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Annotated draft will

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

C Stanke (fishmonger) : Barway

Comprising:
1) Indenture of bargain and sale, Christopher Stanke[s], to Nicholas Metcalfe and Ralph Baynes, land at Barway with water and fishing rights at Barway, Soham and Stretham, known as 'Beche', from bushoploode to Bradforth Were (sic) which Stanke[s] purchased from Thomas Barton, dated 4 Feb. 1525.
2) Notes of the boundaries of the land and fishing rights at Barway bought by the College from Christopher Stanke[s]

College Farm report: Barway

A report sent to the President of the College on the College's farm at Barway, with recommendations as to the repairs and a statement that the last tenant had neglected to plant the 30 willow trees yearly which he ought to have by his lease. The document is signed with the marks of 4 men: William Longe, Tho[m]as Lambert, Roger Burridg and Thomas Paggett.

Fisheries: Barway

Map of SJC lands and fisheries at Barway in Soham Cambridgeshire, traced from second-class tithe map. The original scale is 6 chains to 1 inch.

Lands & Fisheries: Barway

Map of SJC lands and fisheries at Barway in Soham Cambridgeshire, coloured, with an inset showing the junction of the Cam and West rivers. The map is similar to BWC/6/2 but shows more detail of Soham Lode and Mere drain. The original scale is 5 chains to 1 inch. There is a pen and ink floral cartouche.

Letters Patent: Henry VII

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

Henry VII, King of England

Remise and Quitclaim: parish of St Giles, Cambridge

Remise and quitclaim [undated] by the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge, to Thomas Thomson, clerk, and rector of Wellwyn, Hertfordshire, of all their rights in lands etc in the parishes St Giles, Cambridge and of Coton which were formerly Richard [Foxe], Bishop of Winchester's, Thomas [Ruthall] Bishop of Durham's, John [Fisher], Bishop of Rochester's and John Cutte's ,knight, and which Thomas had of their gift. And the Master and Fellows will guarantee the lands against John [Islip], Abbot of Westminter and his successors.

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