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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. Yorks. 1-344 and MSS. Rolls Yorks. 1-19. The bulk seems to have formed the collection of the Yorkshire antiquarian Ralph Thoresby, briefly described in his Ducatus Leodiensis (1715). This collection passed to Thoresby’s nephew, Thomas Wilson (schoolmaster of Leeds and antiquarian), was acquired from him by Richard Rawlinson, and was given by Rawlinson to the Bodleian.

It is not always possible to identify the provenance of individual items, and Rawlinson also obtained charters from the collections of Thomas Hearne and Peter le Neve. B. J. Enright, 'Richard Rawlinson: collector, antiquary, and topographer' (DPhil thesis, Oxford, 1957), appendix D, lists charters in all the Bodleian collections then identifiable as Rawlinson’s; a few others can be added from Thomas Wilson’s papers and a transcript of some of Wilson’s papers (MS. Top. Yorks. e. 2).

The main later accessions are as follows:

  • Ch. 358-365: papers of the Hussey family (see the collection overview for Lincolnshire), presented in 1920-5 by the trustees of the Marquis of Waterford’s estate (see also New Summary Catalogue nos. 54418-503 and cf. Bodleian Quarterly Record vol. 3 p. 5).
  • Ch. 367-516: part of the collection given by Miss M. Miss Peacock, 1921 (see the collection overview for Lincolnshire)
  • Ch. 549-573: bought from Miss J. Ratcliffe, 1968

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1. MS. Ch. Yorks. 139

Date Range:
1372 - 1373
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ENESBY. Roger de Fulthorp lets to Raulyn de Yvere all his lands and tenements in the village of Euesby in Clyveland, for 3 years at an annual rent of 7s. Dated at Tonstale on St. Michael's day, 46 Ed. III.

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Yorks. 139*
Motif:
With seal of arms. Roger (Fulthorpe).
Person Name:
Roger (Fulthorpe)

2. MS. Ch. Yorks. 309

Date Range:
1401 - 1402
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Indenture of agreement between sir Ralph de Eure, kt., of the one part, and William Colynson of Langnewton of the other part, witnesseth that the latter acknowledges that he holds two burgages in Stokesley by an annual rent of 8s. which burgages the former grants to him and his wife Anneys. Dated at Stokesley Thursday after Hillary 3 Henry IV .

3. MS. Ch. Yorks. 335

Date Range:
1375 - 1375
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Charter dated 5 April, 1375, reciting that sir William de Atoun the father, in the presence of the sire de Percy , challenged sir Robert de Boneton on account of the arms he bore, namely, Or, on a cross sable five bullocks' heads argent, which matter after long controversy, was submitted to the judgement of the sire de Percy, who after deliberation adjudged the arms to belong to William de Aton , who thereupon grants the same to Robert de Boneton and his heirs for ever. [Defaced.]

Seals:
Shelfmark:
MS. Ch. Yorks. 335*
Motif:
With armorial seal, William Aton.
Person Name:
William Aton