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- 7 March 1510
With the confirmation of the Prior and Convent of Ely, given on 12 March following
With the confirmation of the Prior and Convent of Ely, given on 12 March following
Initial 'H' not drawn and dates in first line left blank. At Otford, 7 August 1 Henry VIII [1509]
Agreements between the executors of the Lady Margaret Beaufort and James Stanley, Bishop of Ely
Agreements for the dissolution of St John's Hospital and the foundation of a College, including drafts, contemporary copies, and one later copy. All but one of the documents dated 1509 to either Dec 1510 or 1 Jan. 1511
Agreement concerning 'changing' ['commutanda'] St John's Hospital into St John's College
Beginning with the necessity of obtaining an apostolic dispensation and the Bishop transferring the right of foundation to the Countess
Includes the Cartulary of the Hospital of St John and its original boards
Cataloguing of this section is ongoing: please ask the archivist for more information
First part deals with the suppression of the Hospital, then moves on to its replacement with a College. With the confirmation of the convent of Ely
Cartulary of St John's Hospital
The cartulary is a volume of 90 parchment folios. It was produced in the middle of the period of the the Hospital's greatest territorial expansion: a majority of the deeds included record transactions between c.1220 and c.1280; also includes a folio of kitchen accounts from 1344.
Draft charter of James, Bishop of Ely, dissolving the Hospital of St John
Letter: Henry Hornby to the brethren of St John's Hospital
Henry Hornby, London, to the brethren of St John's Hospital, about their refusal to consent to the alteration of their house into a college
Draft letters patent for dissolution of St John's Hospital and foundation of St John's College
Headed 'To the kyng our soueraigne lord' and below, 'Please it yor highnes of yor most noble and habundaunt grace to graunte unto yor humble grauntdame yor gracious litteres patentes under yor grete Seall in dewe fourme to be made accordynge to the tenour and effect ensuyng' etc. With a superscription in King Henry VIII's hand, to signify his granting of the request.
At the manor of Greenwich, 20 July 1 Henry VIII [1509]
Charters: dissolution of St John's Hospital and conversion to a College
Letter: James Stanley, Bishop of Ely, to brethren of St John's Hospital
James Stanley, Bishop of Ely, to the fellows (sic) of St John's Hospital, asking them to surrender their title and interest in St John's Hospital and promising pensions.
Undated, but probably 15 December 1510
Royal protection and pardons; papal indulgences and absolution; episcopal inspeximi concerning more than one church or right. Cataloguing of this section is ongoing: please ask the archivist for more information
Agreement concerning 'changing' ['commutanda'] St John's Hospital into St John's College
Beginning with the necessity of obtaining an apostolic dispensation and the Bishop transferring the right of foundation to the Countess