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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
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.
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.
Contemporary copy of the will of Margaret Warton, leaving property to the Carthusians of Coventry, and lands in Warwickshire for a chantry in Christ's College, and naming Lady Margaret as her executor.
Extended family, heirs and assigns
Letter: Geoffrey Blythe, Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield
Letter, Geoffrey Blyth[e] Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield, to Henry Hornby, enclosing will of Margaret Warton of Coventry, who bought jointly with her first husband Richard Clerk lands which she has left to the use of Christ's College, Cambridge. The messenger who brought this was probably the Prior of Coventry Charterhouse, who was rewarded in Lady Margaret's household accounts of the year 1507-1508.
Blythe, Geoffrey
Accounts of the Clerk of Works
Includes the accounts of James Morice, clerk of works for Lady Margaret Beaufort. Morice was clerk of works at many of Lady Margaret's estates and houses.
Morice, James
Bequests of the Lady Margaret, valued. Begins: "To Crists Colege: first a crucifix with mary and John full gilt and enameld [weighing 11 ounces]
Documents relating to property in Hertfordshire.
Documents relating to land held by the Stafford family.
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
Mastership of St John's Hospital
Cataloguing of this section is ongoing: please ask the archivist for more information
John Fotehede [Fothed], Master of Michaelhouse, to John Fisher
Letter from John Fotehede, Michaelhouse, Cambridge, to John Fisher, about Robert Cutlers' wish to retain the provostship of Rotherham College with his fellowship.
Undated
Draft letter: John Fisher to Henry Hornby re debts of St John's Hospital
Endorsed is a list of garments and prices (also Fisher's hand?)
Goods lacking in the kitchen departments of Lady Margaret's household. This is a compilation of stock held by various officers and staff which is missing. There are separate entries throughout the only surviving roll of the Treasurer of the Household (1506-1507) which refer to such items, but there is no general list such as this one for that year.
The volume begins:
"Certain stuff of howsehold of the most Excellent Prynces Margarete Countesse of Richmond and Derby and moder unto oure soveraigne lorde the kynge tha now is Kynge Henry the Vii th. lakkynge in defaute of diverse officers as it appereth by the Boke of Brevement of the said household. that is to say as well for the last yere as this yere ended the viij th day of Janyuere the xxiiij th yere of our said sovereigne lord as hereafter foloweth."
Arranged under the following headings: bakehouse, pastry, pantre, buttery, sellars, wete larder, drye larder, chaundre [chandlery]
Includes the accounts of Miles Worsley cofferer or treasurer of the chamber to Lady Margaret. The accounts are for the households of Hatfield, Colyweston [Collyweston] and Croydon
Worsley, Miles
Account of Miles Worsley treasurer of the chamber to Lady Margaret. Signature 'Margaret R.' at the bottom of most pages.
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.
A signed draft copy of Lady Margaret’s will, annotated with additions and corrections in various hands. It includes a list of her particular benefactions to ‘Cristes College’ and ‘to my lord Prince’ which has been altered to read ‘the kinges grace’. Also includes a paper about the purchase of Bassingbourne in Fordham, Cambridgeshire inserted at front.
A folio paper book of 72 pages.
Pages 1-38: annotated draft will
Pages 39-56: list of legacies
Pages 57-72: blank
Wardrobe of the Beds: Hatfield
A view of the wardrobe of beds at Hatfield. The items are listed under the headings: