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SJCR/SJGR/5/2/18/1
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- 17 January 1521 (Creation)
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1 item; parchment
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Scope and content
Tripartite indenture between 1) St John's, 2) Thomas Stakhouse, Master of Michaelhouse, and 3) Robert Doket, clerk, parson of Chevening, Kent and John Milles of Chevening, for the foundation of two scholarships in St John's. The recipient to be decided by Doket during his lifetime and thereafter by St John's. One scholar to be born in a parish in Holderness, Yorkshire, the other in parishes in Kent including Chevening and to be called the Doket scholar. Various contingencies for if a suitable candidate can't be found from those very specific locations (widening out to broader geographical area). Doket has paid the College £50 and has given lands and tenements within the precincts of Cambridge and Horningsey to the value of 55 shillings a year. Forfeiture to Michaelhouse for default by St John's. Two seals, broken. One seal depicts St Michael (head missing) standing on serpent
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Language of material
- English
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With two seals