History enthusiasts are excited to work on the cache of documents dating back to Henry VIII's reign.
History enthusiasts are investigating hundreds of "astonishing" documents found in a chest hidden for hundreds of years.
The vellum and parchment documents hold details of names and trades of local people, titles and wills dating back to the reign of Henry VIII.The contents of the documents could shed light on the lives of King Henry VIII's subjects Rosemary Russell, co-chair of the group, said the documents were donated by local farmer Nick Connors, whose father had found them in the 1960s or 70s at a farm he had bought.
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