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Letters and notes between Lady Margaret's executors and between individual executors and others concerning business arising from the terms of her will. Also includes letters to John Fisher which are not related to Lady Margaret's will or to St John's College

Expenses of a dinner for the executors of Lady Margaret, with details of fare and prices; note in hand of John Fisher to `Sir Thomas' [Mawdsley] authorising him to deliver the cost, 55s 1d, to Nicholas Saunder.

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

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.

Expenses visiting Mr Harsdekyn at Gravesend for barge hire, board and lodging. 'For my lady' at foot.
Signed: John Fisher

Expenses for board and horsemeat beginning 'when my lord sent me to Windsor to the King's Secretary'.
'for my lady' at the foot in Fisher's hand

For the expenses of ix dayes [days] of my lord of Rochester [John Fisher], Mr Hornby with other of my ladies [lady's] freinds [friends] in the chanters houes of Pawles [Chaunter's House, St Paul's] iij li. xix s. vij d.
Signed: Jo. Roffs. Henry Hornby

Expenses paid by Robert Shorton to John Wood including those for enrolments concerning the foundations of Christ's College, Cambridge and SJC (from 1509); a reward of 40 s. to William Tomlyn [Tomlin] SJH master `by desire and mind' of John Fisher, and payment to Roger Nott by Thomas Amyas hosteler at Hatfield, for the almsfolk; signed Henry Hornby.

Expenses of John Wood on behalf of the executors of Lady Margaret, in travelling and for the fine for land at Cottenham and the purchase of Thomas Lucas's land at Great Bradley, Suffolk.
Signed: John Woode

A sheet of expenses of John Wood at Waltham Cross, Ware and Barkway.; at foot in John Fisher's hand: "Rydyng [riding] for John Wodd to Cambridge."

Expenses of John Wood on behalf of Lady Margaret's executors; payment ratified in Fisher's hand at foot.

To Master Parker in party [part] of payment of a more sum du[e] unto hym [him] by the reason of money gevyn [given] at the Crystenyng [Christening] of his childre[n] and delyveryd [delivered] unto my ladies [lady's] handes [hands] x li.
To Maystres [Mistress] Massy for her bequeste [bequest] vj li. xiij s. iiij d.
To Maystres [Mistress] Stanopp [Stanhope] for here [her] beequeste [bequest] likewies over and above v marc [marks] delyveryd [delivered] unto hire [her] by Master Hugh Asheton [Ashton] iij li. vj s. viij d.
To the Anker [Anchoress] in the Wall at London x s.
to the ij Ankers [Anchoresses] at Saynt Albons [Saint Albans] xx s
Item for the recedue [residue] of the payment concerning the aquitaunce [aquittance] of Laurence Convicy over and avove the sum of xxxiij li. paide [paid] by the hendys [hands] of Master Philip Morgan iij li. xiij s. iiij d.
Summa totalis xxv li. iij s. iiij d.
Signed: Jo Roffs.

Expenses for board and lodging with Mr Harsdkyn at Gravesend and for barge hire. "for my lady" written at foot
Signed: John Fisher

Paid for the expenses of Nycholas Aughton [Nicholas Ashton], squire, ij horses at gresse from Ester [Easter] unto a sevenight [seven night] after midsomer [midsummer] the tyme [time] that my lady was at the corte [court] by the space of xj wekes [weeks] after the rate of viij d. by the weke [week] for bothe [both] vij s. iiij d.
Item for taking up of my lades [lady's] swannes [swans] out of the Tamyse [Thames] by vij days with many botes [boats] at li s. by the day xiiij s.
Summa xxj s. iiij d.
Signed: Jos Roffs. Henry Hornby

Mony layd howt [money laid out] for my ladys [lady's] causis [causes] by me Rowland Baxster [Baxter], clark [clerk].
Item for j copy off a wrytt [of a writ] in the exchequer againys [against] the executors to Webe xij d.
Item for my boytt hyre dyvars tymes [for my boat hire diverse times] goyng for ytt [going for it] ij d.
Item to Mayster Broke [Master Brooke] on the sonday [Sunday] afoyr sant andre daye [before Saint Andrew's day] and ij off [of] the Kyngs [King's] sergents [serjeants] xiij s. iiij d.
Item for my bott hyre goyng and comyng [boat hire going and coming] iij tymes [times] to the Kyngs [King#s] atornay [attorney] and the solicitor and to mayster Brok [Master Brook] and the Kyngs [King's] sergents [serjeants] and to mayster [Master] Mod xij d.
Item for goyng [going] to gyt a byll [get a bill] off Mr Smyth to the exchecer [exchequer] off [of] sommersydshyre [Somersetshire] to Westminster and to London ij tymys [times] to Mr Dene vj d.
Item for goyng [going] to My Wyndhowr on owr [our] Ladys [Lady's] ay for a proviso for my ladys [lady's] lands and to Mr Conysby for consell [counsel] for the same to London and after to dyvors [diverse] other[s] viij d.
Item for goyng [going] iij tymys [times] from Westmynster [Westminster] to Lambeth for my ladys [lady's] wyll [will] to be selyt [sealed] iiij d.
Item for goyng [going] to my lord Chamerlan [Lord Chamberlain] and ij tymys [times] to Mayster [Master] Cartar [Carter] for to mak[e] schotshouys [escutcheons] for my ladys tome [lady's tomb] iiij d.
Item payt [paid] to the wrytarys [writers] at ..... at the syne [sign] off [of] the whyt [white] hart in paternoster towe[r] in party [part] payment for wrytyng [writing] the grat [great] rowyll [roya] consornyng [concerning] sant Johannis [Saint John] xx d.
Summa huius xix s.
Signed: Jo Roffs. pro domina

Expenses of William Carlton, probably submitted to the excuctors of Lady Margaret.

Mentioning the priory of St John, Cambridge.
Undated

George, Lord Bergavenny [Abergavenny], Erige, (Eridge?), to John Fisher, about hunting and arrangements for the royal subsidy in Kent