Some medieval charters relating to Buckinghamshire, Sussex and Oxfordshire
I am very grateful to Jim Poynor for letting me know about a collection of ten medieval charters from the 14th and 15th centuries that was sold by Sotheby's of London in 2017. The charters relate to Thornton and Great and Little Leckhampstead in Buckinghamshire, Iden in Sussex and Great Haseley in Oxfordshire. Jim kindly provided me with photographs of two of the charters and their seals, and Sotheby's gave permission for their photographs of the other eight documents to be made available here. The photographs, together with abstracts of the charters, can be seen by following the links below.
- 1317: Remise and quitclaim by John de Leukenore to John de Tyngewik, concerning lands and tenements in Great and Little Leckhampstead
- 1330: Remise and quitclaim by John Ate Hurne of Thornborough to John le Heyward of Thornton, concerning land in Thornton
- 1340[?]: Grant by Richard atte Mulne of Great Leckhampstead to Adam le Breton, of property in Great Leckhampstead
- 1342: Grant by Sir Nicholas de la Beche and Margery, his wife, to William fitz Elys and Isabel, his wife, of the manor and advowson of Iden
- 1347: Appointment of attorneys by John de Chastiloun, lord of Thornton, to deliver seisin to Master Robert de Kynebell, in lands and tenements in Great and Little Leckhampstead and Thornton
- 1350: Grant by Serallus Tyrel of Great Haseley to Robert Gater, Eve, his wife, and Robert, their son
- 1353: Agreement between John Chastiloun, lord of Thornton, and John Wymond of Thornton, concerning a grant of land and meadow in Thornton
- 1356: Appointment of an attorney by John de Chastilon, lord of Thornton, and Joan, his wife, to receive seisin of property in accordance with a charter of Robert de Kynebell and John Howchenes
- 1396: Grant by Maud Haroveden of Shutlanger to Sir William Gyllot, the parson of the church of Thornton, and Simon Cartere the younger, of a tenement and land in Thornton
- 1409: Grant by Ralph Eyre of Leckhampstead to Master John Lekhampstede, the vicar of Wendover, and others, of lands and tenements in Leckhampstead