As with other series shelfmarked MS. Ch. and MS. Rolls, this is an artificial collection created from a range of archival sources, and the provenance of individual items is not always known.

The collection catalogued in 1878 comprised MSS. Ch. Northants. 1-18, MSS. Rolls Northants. 2-10, and MSS. Ch. Northants. Daventry 1-273. Most items are from the archive of Daventry Priory, which formed part of the endowment of Christ Church, and were given to the Bodleian by Anthony Wood (see the collection overview for Oxfordshire for further information). Other items from this archive comprise MSS. D. D. Ch. Ch. D.

MSS. Ch. Northants. 19-53 and MSS. Rolls Northants. 11-15 are later accessions from a range of sources.

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