Papal bull of Pope Alexander VI for the confirmation of the Feast of Jesus, with indulgences similar to those for Corpus Christi, at the instance of Lady Margaret.

Grant by Robert [Stillington], Bishop of Bath and Wells, Sir Reginald Bray, Sir William Hody, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Richard Page, by licence of the King [Henry VII] given by letters patent of 10 November 1490, to Richard [Hill], Bishop of London, and Richard Skypton, clerk, of [lands in Devon and Somerset] with letters of attorney to Hugh Oldeham, clerk, John Jakson and Nicholas Compton.

Letters of attorney from Richard [Hill], Bishop of London, and Richard Skypton, clerk to John Gilbert, William Assheley, William Jenney and Thomas Bury, to take seisin of lands in Devon and Somerset from Robert [Stillington], Bishop of Bath and Wells, Sir Reginald Brary, Sir William Hody, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Richard Page.

Letters patent by Henry VII granting trustees of Lady Margaret licence to convey lands in Devon and Somerset to new trustees.

Copy of indulgence from Pope Innocent VIII to Henry VII and his Queen Elizabeth [and his mother].
Rome, 13 August 1488.

A petition to Pope Innocent VIII for indulgences for King Henry VII, his Queen [Elizabeth of York] and his mother [Lady Margaret Beaufort].

Release by Richard Burgeys, son of Thomas Burgeys, of Wokkyng [Woking], Surrey, husbandman, for 75s., to Thomas, Earl of Derby, and Margaret, Countess of Rychemound and Derbie [sic], of his rights in his father's lands in Wokkyng.
Chertesey, 24 March 1486/7

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

Documents relating to Lady Margaret's lands in Woking, Surrey.

Letters of sequestration addressed by Thomas [Bourchier], Archbishop of Canterbury and Papal Legate, to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, Sir William Husee, Thomas Rydley, rector of Clypsham, Lincolnshire, William Fairfax, Reginald Bray and Thomas Rodgers, of the goods of Margaret, Duchess of Somerset, deceased.
Knoll [near Sevenoaks, Kent], 16 September 1482

Agreement, Lady Margaret and Thomas Lord Stanley, in the presence of Edward IV, whereby Stanley undertakes:

• not to oppose Margaret's settlement of her Somerset estates, [see SJLM/3/2/1]
• to grant her life interest in his estates as before agreed [see SJLM/4/3/2/1 and SJLM/4/3/2/4]
• that Henry, Earl of Richmond [Margaret's son] be allowed a share in the estates of Margaret, Duchess of Somerset if he come to England and be in the king's favour.

Indenture of grant by Sir Thomas Stanley, Lord Stanley, Henry Pole and Robert Southworth to John [Russell], Bishop of Lincoln, John [Morton], Bishop of Ely, Sir John Denham, Lord Denham, Sir William Huse, Sir Thomas Borough, John Cheyny [Chesne], Richard Pygot, serjeant at law, William Catesby, John Brown, Reginald Bray, Thomas Roggers, and John Denton, of the Castle of Hawarden, Cheshire, the manors of Mahuntesdale in the Marches of Wales, and the manors of Bydston, Neston, Donham, Maxey, Kynghey, Bosley and Dorfold, Cheshire, and of Hoveryngham and Flyntham, Nottinghamshire, for the life of Margaret [Beaufort], Countess of Richmond.
With appointment of Hugh Gartesside, Robert Shakerley and Gilbert Gilpyn as attorneys to give seisin.

Grant by Sir William Stanley of Hoton, James Skaresbyhe [Scaresby], Thomas Pole, William Nedeham, Thomas Wolton, Hugh Gartesside, Ranulph Billyngton, Robert Shakerley, Richard Huxley, John Carlile, clerk, Henry Ban, and Henry Kirkham to Sir Thomas Stanley, Lord Stanley, Henry Pole and Robert Southworth, of the castlem manors and lands which they held by feoffment of the aforesaid Lord Stanley or his father, Sir Thomas Stanley, Lord Stanley, in Lancashire, Cheshire, Wales or the Isle of Man.
With appointment of John Crosse, Wiliam Core and Oliver Bykerstath as their attorneys.

Grant by Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham [and] Earl of Hertford, Stafford and Northampton, by royal licence to Thomas [Bourchier], Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas [Rotherham], Archbishop of York, John [Morton], Bishop of Ely, William [Dudley], Bishop of Durham, John [Hales], Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, John [Russell], Bishop of Lincoln, Henry [Bourchier], Earl of Essex, William, Lord Hastyngs, John, Lord Howard, Walter, Lord Ferres, Sir William Knyvet, Sir Richard Chok, Sir Guy Fayrfax, Richard Pygot and John Catesby, serjeant at law, John Jeffery,clerk, William Catesby, William Paston, John Denton, William Harpour, Richard Harpour, John Broun, Richard Isham and Andrew Dymmok, of the manors of Hatfeld Regis, Writtel and Boyton, in the hundreds of Ongre and Harlow in the county of Essex, and the manors of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Rothwell, Northamptonshire, held in chief of the King [Edward IV].
26 February 1480/1

Admission of confraternity granted by Anthony, Prior of the Carthusian Order, to Thomas, Lord Stanley, and Margaret [Beaufort] his wife, to the Lady Elianor [Eleanor], deceased, formerly his wife, and to Sir Thomas Stanley and Johanna his wife and their children.
"Datum Carthusie sedente nostro capitulo generali 23 April 1478"

Indulgence from John (Sante), Abbot of Abingdon, nuntio of Pope Sixtus IV in England, Wales and Ireland, to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, in regard to her contributions to the wars against the Turks.
London, 5 March 1476/7

Grant, Thomas lord Stanley to Lady Margaret, of lands in Moldesdale, Flintshire, and Beaumaris, Anglesey.

Letters of attorney, Lady Margaret to Gilbert Gylpyn [Gilpin] and Thomas Atkyns, to take seisin of lands outlined in SJLM/4/3/1/3.
Signed: M. Rychemond

Includes: grants and a letter of attorney related to Stanley lands in Lancashire and Cheshire.

Grant: Thomas, Lord Stanley, to Lady Margaret, of the Castle of Hawarden, Cheshire, and the manors of Bidston, Chesire, Alston, Lancashire, Flintham and Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire; and lands in the Wirral, Prescot and Anlesargh, Lancashire, for term of her life.