Documents from this file include: application and proposed scheme of research; recommendation letters from K.J. Leyser and Miss B. Smalley; award confirmation letter regarding the Rome Scholarship in Medieval Studies 1971; correspondence between K.M. Stedman (FAHL's Secretary) and Whitton concerning administrative and financial issues; letter about the subject of his thesis addressed by Whitton to BSR Director; report by Whitton on his first year Scholarship 1971-72; renewal of his second year Scholarship; correspondence concerning Whitton's illness and temporary suspension of his scholarship; report by Whitton for his second year (1972-73 and 1973-74 sessions).