land in Thornton (between Buckingham and Wolverton): (1) 100x235mm, 16 lines, indenture, of Walter de Frankeleyn to Malcolm de Chastillon and Sibille his wife, 1304; (2) 210x265mm, 21 lines, from Simon West to the same, dated 1322; (3) 140x235mm, 13 lines, from Gerald Frankelyn to John le Heyward, both of Thornton, 1325; (4) 120x245mm, 12 lines, of Malcolm de Chastilon, Knight, to Robert son of Robert Symond, 1327; (5) 135x280mm, 12 lines, by William, Lord of Thornton, to Ellis, priest of Thornton, 1328, the seal-tag tied with grass; (6) 90x270mm, 9 lines, grant of William Herward, lord of Thornton, to John Chastilon, priest of the church of Thornton, 1360, with red wax SEAL depicting a rampant lion; four more relating to other places: (7) 135x220mm, 16 lines, grant of land from William Sayer of Kemstone (Kempston) in Bedford, 1311; (8) 135x240mm, 17 lines, an indenture, leasing land to John de Tyngewyke, rector of the church of Wappenham (Northamptonshire), to Richard, son of John Skinner (‘pelliparius’) of Leckhampstead, and Isabel his wife, mentioning several other places, 1323; (9) 115x240mm, 11 lines, indenture of Robert fitz Elys, son of Lord Robert fitz Elys, to John, son of John of Thomele, given at Waterpyne(?), 1337; (10) 130x300mm, 10 lines, grant of Joanna, widow of Walter Chasteleyn of Leckhamstead, of all her property in Leckhampstead to Thomas Wodewarde, with red wax SEAL 1410