Format:
1 online resource (viii, 150 pages)
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1 illustration (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781800106994
Content:
Contains 'The honour of Old Wardon', by the late William Farrer, with an introduction by James Tait (With pedigrees); 'Early records of Turvey and its neighbourhood, Part I: A The Drayton Charters; B The Halstead Charters', by G. Herbert Fowler. The Drayton charters, so called because they were found at Drayton House, Northamptonshire, include 23 charter relating to Turvey in the period 1138 to 1403. They are printed here in Latin, with extensive notes. The second part of the article discusses documents on the Mordaunt family of Turvey used by Robert Halstead in his Succinct genealogies of the noble and ancient houses. (1685) and concludes, by comparing them with the Drayton charters, that the documents are forgeries. 'Ecclesiastical troubles in Dunstable, c.1616', by S. Peyton. Star chamber proceedings instituted by Edward Alport, clerk, and a few other articles.
Note:
Previously issued in print: Aspley Guise: The Society, 1927. - Includes index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 26, 2023)
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Text in English and Latin.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781800106994
