QUITCLAIM by Reginald Trailly, of co. Bedf., to Sir Gerard Braybroke, [the elder], lord of Wodehull (Odell or Woodhill, co. Bedf.), Sir Gerard Braybroke the younger and Edmund Hampden of all rights in the manors of Yevelden [Yelden, co. Bedf.] and Chelvyngton [Chellington, co. Bedf.] Dat. at Northyenell [Northill, co. Bedf.], 10 Aug. 1401. Latin. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, Esq., 21 March 1989. Seal.
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Yelden, Bedfordshire: Chellington, Bedfordshire: Reginald Trailly, of county Bedfordshire: Sir Gerard Braybrooke, the elder; lord of 'Wodehull', county Bedfordshire: Sir Gerard Braybrooke, the younger: Edmund Hampden: Quitclaim to Sir Gerard Braybrooke , Sir G. Braybrooke the younger and Edmund ...
RECOGNISANCE by Sir John Caryll the elder, of Warnham, co. Suss., that he owes Sir Robert Gardener of Pakenham, co. Suff., sixteen hundred pounds; 28 Nov. 1609. Latin. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, Esq., 5 May 1989. Signed by Sir John Caryll and Sir Thomas Fleming, C.J.K.B. Seals of Sir John Caryll (imperfect) and 'pro debitis recuperandis' of the Staple.
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Sir John Caryll, the elder, of Warnham, county Sussex: Sir Robert Gardener, of Pakenham, county Suffolk: Sir Thomas Fleming, judge: Recognisance of Sir J. Caryll in favour of Sir Robert Gardener, signed by Sir Thomas Fleming: 1609: Lat.
LETTER PATENT of Queen Mary instructing Sir Thomas Whyte, Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Bromley, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, John Mordaunt, Edward Hastings, Roger Chomeley and seven others to hear and determine cases of treason, insurrection, rebellion, etc., in Middlesex; 9 Feb. 1554. Latin.
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS relating to the trial of the followers of Sir Thomas Wyatt after the collapse of his insurrection in 1554. Purchased at Christie's, 21 June 1989, lot 128. As follows:
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Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger: Mary I of England: Documents rel. to trial of followers of Sir T. Wyatt: 1554: Lat.
(29/14). 'A Rentroule for the gathering of certaine rentes due to Edward Harley Esqre Lord of the Honor of Wigmore'; 6 June 1657. English. Wigmore, Herefordshire: Sir Edward Harley, MP, of Brampton Bryan; d.1700: Roll of rents of Sir Edward Harley in Wigmore: 1657.
PORTLAND CHARTERS: charters acquired with the Portland Papers (Add. MSS. 70001-70523), allocated to the British Library by H.M. Treasury in May 1987, having previously been on deposit in the British Library as Loan MS. 29. The Portland charters contain a significant group of early 12th-13th century charters chiefly associated with Fountains Abbey (Add. Ch. 76710-76718) as well as two important collections of early Scottish charters (Add. Ch. 76696-76709; 76747-76763). For a calendar of Add. ...
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Portland Papers: Harley family; Earls of Oxford: Papers of the Harley and related families: 9th-mid 19th cent.
(29/24{3}). BOND of Sir Robert Harley the younger to William Pymm of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, co. Midd., tailor; 9 Feb. 1661. English. Signed by Sir Robert Harley. Sir Robert Harley, the younger; d.1673: William Pymm, tailor, of the parish of St Martin in the Fields: Bond to Wil...
(29/34{1}). ADDRESS to Queen Anne from Sir Donald MacDonald of Sleat, etc.; 1712. English. Signed by Sir Donald MacDonald of Sleat and others. Anne of England: Sir Donald MacDonald, of Sleat: Address to Queen Anne by Sir Donald MacDonald: 1712: Signed.
(29/44). GRANT by William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven, Peter Walter of the parish of St Margaret Westminster, and John Morley of Halstead, co. Essex [agent of Edward Harley], with the consent of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, and Lady Henrietta, his wife, to Matthew Prior [poet and diploma...