St John’s College Institutional Archives

SJLM/1/1/6/3
Item
1500

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

A slip of paper, headed "My worshyppfull lady the Kings moder", with a list of purchases beginning:
Item 4 bolts and 4 lynkhys [links] for the chayne [chain] 3 s. 2 d.

Accounts of the Executors

SJLM/1/3/1
Item
1509-1519

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Accounts of Lady Margaret's executors.

Declaration of Account

SJLM/1/3/5
Item
1518-1520

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

One membrane of a declaration of account by the executors of Lady Margaret; includes sums for goods delivered earlier to Wolsey and SJC; also includes an account of the money from Katherine, Countess of Devonshire.

Engrossed Accounts

SJLM/1/3/4
File
1516-1518

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Part of the accounts of the exectuors of Lady Margaret, containing entries of the sale of plate, arras [sic], bedding etc. to various important persons such as Lord Herbert, Lord Burgavenny, the Bishop of Durham [and others.]. The entries correspond with the full accounts.

Bedchamber closet

SJLM/2/3/1/4
Item
1509

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

"An inventary of my ladys goods founde within her closett by her bed chamber."

Inventories: wardrobe of the beds

SJLM/2/3/1
Subseries
1505-1509

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Inventories for the wardrobe of beds of the Lady Margaret.

Cloth Materials

SJLM/2/3/1/5
Item
1505

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

"A view of the stuff ... belonging to my ladys grace': an inventory of cloth materials incl. bed furnishing and coverings for her chair and litter."

Wardrobe of the Robes

SJLM/2/3/3
Subseries
1509

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Inventories and lists of items found in Lady Margaret's wardrobe following her death.

Inventory: wardrobe of the robes

SJLM/2/3/3/2
Item
1509

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Inventory of the wardrobe of robes of Lady Margaret.
"Certayn apparelle clothe of golde, silkes, and furres withe other stuff remaynyng in the said wardrobe prised by Olyver Scales."

The inventory begins: "first a gowne of blake velvet..."

p.7: stuf remaynyng in a grete standard in the galery under the custodie of mastre Fowler of silkes and napery
p.9: in an other coffer
p.10: In my Ladies bedechambre
*p.13: a remembraunce of drapery napery lat[e] apertayng unto my ladies grace

Wills

SJLM/3/1
Series
1508-1512

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Contemporary copy will

SJLM/3/1/2
Item
1509

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

A contemporary (16th century) copy of the will of Lady Margaret.

London

SJLM/2/4
Series
1509

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Items found in London following Lady Margaret's death.

Answer in Chancery

SJLM/3/2/4
Item
1512

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Answer in Chancery of Richard [Foxe] Bishop of Winchester explaining that he was not present when Lady Margaret made her will but that he has it on good authority that she left the College lands in the "countees [counties] of Devynshyre [Devonshire] and Somersettshyre [Somerset]".

Fox [Foxe], Richard, Bishop of Winchester

Honour of Richmond

SJLM/4/1
Series
1335-1387

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Letters Patent: tenants' petition Barm

SJLM/4/1/1/1
Item
1335

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Letters Patent of Edward III granting petition of several tenants (named) to retain 54 a at Barm, Quadryng [Quadring], Lincolnshire, free from interference by royal officials, as held of the honour of Richmond.

Endorsed: evidence pertaining to the manor of Wykes for baron in Quadryng'.
Karliolum, 14 July 1335. By fine of 40s. Lincoln.

Lease: Robert & Johanna Camil

SJLM/4/1/2/1
Item
1345

Part of The Records of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Lease for twenty years, Robert and Johanna Camil [Camell] to Bartholomew, son of John Warde lands in Heyfield and Brantingscroft, Amwell, Hertfordshire. [This equated to 3 acres plus the croft]

Letters Patent: Ranulph Pygot et al