Letters of sequestration: Archbishop of Canterbury
Letters of sequestration addressed by Thomas [Bourchier], Archbishop of Canterbury and Papal Legate, to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, Sir William Husee, Thomas Rydley, rector of Clypsham, Lincolnshire, William Fairfax, Reginald Bray and Thomas Rodgers, of the goods of Margaret, Duchess of Somerset, deceased.
Knoll [near Sevenoaks, Kent], 16 September 1482
Bourchier, Thomas
Exemplification: John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
Exemplification at request of J[ohn Fisher],Bishop of Rochester and Henry Hornby, clerk, of a licence dated 22 May 1472 by which Lady Margaret granted lands in Devon and Somerset to trustees.
Fisher, John (1469-1535), Bishop of Rochester
Indenture of sale, dated 11 February 1508/9, by the right excellent Princesse Margarete, Countesse of Richmond and Derby, and moder [sic] to the King, to William Lang, of Caundell purse [Purse-Caundle], Dorset, for £00, of the manore of Gotehill [Goathill], Somerset, with the advowson of the church of Gotehill.
Per me Willm Lang.
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.
Hornby [Horneby], Henry
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
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.
A contemporary (16th century) copy of the will of Lady Margaret.
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.
Bedell, William
Accounts of Miles Worsley cofferer to Lady Margaret, for the household at Croydon & Hatfield.
Accounts of Sir Roger Ormeston for expenses on behalf of the Lady Margaret; includes a reference to the making of the sluice at Boston, Lincolnshire; additionally includes a summary in fair hand of some material in the Ormeston's accounts for Coldharbour, London.
Pages 1, 7 and 8 are blank.
Book of receipts and deliverances [sic].
180 pages
Yeoman of the Wardrobe: R Hilton
Goods delivered to Robert Hilton, yeoman of the wardrobe for Lady Margaret. The first page of the volume contains the following entry: "This boke made the xxi day of August xvth yere of the reyn of King Henry the VIIth at Coleweston witnesseth that theises parcelles folowyng of the stuf and guds of the Right high and might princesse Margarete Moder unto our said soverayne lord and Countesse of Richemonde and Derby be put and delivered to Robert Hilton yoman of hir wardrobe by him to be surely kept as here aftre appereth.
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Individual items are also listed:
Hilton, Robert
Inventories: wardrobe of the beds
Inventories for the wardrobe of beds of the Lady Margaret.
Inventory of the wardrobe of the beds:
Inventory of robes; also wine sold or given away, glassware, small precious items in Lady Margaret's chamber and closet.
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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:
Includes documents related to trusts and settlements with the Beaufort and Stafford families.
Stanley, Thomas, 1st Earl of Derby
Indenture dated 26 May 1507, of a grant by the Princess Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derbie [sic], mother of the King, to Humphry Conyngsby, sejeant [sic] at law, of closes called Great Medbourne, Oxlea, Asshmore and Coletts, and of 7 acres of meadow, in the parish of Aldenham, Hertfordshire, for a yearly rent of 51s.
Per me Humfridum Conyngesby.
Documents relating to Lady Margaret's lands in Woking, Surrey.