Thornton, Tim (2017) Wales in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Histories: Neglect, Rediscovery, and their Implications. Historical Research, 90 (250). pp. 683-703. ISSN 1468-2281
Thornton, Tim (2016) Lancastrian rule and the resources of the prince of Wales, 1456–61. Journal of Medieval History, 42. pp. 382-404. ISSN 0304-4181
Thornton, Tim (2015) Wales and the Crisis of the Lancastrian Monarchy. The Welsh History Review, 27 (3). pp. 459-478. ISSN 0043-2431
Thornton, Tim (2014) Professional recognition: promoting recognition through the Higher Education Academy in a UK higher education institution. Tertiary Education and Management. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1358-3883
Thornton, Tim (2013) Celebrate and support professional teachers. InTuition - the professional journal for IfL members (15).
Carlton, Katharine and Thornton, Tim (2011) Illegitimacy and Authority in the North of England, c. 1450-1640. Northern history: a review of the history of the North of England., 48 (1). pp. 23-40. ISSN 0078-172X
Thornton, Tim (2009) Henry VIII's Progress Through Yorkshire in 1541 and its Implications for Northern Identities. Northern history: a review of the history of the North of England., 46 (2). pp. 231-244. ISSN 0078-172X
Thornton, Tim (2009) Jersey's Royal Charters of Liberties. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review, 13 (2). pp. 186-197. ISSN 1366-9354
Thornton, Tim (2005) The Battle of Sandeford: Henry Tudor's understanding of the meaning of Bosworth Field. Historical Research, 78 (201). pp. 436-442. ISSN 0951-3471
Thornton, Tim (2001) Fifteenth-century Durham and the problem of provincial liberties in England and the wider territories of the English crown. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 6th Series, 11. pp. 83-100. ISSN 1474-0648
Thornton, Tim (2001) The Palatinate of Durham and the Maryland Charter. The American Journal of Legal History, 45 (3). pp. 235-255. ISSN 00029319
Coote, Lesley and Thornton, Tim (2000) Richard, Son of Richard: Richard III and Political Prophecy. Historical Research, 73 (182). pp. 321-330. ISSN 09503471
Thornton, Tim (2000) Dynasty and territory in the early modern period: The Princes of Wales and their Western British inheritance. Welsh history review, 20 (1). pp. 1-33. ISSN 0043-2431
Thornton, Tim (1999) Opposition drama and the resolution of disputes in Early Tudor England: Cardinal Wolsey and the Abbot of Chester. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 81 (1). pp. 25-48. ISSN 0301-102X
Thornton, Tim (1999) The alleged French raid in the Isle of Man, 1377. Northern history: a review of the history of the North of England., 35. pp. 208-213. ISSN 0078-172X
Thornton, Tim (1998) Scotland and the Isle of Man, c.1400-1625 : noble power and royal presumption in the Northern Irish Sea province. Scottish Historical Review, 77 (1). pp. 1-30. ISSN 0036-9241
Thornton, Tim (1995) A Defence of the Liberties Cheshire, 1451–2. Historical Research, 68 (167). pp. 338-354. ISSN 0951-3471
Thornton, Tim (1995) Cardinal Wolsey and the Abbot of Chester: How a complex legal case in the Country Palatine casts light on the limitations of royal power in Tudor England. History today, 45 (8). pp. 12-17. ISSN 0018-2753
Thornton, Tim (1993) The integration of Cheshire into the Tudor nation state in the early sixteenth century. Northern history: a review of the history of the North of England., 23 (1). pp. 40-63. ISSN 0078-172X
Thornton, Tim (2016) Clergy Careers in the Channel Islands, 1480-1570. In: Paris 1259: Studies in the History and Law of Continental and Insular Normandy. Guernsey Bar, pp. 41-53. ISBN 9780955039515
Thornton, Tim (2015) Conclusion – Man: the Medieval Legacy. In: A New History of the Isle of Man: The Medieval Period, 1000-1406. Liverpool University Press, pp. 546-553. ISBN 978-0-853236-177
Thornton, Tim (2012) Preface to Slavery in Yorkshire: Richard Oastler and the campaign against child labour in the Industrial Revolution. In: Slavery in Yorkshire: Richard Oastler and the campaign against child labour in the Industrial Revolution. University of Huddersfield Press, Huddersfield, xi-xii. ISBN 978-1-86218-107-6
