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Two volumes of statutes dating from 1530-1549. The first volume contains statutes signed by John Fisher and attested by John Bere (folios 1-48) and statutes given by King Henry VIII, with corrections made in 1549 (folios 43-93). The second volume is a fair copy of Henry VIII's statutes.

Volume of statutes including John Fisher's statutes (probably a working copy) for the College following the accession of the nunneries of Higham and Broomhall to the estates of the College principally borrowed from the statutes of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; copy of letter of attorney from the executors of Lady Margaret to John Fisher; a memoranda upon the statutes of SJC [?] with notes exeats; a corrected copy of the statutes of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; additions and revisions by William, Bishop of Winchester to the statutes of Magdalen College, Oxford.

• ff. 2-59: St John's College
• ff. 60-117: Corpus Christi College, Oxford
• ff. 118-119: Magdalen College, Oxford
• ff. 119-120: St John's College

Includes: receipts, contracts, bonds, memos and agreements relating to the design and construction of Lady Margaret's tomb in Westminster Abbey.

Records and household accounts of Lady Margaret Beaufort, the College’s foundress and mother of King Henry VII.
Also includes letters to John Fisher, catalogued here in Subfonds 7: Executors of Lady Margaret. Many of these do not relate to St John's College

Letter, no year, asking Metcalfe to attend Fisher urgently and to not lease land in Romney Marsh over which Fisher has agreed with Sir John Norton; Fisher will devise his statutes at Christ's college.

Acknowledgement by Nicholas Metcalfe that he borrowed £4 from John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, through Richard Sharpe, to be repaid when required. Also listed in the receipt are £3 for a trip from Calais, the hire of a horse and payment for two nurses for [Elizabeth] Penny.

Accounts related Lady Margaret's executors.

Accounts related to Lady Margaret's various households, her estates and those of her executors.

Statutes of the College given by John Fisher in the name of the executors of Lady Margaret; at back statutes for Gregson and Duckett foundations.

Remise and quitclaim by Richard [Fox], Bishop of Winchester, Thomas [Ruthall], Bishop of Durham, John [Fisher], Bishop of Rochester, and John Cutte, knight to Thomas Thomson, clerk and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, of all their rights in the lands, holdings, rents, reversions and services which they had in the parish of St Egidius [St Giles], Cambridge, and which were formerly John Smyth's of London, gent[leman].
13 July 8 Hen: VIII

Remise and quitclaim [undated] by the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge, to Thomas Thomson, clerk, and rector of Wellwyn, Hertfordshire, of all their rights in lands etc in the parishes St Giles, Cambridge and of Coton which were formerly Richard [Foxe], Bishop of Winchester's, Thomas [Ruthall] Bishop of Durham's, John [Fisher], Bishop of Rochester's and John Cutte's ,knight, and which Thomas had of their gift. And the Master and Fellows will guarantee the lands against John [Islip], Abbot of Westminter and his successors.

Grant, Richard [Foxe], Bishop Winchester, Thomas [Ruthall], Bishop Durham, John [Fisher]. Bishop of Rochester, Sir John Cutte to Thomas Thomson Master of Christ's College, Cambridge for lands listed in SJLM/8/2/3/6 to hold of the lords by service. Also includes a power of attorney for Oliver Scales and John Kyllyngworth [Killingworth], y[e]oman, to deliver seisin.
11 July, 8 Hen: VIII
Endorsed to the effect that seisin was delivered by John Kyllyngworth in the presence of 'magister' Nicholas Metcalfe, Archdeacon of Rochester, John Wyatt, William Smythe, clerks, Gerald Croft[es], Francis Berebruar, and other laymen.

Account of payments for costs and charges of SJC, received by Alan Percy, Master from John Fisher; includes work on buildings.

Reciepts for various College works, estates and other College business.

Includes: letters relating to College business during Robert Shorton's mastership

Receipt by Robert Shorton, Master of the College, from John [Fisher], Bishop of Rochester, of £300 to pay for lands in Norfolk purchased of Lewis [Louis] Orvell, over and above the £200 received from the building of the said Saint John's College.
Sealed but not signed.

Letter (undated) from Thomas Hobson to John Fisher, sending a book of accounts for approval.

Letter, no year, Robert Shorton, Cambridge, to John Fisher, about appointment of Oliver Scales as Clerk of Works at SJC and the progress of building there.

Letter, Robert Shorton, Cambridge to John Fisher, thanking Fisher for his appointment as Master of SJC & discussing the choice of the first Fellows. There is also mention of receipt of £1000.

For the expenses of ix dayes [days] of my lord of Rochester [John Fisher], Mr Hornby with other of my ladies [lady's] freinds [friends] in the chanters houes of Pawles [Chaunter's House, St Paul's] iij li. xix s. vij d.
Signed: Jo. Roffs. Henry Hornby