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Dispute at Blunham

Letter, unsigned, (?John Smith SJC fellow and president) no year, about a dispute with Sir Henry Gray over holding court at Blunham Bedfordshire, the mill there, and the determination of Roger Ashe and John Watson to keep their commons & fellowships.

Thomas Hale: SJC Fellow

Letter, Thomas Hale SJC fellow 1520, Stanforth Northants, to Nicholas Metcalfe SJC Master, about the sealing of a document by Master William Dansy of Leicestershire.

Cardinal Wolsey & nunneries

Letter, n.d., John Wylbor, Master of Newark hospital Strood Kent to Nicholas Metcalfe, reporting Fisher's opinion on the offer to SJC of one of two nunneries (one of them Higham) or a thousand marks, by Cardinal Wolsey.

Election of Vice-Chancellor

Letter, no year, asking advice about Foxton and Steeple Morden estates, telling of the election of the Master of Michaelhouse as Vice-Chancellor against the Master of Christ's; of St John's need of altar cloths; of the willingness of 'our company' to perform 'the play that my lord made'.

Henry Maillett

Letter, no year, Henry Maillett (Mallet), Wensleydale, Yorks, to Nicholas Metcalfe asking his patronage with Edmund Natures (Natares) Master of Clare College, at the election of Clare fellows.

Agreement: between St John's College, Michaelhouse, and Robert Doket [Duckett], for founding Doket scholarship

Tripartite indenture between 1) St John's, 2) Thomas Stakhouse, Master of Michaelhouse, and 3) Robert Doket, clerk, parson of Chevening, Kent and John Milles of Chevening, for the foundation of two scholarships in St John's. The recipient to be decided by Doket during his lifetime and thereafter by St John's. One scholar to be born in a parish in Holderness, Yorkshire, the other in parishes in Kent including Chevening and to be called the Doket scholar. Various contingencies for if a suitable candidate can't be found from those very specific locations (widening out to broader geographical area). Doket has paid the College £50 and has given lands and tenements within the precincts of Cambridge and Horningsey to the value of 55 shillings a year. Forfeiture to Michaelhouse for default by St John's. Two seals, broken. One seal depicts St Michael (head missing) standing on serpent

Romney Marsh & John Fisher

Letter, no year, asking Metcalfe to attend Fisher urgently and to not lease land in Romney Marsh over which Fisher has agreed with Sir John Norton; Fisher will devise his statutes at Christ's college.

Loan of £4: Nicholas Metcalfe

Acknowledgement by Nicholas Metcalfe that he borrowed £4 from John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, through Richard Sharpe, to be repaid when required. Also listed in the receipt are £3 for a trip from Calais, the hire of a horse and payment for two nurses for [Elizabeth] Penny.

Resignation of nuns: Higham

Letter, no year, enclosing three resignations [of the nuns of Higham priory?] by Mr Palmer a priest present at the consecration of the Bishop of Armagh at Cobham (?Kent); and Malleverer's own affairs.

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