Thornton, Tim (2005) Nationhood at the Margin: Identity, Regionality and the English Crown in the Seventeenth Century. In: Power and the Nation in European History. Cambridge University Press, pp. 232-47. ISBN 9780521608305
Thornton, Tim (2005) British/English attitudes to the Norman Law of the Channel Islands in the Early Modern Period. In: Commise 1204: studies in the History and Law of Continental and insular Normandy. Guernsey Bar/Barreau de Guernsey, Guernsey, pp. 123-132. ISBN 9780955039508
Thornton, Tim (2002) The English king’s French islands: Jersey and Guernsey in English politics and administration, 1485–1642. In: Authority and Consent in Tudor England: essays presented to C.S.L. Davies. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK. ISBN 978-0-7546-0665-9
Coote, Lesley and Thornton, Tim (2001) Merlin, Erceldoune, Nixon : a tradition of popular political prophecy. In: New Medieval Literatures. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 117-137. ISBN 0-19-818738-6
Thornton, Tim (2001) British postgraduate research into Fifteenth-Century history. In: Social attitudes and political structures: in the fifteenth century. The fifteenth century series (7). Sutton, Stroud, pp. 1-12. ISBN 0750927054
Thornton, Tim (2000) Cheshire: the inner citedel of Richard II's kingdom? In: The Reign of Richard II. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 0752417975
Thornton, Tim (1999) Propaganda, political communication and the problem of English responses to the introduction of printing. In: Propaganda: political rhetoric and identity 1300 - 2000. Themes in History . Sutton Publishing, Stroud, pp. 41-60. ISBN 9780750920285
Thornton, Tim (1999) Taxing the King's dominions: the subject territories of the English Crown in the Late Middle Ages. In: Crises, revolutions and self-sustained growth: essays in European fiscal history 1130 - 1830. Shaun Tyas, Stamford, pp. 97-109. ISBN 9781871615937
Thornton, Tim (1998) The enemy or stranger, that shall invade their countrey. In: War: identities in conflicts, 1400 - 2000. Themes in History . Sutton Publishing, Stroud, pp. 57-70. ISBN 9780750916837
Thornton, Tim (1997) Reshaping the local future : the development and uses of provincial political prophecies, 1300-1900. In: Prophecy : the power of inspired language in history 1300-2000. Themes in history . Sutton, Stroud, pp. 51-70. ISBN 9780750913317
Thornton, Tim (1996) Local equity jurisdictions in the territories of the English crown : the Palatinate of Chester, 1450-1540. In: Courts, counties and the capital in the latter middle ages. The Fifteenth Century series (4). St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 27-52. ISBN 0-312-16289-8
Thornton, Tim (2017) The Channel Islands and the Courts of Westminster from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Centuries. Société Jersiaise, St Helier, Jersey. ISBN 978-0902897022
Thornton, Tim (2012) The Channel Islands, 1370-1640: Between England and Normandy. Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 9781843837114
Thornton, Tim (2006) Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England. Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge. ISBN 9781843832591
Thornton, Tim (2004) The Charters of Guernsey. Woodfield, Bognor Regis, UK. ISBN 9781903953655
Thornton, Tim (2001) Social attitudes and political structures in the fifteenth century. The fifteenth century series, 7 . Sutton, Stroud. ISBN 9780750927055
Thornton, Tim (2000) Cheshire and the Tudor State, 1480-1560. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk. ISBN 978-0-86193-248-1
Thornton, Tim and Taithe, Bertrand (1999) Propaganda: political rhetoric and identity, 1300 - 2000. Themes in History . Sutton Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 9780750920285
Thornton, Tim and Taithe, Bertrand (1997) Prophecy: the power of inspired language in history, 1300 - 2000. Themes in History . Sutton Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 9780750913317