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Receipt by Cornellys (Cornelius) Symonson from Nycholas [Nicholas] Metcalfe, Master [of St John's College] of £5 in part payment of a more sum for makyng [making] my lady the Kynges [King's] grandmother the viiij [Henry VIII] grate at Westminster.
23 May 1527

Receipt by Cornelys Symonson [Cornelius Symonson], smyth [smith], from Doctor Metcalfe, of £15 in part payment of £25 for the makyng [making] of a certen [certain] grate.
Sealed in the presence of Ranulph Hall and William Lamkin by me Gabriell [Gabriel] Metcalf[e].

Receipt by Cornelys Symondeson [Cornelius Symonson] from Doctor Metcalf[e], of 33 s. 4 d. in part payment of £21. 13. 4. for makyng [making] a tumbe [tomb] for my lady the Kyngs [King's] grandemother [grandmother]

Letter, no year, Ralph Fisher, Scarborough, to John Fisher, complaining of the financial exactions of Sir Walter Griffith; mentions Ralph's brother Robert

Release by Richard Burgeys, son of Thomas Burgeys, of Wokkyng [Woking], Surrey, husbandman, for 75s., to Thomas, Earl of Derby, and Margaret, Countess of Rychemound and Derbie [sic], of his rights in his father's lands in Wokkyng.
Chertesey, 24 March 1486/7

A contemporary copy of the will of Lady Margaret. Attached is a sealed deed of William, Archbishop of Canterbury and papal legate, dated 22 October 1512 at Lambeth, granting probate of the will.
Incorporating her original will (6 June 1508) and the memorandum for founding St John's College.
Stored in a wooden box

Admission of confraternity granted by Anthony, Prior of the Carthusian Order, to Thomas, Lord Stanley, and Margaret [Beaufort] his wife, to the Lady Elianor [Eleanor], deceased, formerly his wife, and to Sir Thomas Stanley and Johanna his wife and their children.
"Datum Carthusie sedente nostro capitulo generali 23 April 1478"

Includes: petitions, legal notices and court documents related to the Lady Margaret's estates.

A petition to Pope Innocent VIII for indulgences for King Henry VII, his Queen [Elizabeth of York] and his mother [Lady Margaret Beaufort].

Petition from Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquis of Dorset, to the Pope, in consideration of his assistance against Louis XII of France, for licence for his men of the Fee of Winchester to eat eggs, butter etc during Lent.

Petition (undated), Sir Robert Southwell to the executors of Lady Margaret Beaufort, asking compensation for losing a wardship wrongly adjudged to be of a fee held of the Duchy of Lancaster; Southwell had lost it through letters being addressed by the King [Henry VII] to Lady Margaret.

Letter from Perrott Doryn to John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester concerning a patent for her annuity due from Lady Margaret's estate.

Note of sums paid by Henry Hornby at for Lady Margaret's causes and matters.

List of payments headed 'for my lady' [probably meaning the business of Lady Margaret's estate] in horsemeat, food, drink and lodging at Gravesend and going to Mr Hardekeyn at Darford with letters.
Signed: John Fisher
Endorsed: William Carlton

Items relating to payments from Lady Margaret's estate and her bequests.

A general release for the Lady Margaret to do what she will with her properties, without asking the leave of, or making a payment to King Henry VII or his successors.
Westminster, 21 July, 19 Hen: VII [1504]
Endorsed: for the first roll of the Michaelmas term, 20 Hen: VII

A general pardons for the executors of the Lady Margaret from Henry VIII.
Lancaster, 20 May, 4 Hen: VIII [1512]

A general pardon for the executors of the Lady Margaret from Henry VIII.
10 July, 7 Hen: VIII [1515], Westminster

A general pardon for the executors of the Lady Margaret from Henry VIII.
Westminster, 11 February, 3 Hen: VIII [1512]

Papal bull of Pope Alexander VI for the confirmation of the Feast of Jesus, with indulgences similar to those for Corpus Christi, at the instance of Lady Margaret.