Jos. Hight Blundell, William Farrer, G. Herbert Fowler, S. Peyton, James Tait Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume XI

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The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 11'The honour of Old Wardon', by the late William Farrer, with an introduction by James Tait. [With pedigrees] 'Early records of Turvey and its neighbourhood, Part I: A The Drayton Charters; B The Halstead Charters', by G. Herbert Fowler. [The Drayton charters, so called because they were found at Drayton House, Northamptonshire, include 23 charter relating to Turvey in the period 1138 to 1403. They are printed here in Latin, with extensive notes. The second part of the article discusses documents on the Mordaunt family of Turvey used by Robert Halstead in his Succinct genealogies of the noble and ancient houses ... (1685) and concludes, by comparing them with the Drayton charters, that the documents are forgeries.] 'Ecclesiastical troubles in Dunstable, c.1616', by S. Peyton. [Star chamber proceedings instituted by Edward Alport, clerk.] 'The inventory of Toddington manor house, 1644', by Jos. Hight Blundell.'Note on the Peyvre family', by G. H. F. [A correction to notes and pedigrees on the Peyvre family in volume 10 at p. 318.]