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Letters patent (copy) of James I, authorising William Weltden, gent., Richard Langham, clerk, Edward Wade, clerk, Francis Freeman, and John Astell, tenants in chief, to grant to William Saunders, esq., Robert Breton, esq., and Cristofer Hatton, gent., 845 acres of land in Thorneby, co. Northampton.

Deeds and documents, [1600]-[1810], mainly relating to the counties of Northampton, Hertford and Surrey, together with an account book, 1786-1793, relating to the Franklen estate in South Wales.

1. Thomas Ashby, citizen and haberdasher of London, and George Ashby, eldest son and heir apparent of the said Thomas Ashby. 2. Mary Kingsbury of London, widow, and Anne Kingsbury of London, spinster, daughter of the said Mary Kingsbury. 3. Jacob Harvey of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, co. Surrey, feltmaker, and Nicholas Doning of London, gent. Marriage settlement in respect of the marriage arranged between George Ashby and Anne Kingsbury.

1. Francis Cole, senior, of Ridge, co. Hertford, gent. 2. Lewis Montgomery of St. Stephens near St. Albans, co. Hertford, gent. Mortgage of a messuage called Kittwells, in Greenstreete in the parish of Ridge aforesaid.

1. Henry Kenell of St. Albans, co. Hertford, husbandman, and Ruth his wife. 2. Emanuell Grunwyn of Wheathamsted, co. Hertford, husbandman. Mortgage of a spring of wood and woodground in the parish of Wheathamsted.

1. Richard Goodall, citizen and merchantaylor of London. 2. William Hurt, citizen and mercer of London. Mortgage of the manor of Piggott and lands in Whethamstead, co. Hertford.

1. Francis Gofton of Shoreditch, co. Middlesex, esq. 2. Thomas Wickham of London, merchant. Mortgage of the rectory of Nuneaton and Attleborow, co. Warwick, with its appurtenances.

1. Richard Goodall, citizen and merchantaylor of London. 2. William Hurt, citizen and mercer of London. Mortgage on lands in the parish of Whethamsted co. Hertford.

Petition from the inhabitants of the borough of Minehead, co. Somerset, to 'the King's most excellent Majesty', that certain persons named therein should be appointed portreeve and principal burgesses, in the Charter to be granted to the borough.

1. Sir Francis Child of London, kt., Richard Newman of Fifehead Magdalen, co. Dorset, esq., and Roger Jaeson of St. Clements Danes, co. Middlesex, gent. 2. Dame Priscilla Rolle, widow, and Sir John Huband of Ipsley, co. Warwick, bart. Power of Attorney for the receipt of arrearages of rents in Witteringe, co. Northampton.

1. Richard Goodal, citizen and merchantaylor of London. 2. William Hurt, citizen and mercer of London. Receipt of £700 consideration money.

1. Thomas Ashby, citizen and haberdasher of London. 2. Joseph Slaughter of London, gent., and John Jacob of London, gent. Release of a mansion house and lands called Piggotts Hill in Whethampstead, co. Hertford.

1. Thomas Edwin of St. James, Westminster, esq. 2. Margaret Hyde of St. Martin in the Fields co. Middlesex, widow. 3. Denzil Onslow of Pirford, co. Surrey, esq., and Thomas Skerrett of London, merchant. 4. John Nicoll of Heywoodhill in the parish of Hendon, esq. Release of lands in cos. Northampton, Surrey, and Sussex.

1. Jane Cole of Greenstreet, in the parish of Ridge, co. Hertford, widow, relict of Francis Cole, gent. 2. Francis Cole, of the same place, gent., eldest son of the said Francis and Jane Cole. Release of lands in the parish of Ridge, co. Hertford.

1. Frances Gerars, of 'St. Giles in the Fields', co. Middlesex, spinster, one of the co-heirs of the late Thomas Gerard, of Staple Inn, London, gent., and Gerard Walpole, of St. Giles in the Fields, gent., son of the late Anne Walpoole, widow, the other co-heir of the late Thomas Gerard. 2. Sigismund Stydolffe, co. Surrey, esq. Release of lands in the parish of 'Thorneby', co. Northampton.

1. Henry Kennel of St. Albans, co. Hertford, husbandman, and Ruth his wife. 2. Thomas Ashby, citizen of London. Release of lands in the parish of Wheathemsted, co. Hertford.

1. Jeremy Elwes of Throcking co. Hertford, esq., and John Harlow of St. Giles in the Fields. 2. Sigismund Stydolfe of Hedley, co. Surrey, esq. Release of manors and lands in cos. Northampton, Surrey, and Sussex. Mutilated.

1. Thomas Coningsbye of Northmyms, co. Hertford, esq. 2. Ellis Hickes of -. Release of messuages and lands in Ridge, Aldenham, and Shenley, [co. Hertford]. Mutilated.

1. Edward Saunders, senior, of Brixworth, co. Northampton, esq., and Millicent his wife, Edward Saunders, jun., their son and heir, Carew Saunders of London, merchant and Sara his wife, Sir John Wolstenholme of London, kt., William Stydolfe of London, esq., and Mary his wife, Thomas Ward of Cold Ashby, co. Northampton, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife, Edward Astell of Welford, co. Northampton, yeoman, and Suzan his wife, Robert Smyth of Cold Ashbie aforesaid, yeoman, and Thomas Waple of Cold Ashby, aforesaid, yeoman, and Mary his wife. 2. Francis -, clerk, vicar of Cold Ashbie, and Anne his wife. 3. Daniell Hudson of London, merchant, and William Saunders of Cold Ashby, gent. 4. Sir William Samwell of Upton, co. Northampton, kt., Francis Nichols of Faxton, co. Northampton, esq., and Robert Tanfield of the Middle Temple, London, esq. Release of the manor of Cold Ashby, and of messuages and lands in Cold Ashby and Eltington.