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Letters relating to tenant and estate matters.

Includes documents connected with a suit brought by the College against Daniel Fleming concerning a moiety of the Addingham tithes, left to it by John Ambrose. These documents consist of a great number of letters from John Armstrong, former Fellow, and Curate of Cartmel who was acting locally for the College. These letters are mostly addressed to Richard Berry, Senior Bursar & College Fellow. Also included are abstracts of wills; notes by Berry (some made on the backs of elaborately written letters addressed to him by clients for Fellowships, who are very subservient in Latin); receipts for tithe payments; depositions of local residents; lawyers' bills; drafts of the College's and Fleming's case in the Court of Chancery; summonses to attend Chancery Court (addressed to counsel); recommendations of persons tho handle the case. Also included is a certified copy of the will of John Ambrose of Lowick, Fellow, in which he left his moiety of the tithes of Addingham Rectory to the College and its choir.

Containing three letters:
1) Edmund Mountstephen to Master of St John's, enclosing his will (18 February 1636)
2) Francis Dee, Bishop of Peterborough, to the Master of St John's, regarding terms of Mountstephen bequest (24 February 1636)
3) Francis Dee, bishop of Peterborough, to Master of St John's, regarding proving Mountstephen's will (6 March 1636)

Three abstracts, plus letter to Mr Downey from John Platt, 6 March 1668. Date of creation of abstracts not given, but entries range from 31 January 16 Elizabeth I [1574] to 19 April 14 Charles I [1638]

Containing:
1) copy of will of George White, addressed to the Keeper of the Great Seal. Copy undated but original will dated 17 November 1583. (former ref. D59.42)
2) extract from will of George White, undated (former ref. D59.43)
3) attested copy of agreement between Thomas White and others for disposing George White's lands, 1584. Endorsed with opinion of Council, advising that recovery uncertain as it was 56 years since will was written (former ref. D59.44)

Includes: order from the Master and Seniors regarding the withdrawal of [silver] plate for the King's use and a receipt for the money received for melting the silver.

Containing:
Surrender, 23 March 1642
Minutes of jurors, 16 August 1648
Statement of tenant's holdings at death, 13 June 1642
Minutes, 19 September 24 Charles II (1672)
Records of homage, 19 October 1677
Surrender, 30 October 1708, and evidence as part of verdict, 1722
Surrender, 14 January 1747, and part of minutes, 26 May 1752
Surrender, 12 November 1765, and part of minutes, 8 August 1769
Minutes, 2 October 15 George III (1775)

Two near-contemporary copies of the terms of William Robson's gift for two sub-sizarships at St John's. One is annotated with the elections of two exhibitioners in 1643 and 1644, Richard Lawrence and Henry Newcombe. Both are endorsed 'Salters' Company' (or 'Company of Salters')

Containing:
1) Order, committee for reformation of the universities to St John's College, to report on the foundation of John Williams, 28 August 1651
2) Draft response to order of the Committee for the Reformation of the Universities to report on the Williams foundation
3) Order, committee for reformation of the universities to St John's College, reducing the foundation of John Williams, 18 September 1651. Signed by James Chaloner, Nicholas Love, Walter Strickland, John Dove, Nathaniel Hallowes

Letters from J Platt and one from E Tooker to H Eyre, Bursar, 1658-1659; bill of costs in Tooker vs Platt 1647-51

Letters concerning recommendations for exhibitions, scholarships and scholars.

Letters related to the gift of books to the College.

Letters concerning College fellows and officers to Anthony Tuckney.

Two letters from George Fleetwood relating to his lease at Holbeach, Lincolnshire.

1. Letter, George Fleetwood, London, to Anthony Tuckney SJC Master, relating to the renewal of his lease.
2. Letter, George Fleetwood, the Vache Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire, to Anthony Tuckney SJC Master, for a reduced fine for the lease at Holbeach. Fleetwood mentions rates and falling values of marsh.