William Compton to John Fisher concerning James Morice and Thomas Champneys
W (William) Compton, Richmond, to John Fisher requesting his continued favour to James Morice "one of the king's receivers" to obtain for Morice the wardship of Thomas Champneys
William Burbank, secretary to Wolsey, to John Fisher
William Burbank, secretary to Cardinal Wolsey, to John Fisher, requesting lease of a church belonging to St John's College for his kinsman, surveyor of the King's Stables; bids Fisher farewell 'in our great business'.
Undated, but Whit Monday
William Bullock (Norton living): Anthony Tuckney
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Letter, William Bullock, former fellow, Norton Derbyshire, to SJC, about the gift of the living of Norton to SJC, and the controversy over the appointment of a minister.
William Boteler (Higham, Kent): Richard Clayton
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Letter, no year, William Boteler [Butler], Rochester, to Richard Clayton SJC Master, asking licence to assign his lease of the parsonage at Higham, Kent.
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Bill, William
Includes the accounts of William Bedell, treasurer of Lady Margaret's household.
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Papers relating to the Mastership of William Beale.
Beale, William
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Typescript bibliography, and MS notes by Ken North, relating to the career of William Bailey, Chapel Clerk c.1920-35 and also High Table Waiter and Head Waiter. Includes typescript correspondence from Jennifer Hinton, Bailey's great-niece.
William Attwood (letter): John Taylor
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Letter, no year, William Attwood, to John Taylor SJC Master and Dean of Lincoln, about the tithes of Higham, Kent and land at Dartford in Essex.
Willam Butts (letter): John Taylor
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Copy letter, no year, John Taylor, SJC .Master to William Butts, physician to Henry VIII, concerning the incompatibility of a residence at Lincoln, the College and a willingness to resign the latter.
Probate copy will of Wacelin de Briddesal [Wasselyn of Birdsall], Yorkshire.
Will of Sir Henry Stafford, third husband of Lady Margaret. A later will, dated October 1471, was proved 4 May 1482. The proved version has gifts including a horse to John, Earl of Wiltshire which are not in the 1470 version.
Stafford, Henry
Will of Sir John Sandys (copy); Dame Mary Sandys' deed of assignment of life interest
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Containing: copy of will of Sir John Sandys, 1922 (near-contemporary copy); copy of extract from will as published in University Reporter; deed of assignment by Dame Mary Grainger Sandys of life interest in the stock bequeathed to her by her husband, 1928
Contemporary copy of the will of Margaret Warton, leaving property to the Carthusians of Coventry, and lands in Warwickshire for a chantry in Christ's College, and naming Lady Margaret as her executor.
A contemporary copy of the will of Lady Margaret, with certain corrections concerning the gifts to those who should attend her funeral, the dispositions of Maxey [Cambridgeshire] and Torpell [Northamptonshire], and those of the Somerset manors which she has enfeoffed with licence of Edward IV.
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Includes: presentations, leases, deeds and letters.
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Rentcharge bequeathed in 1583 to fund a scholarship, to commence 6 years after his death, but his heir made over the lands to another party without reference to the obligation to St John's. The College did not take legal advice until 1639 and it was decided the benefaction could not be recovered.
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Drawing of the West elevation of the proposed building. Signed Arthur Browne September 1825.