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Copy of indulgence from Pope Innocent VIII to Henry VII and his Queen Elizabeth [and his mother].
Rome, 13 August 1488.

A contemporary copy of the will of Lady Margaret, with marginal notes and headings. [most likely prepared for probate] It is entitled and endorsed as a copy of the will of the Lady Margaret.

• pp. 3-29: copy of will
• pp. 30-38: an estimate of her funeral expenses, amounting to £1033.2s.8d.
• pp. 39-48: a list of her legacies

Includes: accounts of Sir Roger Ormeston for expenses on behalf of Lady Margaret Beaufort.

"An inventary of my ladys goods founde within her closett by her bed chamber."

Indenture of grant by Sir Thomas Stanley, Lord Stanley, Henry Pole and Robert Southworth to John [Russell], Bishop of Lincoln, John [Morton], Bishop of Ely, Sir John Denham, Lord Denham, Sir William Huse, Sir Thomas Borough, John Cheyny [Chesne], Richard Pygot, serjeant at law, William Catesby, John Brown, Reginald Bray, Thomas Roggers, and John Denton, of the Castle of Hawarden, Cheshire, the manors of Mahuntesdale in the Marches of Wales, and the manors of Bydston, Neston, Donham, Maxey, Kynghey, Bosley and Dorfold, Cheshire, and of Hoveryngham and Flyntham, Nottinghamshire, for the life of Margaret [Beaufort], Countess of Richmond.
With appointment of Hugh Gartesside, Robert Shakerley and Gilbert Gilpyn as attorneys to give seisin.

Letters patent of Henry VII, granting manors in Devon, Somerset, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Westmoreland, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Northamptonshire, Dorset, South Wales and property in London to his mother Margaret, Countess of Richmond.
Westminster, 22 March 1486/7

Part of the accounts of the exectuors of Lady Margaret, containing entries of the sale of plate, arras [sic], bedding etc. to various important persons such as Lord Herbert, Lord Burgavenny, the Bishop of Durham [and others.]. The entries correspond with the full accounts.

Letters of attorney, Lady Margaret to Gilbert Gylpyn [Gilpin] and Thomas Atkyns, to take seisin of lands outlined in SJLM/4/3/1/3.
Signed: M. Rychemond

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.

Letters patent by Henry VII granting trustees of Lady Margaret licence to convey lands in Devon and Somerset to new trustees.

Includes: accounts of Roger Fremyngham [Fremingham] treasurer of the chamber to Lady Margaret.

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

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.

Documents relating to the manor of Canford and the town of Poole, Dorset.

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

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.

Account of Henry Hornby, executor of Lady Margaret.

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.

Includes: accounts, letters, receipts, payments and correspondence related to Lady Margaret's will and estates and to the foundation of St John's College. Also includes letters of John Fisher.
Lady Margaret appointed as her executors Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester; John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester; Charles Somerset, Lord Herbert, the King's Chamberlain; Sir Thomas Lovell, Treasurer of the King's Household; Sir Henry Marney, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Sir John St John, her chamberlain; Henry Hornby, her chancellor, and Sir Hugh Ashton, comptroller of her household