Identity area
Reference code
SJHO/8
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJHO/8
Title
Dissolution of St John's Hospital
Date(s)
- 1509-c 1800 (Creation)
Level of description
Subfonds
Extent and medium
17 items; paper and parchment
Context area
Name of creator
(c 1175-1511)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Documents agreeing on and then arranging the dissolution of St John's Hospital to enable the foundation of St John's College, to 1511. Parties to the agreements and charters are the Bishop of Ely and Lady Margaret Beaufort's executors; also including royal letters patent, a copy of a Papal Bull, and a small number of letters to the brethren of the Hospital.
Post-16th century documents are copies of earlier documents