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SJLM/7/4/1
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- 1525-1526 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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Copy of the first part of Letters Patent of Henry VIII cancelling the licence dated 10 July 1515, to the executors of the Lady Margaret to acquire land from the College, replacing it with a new licence.
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- Latin
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Publication note
- See: Brewer, J.S. (ed.), Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 4, 1524-1530. [9 April 1526, No.2082] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol4/pp930-943
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According to the entry in "Letters and Papers" the licence is as follows:
Licence to Ric. bishop of Winchester, John bishop of Rochester, and Chas. earl of Worcester, executors of Margaret late countess of Richmond and Derby, to give lands and revenues to St. John's College, Cambridge, to the yearly value of 200l., on surrender of patent 10 July 7 Hen. VIII., which was invalid. No fees to be paid in the Hanaper beyond 20s. 4d. Del. Westm., 9 April 17 Hen. VIII. [see http://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol4/pp930-943]
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A licence of mortmain, or licence in mortmain (the French word means ‘dead hand’), issued by the Crown was necessary after 1279 for any lands to be alienated, or conveyed.