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Computus (account) of William Bedell, Treasurer of the Household of the Lady Margaret [Beaufort]. The accounts refer to Lady Margaret's houses in Croydon and Hatfield.

Letters patent of Edward IV, confirming at the request of Alianor [Eleanor], Duchess of Somerset, the inquisition held by John Knottesford, Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, at Southwark 12 September 1455. The inquisition found that Edmund, Duke of Somerset, had no goods or chattels in Surrey at his death, but that John, Duke of Somerset, was seized of the manors of Wokkyng and Sutton and had granted them to Edmund and Alianor, his wife, and to Henry, Duke of Somerset, son and heir of Edmund, for life.
Westminster, 23 April 1466.

Confirmation by Margaret, Countess of Richmond of a lease to John [Fisher], Bishop of Rochester, Hugh [Oldham], Bishop of Exeter, William Knyvett and David Phellipp, knights, Henry Horneby [Hornby], clerk, Humfrey Conyngesby, Robert Brudewell and William Cutlard, serjeants-at-law, James Whitsans, Gabries Sylvester, John Ffotehed, Robert Barnard and Hugh Assheton, clerks and John Saint John and William Bedill [Bedell], esquire, of a field or 'clausure' of pasture called Newclose at Maxey, to William Radclyf [Radcliffe], David Syssell and Thomas Williams of Stamford, for the term of life of Margaret White, anchorite of Stamford, at a yearly rent of 17 s. payable at Easter and Michaelmas in equal parts. The lease to run from 9 October, 21 Hen: VII on which day the documents are sealed.
28 October, 21 Hen: VII

A contemporary (16th century) copy of the will of Lady Margaret.

Copy of a bull of Pope Julius II, dated Rome, 20 May 1504, adressed to Henry VII, giving licence to choose a confessor, and approviing of John Burnell, of the order of Friars Minor 'de observantia'; also similar licence to the Lady Margaret.

One of the counterpart indented charters of the Lady Magaret for the foundation of a readership [professorship] in theology in the University of Cambridge. [The indenture was tripartite]

Counterpart of the indented charter of the Lady Margaret for the foundation of a readership [professorship] in theology in the University of Oxford, with the appointment of John Roper as first reader, and the statutes governing the foundation.
Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin
18 Hen: VII [8 September 1502]

One of the counterparts of Lady Margaret's indenture for the creation of her preachership in Cambridge.

Accounts of Miles Worsley cofferer to Lady Margaret, for the household at Croydon & Hatfield.

• pp. 1-80: Croydon. Account from 14 Jan 1504/5 to 14 Jan 1505/6
• pp. 81-82: blank
• pp. 83-163: Hatfield. Account from 14 Jan 1505/6 to 14 Jan 1506/7
• pp. 166-172: blank

Accounts of James Morice for works at Collyweston Croydon, Halyng (Haling), Fotheringhay, Coldharbour, Hatfield, Christ's College.

One membrane of a declaration of account by the executors of Lady Margaret; includes sums for goods delivered earlier to Wolsey and SJC; also includes an account of the money from Katherine, Countess of Devonshire.

Declaration of uses by Lady Margaret of a grant dated 22 May 1472 related to the performance of her will, namely to pay the debts of Edmund, earl of Richmond and Sir Henry Stafford her former husbands; the cost of translating the bones of Edmund out of Wales where he is buried to the abbey of Bourne, Lincolnshire and for making a tomb for Edmund and herself, and for a tomb at Plesshey, Essex where Stafford's bones lie; for the foundation of a chantry at Bourne and a chantry at Plesshey, with an income of 12 marks a year for the priests serving them; the reversion of the issues to go to her son Henry earl of Richmond

Bawessey, 2 June 1472
Seal of the Countess.
Endorsed: an olde wyll mayd and revoked by my ladyes grace
Slit through by way of cancellation.

Inventory of plate in the cellar, spicery, pantry, ewery [office of the ewerer] and scullery at Colyweston. It begins with:
"first ii greate pottes gilet graven full of porternalions and margarettes with the kings armes inaelde above the two lidis bother ponderying [weighing] ccccxxviij unc. at iij s viij d. le unce

The goods are listed under the headings:

• cellar (pp.2-13)
• spicery (p.14)
• pantry (pp.15-18)
• ewery (pp.19-24)
• scullery (pp. 25-30)

Drafts of accounts of Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond's executors. Items of expenditure from 3 July 1513 to 16 March 1512/3 are listed on pages 16-20.

Endorsed is a list of garments and prices (also Fisher's hand?)

Draft letter, no year, John Fisher to Mr (Robert) Barray about bond he holds delaying entry of first fellows to St John's College

Draft petition, University of Cambridge to Sir Thomas Lovell, Treasurer of the King's household, telling him of his election as high steward of the University and asking help should anything prejudicial to it be moved in parliament; note of copies to Sir Harry Marney and Sir Thomas Engelfield, omitting the first item

Draft petition, University of Cambridge to 'my lord treasurer' asking help should anything prejudicial to the University be moved in parliament; note of copies to 'my lord of Oxford' and 'my lord steward'