Item 5 - Probate Copy Will

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SJLM/3/1/5

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GB 1859 SJLM/3/1/5

Title

Probate Copy Will

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  • 1512 (Creation)

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1 item, parchment

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A contemporary copy of the will of Lady Margaret. Attached is a sealed deed of William, Archbishop of Canterbury and papal legate, dated 22 October 1512 at Lambeth, granting probate of the will.
Incorporating her original will (6 June 1508) and the memorandum for founding St John's College.
Stored in a wooden box

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  • English
  • Latin

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A large vellum sheet, with a strip of parchment attached by running its tabe through the vellum sheet. Also includes the remains of the Archbishop's seal. The will is in English, the grant of probate is in Latin.

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Printed in Collegium Divi Johannis Evangelistae, quatercentenary publication, 1911

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D4.6

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  • Shelf: SJLM/3/1/5