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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.

Letter [no year] from Henry Hornby in Cambridge to John Fisher, about keeping Lady Margaret's anniversary [of her death] and the evidence of her intention to found St John's College.

List of tapestries from Lady Margaret's furnishings which were sold & paid for. Purchasers include: John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester; Henry Hornby; Morgan and Lord Mountjoy.

The items are listed as:

• First the historye of paris and helyn sowlde to my lorde of Surrey £22
• Item the storye of Nabingodenesar to my lorde Surray £18
• Item the historye of Saule Episcope Roffensis [Bishop of Rochester]
• Item the vij sages sowld to Mr Sir John Saynt John £11.11.8 etc.

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.

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

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.

Accounts related Lady Margaret's executors.

Account of the treasurer of the Lady Margaret's chamber, Robert Fremyngham, signed by John Fisher, Henry Hornby and Hugh Ashton. The accounts end on the day of Lady Margaret's death.
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Receipt by Robert Shorton from John Fisher, of £1000 by the hand of Robert Barnard, Master of Fotheringhay College and £450 by the hand of Nicholas Metcalfe `for the building and other necessaries' of St John's College.

An inventory of chapel & other household plate, vestments and service books priced and marked with a note by John Fisher in the margin of their destination. Many of the items were intended for Christ’s and St John’s Colleges. Folio 60 lists the obligations due to Lady Margaret at her death.

The headings are:
Copes, vestments, aulter clothes, palles, and canapes, curtayns for the aulter, vailes and banerclothes, corporas, couchers and other books…. All the books to cristes collage…, masse books, graylles, processyonalles, alter clothes of lynyn, surplesses….

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.

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

Accounts of Nicholas Metcalfe on behalf of John Fisher, before & after Metcalfe's arrival in Cambridge.

Account of Roger Noott [Notte] for £26 received from John Fisher for board, clothes and rent of almshouse, of 10 poor persons at Hatfield for 1 year.

Furst [First] of Thursday the xxix day of November whyn wentt [when went] to London to Master Arsdekyn [Archdeacon] with letteres [letters] furst [first] at grayffyshend [Gravesend] for my drenyke j d.
Item for my barghayre [barge hire] and my mantell [mantle] iiij d.
Item the smae day at London for my dener and sopper [dinner and supper] iiij d.
Item the same neytt [night] for my bott hayre [boat hire] to Lambeth and fro j d.
Item for my bede [bed] and my dreynke [drink] j d. ob.
Item of fryday [Friday] the xxx day of November for my barghayre [barge hire] and my mantell [mantle] iij d.
Item the same day at Grayffyshend [Gravesend] for my dreynke [drink] ob.
Summa xv d.
Signed: Jo Roffs.

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