Translated extracts and transcripts of documents concerning Swaledale, including grant by King John to William de Stutevill, 1200; grant by Henry III to Henry Fitz Ranulph, 1251; inquisition post mortem re Gilbert de Gaunt, 1274; plea de Quo Waranto re Gilbert de Gaunt, 1279-1281 and 1293; inquisition p st mortem on the death of Gilbert de Gaunt, 1298; inquisition post mortem on the death of William de Kerdeston, 1361; Escheators’ inquisitions taken on the death of Peter de Malo, 1383; inquisitions post mortem on the deaths of Sir Robert de Plesyngton (1393), Constance, wife of Peter de Malo (1401), Agnes de Plesyngton (1409), Sir Henry Plesyngton (1452), William de Plesyngton (1458), Isabella Sapcote (1495) and Isabella Francis, (1508); Exchequer, Queen’s Remembrancer, Ministers’ accounts for Middleham and Richmond, 1509; Escheators’ inquisition on the death of Sir Ralph Bigod, 1515; inquisition post mortem on the death of George Staveley, Esq., 1526; Augmentations Office – miscellaneous books -transcripts concerning Bygod family; crown grant to Thomas, Lord Wharton, 1556; Escheator’s inquisition on the death of Thomas, Lord Wharton, 1569; inquisitions post mortem on the deaths of Thomas, Lord Wharton, (1569) and John Molineux, Esquire (1591); acknowledgement by Edmund Molineux as to the tenure of a moiety of the manor of Swaledale and Helaugh, 1597; indenture between John Lassells and Sir John Molyneux, 1610; decree of the Court of Exchequer ordering that a moiety of the manor of Swaledale by delivered to Sir John Molineux, 1618; indenture between George Smith, John Haussley and Sir Thomas Vaschell, 1620; decree of the Court of Exchequer ordering that a moiety of the manor of Swaledale be delivered to Sir Thomas Vaschell and Thomas Meade, 1623; title of John Halsey, Esquire to a moiety of the manor of Swaledale, 1623; inquisition post mortem on the death of Philip, Lord Wharton, 1625; indenture between Sir Thomas Vachell, John Saunders and Thomas Wilkinson (Williamson) 1635; indenture between Sir Thomas Vachell, Philip, Lord Wharton and Elizabeth Wharton, 1635; and a survey of the Honor of Richmond and Lordship of Middleham 1618 see also D/HH 6/1/1- to 6/9/1-12 – From: Miscellaneous Activities, Teesdale Record Society, Extracts from documents, notes, researches of members and general antiquarian notes