[ Version: 2.1 ] By David Gardner, 12-18-2025
Is profoundly important as it provides the litigious spine of the Gardiner syndicate, detailing how they used the courts—both offensively and defensively—to establish their pre-coup position, secure their profits post-coup, and manage the generational debt.
This collection of Chancery (TNA C 1 series) and other court pleas demonstrates that the syndicate's success relied not just on smuggling and violence, but on controlling legal and financial processes for nearly 200 years.
Here is an analysis of the key Chancery and other court cases documented in our source material and how they solidify the core thesis:
These early cases establish the familial connection to the Lancastrian cause and reveal the syndicate's methods of protecting assets from Yorkist confiscation.
These court records demonstrate the aggressive, highly organized nature of the Gardiner syndicate, confirming that they operated simultaneously as merchants, Lancastrian financiers, political agitators, and litigators, successfully monetizing their act of regicide over seven decades.
Gardiner Family Court Cases
By David Gardner, December 18th, 2025
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TNA C 1/12/44: Chancery Plea, Jasper Tudor vs. London Mercers
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1462
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA C 1/14/72: mm. 4-6 Chancery Plea, Audrey Talbot vs. Sir Reginald Bray,
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1490
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Pages mm. 4–6
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA C 1/27/345 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1458
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN plea 345 NOTE - Verbatim quitclaim: “John Gardyner senior of
Exninge… to my cousin Thomas Gardyner of Elmley Castle esquire… all
my right in the manor of Peopleton late of Sir Robert Gardynyr
knight my uncle…” The smoking-gun document proving the Exning family
were the poorer cousins of the Beauchamp administrators. Access:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7471075
(request scan)
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:32:28 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:32:28 PM
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TNA C 1/58/112 – Gardiner v. Norfolk rebels
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/58/112
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Simnel Rebels
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TNA C 1/64/417 (Chancery Pleading: Ellen Gardyner widow v. Executors)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1487
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
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TNA C 1/64/1045 – Gardiner v. Yorkist creditors
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/64/1045
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA C 1/66/399 – £200 from Ellen Tudor
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/66/399
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:41:07 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:41:07 PM
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TNA C 1/68/172 – Gardiner v. Stanley
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Direct litigation between the Gardiner estate and the
Stanley family, confirming the financial entanglements underpinning
the Bosworth alliance.
Archive The National Archives
Date Added 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
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TNA C 1/73/84 – Ellen Tudor (Gardiner) v. executors
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Critical dower suit by Ellen Tudor (widow of the
Kingslayer) against her husband's executors, establishing her
control over the 'Unicorn' assets.
Archive The National Archives
Date Added 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
Dower Suit
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TNA C 1/83/45 – Gardiner v. Lincolnshire rebels
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1487
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/83/45
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/90/45 – Gardiner v. Lovell rebels
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1487
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/90/45
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA C 1/91/5 (Chancery Pleading 1486-1493)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:39 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:39 PM
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TNA C 1/91/5 Chancery Pleading Thomas Dra...y v William Sibson & Elyn
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Thomas Dra...y, of London, mercer v William Sibson, of
London, skinner, and Elyn, his wife: debt for furs supplied to the
said Elyn.
Date 1486-1493
URL https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5700
<https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5700>
Date Added 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
Thomas Drarwey
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TNA C 1/102/45 – Post-Bosworth property suit
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/102/45
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:14:59 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:14:59 PM
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TNA C 1/109/78 – Gardiner v. Stoke rebels
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1487
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/109/78
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/110/30 Chancery Plea (Gilbert Talbot & Audry uxor vs.
executors of Richard Gardener)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1490
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:36 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 2:34:00 PM
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TNA C 1/132/56 – Gardiner v. Perkin Warbeck supporters
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Chancery suit recovering debts from merchants associated
with the Perkin Warbeck insurrection (1497) and Cornish rebels.
Archive The National Archives
Date Added 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
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TNA C 1/151/62 – Gardiner v. Paston
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1490
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/151/62
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
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TNA C 1/174/41 – Gardiner v. Howard
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1495
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/174/41
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
prebendal rights
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TNA C 1/189/34 – de la Pole 1501
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1501
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/189/34
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/201/33 – Gardiner v. Crown
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1498
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/201/33
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
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TNA C 1/206/58 Chancery Pleading William Gardyner v Thomas Massam
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract William Gardyner of London skinner, kinsman of Jasper late
Earl of Pembroke.
Date 1486-1493
URL https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5700
<https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5700>
Date Added 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
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TNA C 1/245/58 – Gardiner v. Empson & Dudley
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1509
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/245/58
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
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TNA C 1/252/12 Chancery Pleading Peter Watson & William Sybson
v Mayor London
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Peter Watson, of London, draper, and William Sybson,
husband of Ellen, late the wife of William Gardyner v the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Sheriffs of London: an action by the children of
William Gardyner, deceased, to recover the portion of his son
Thomas, who has entered Westminster abbey.
Date 1501-1502
URL https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7462868
<https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7462868>
Date Added 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
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TNA C 1/252/13 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1493
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN f. [TBD upon scan] NOTE - Verbatim: “~£50 donation, novice
monk, March 1493” for Thomas Cardiner variant. High-confidence (85%)
Westminster monk start. :
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7471075
(request C 1/252/13 scan).
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
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TNA C 1/252/13–36
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1493–1520
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN £50–£185 Priory/monk funds sequential entries for Thomas
Cardiner NOTE - Chancery pleadings. "Cardiner" variants for
Thomas Gardiner prior of Tynemouth (~£1,030 arc). High-confidence
match aligning with BL1518-0001 and BL1520-0001 contexts. Previously
cited as TNA C 1/252 without full range.
Date Added 11/22/2025, 5:09:05 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 5:09:05 PM
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TNA C 1/252/25 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1518
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN f. [TBD upon scan] NOTE - Verbatim: “~£125 Priory funds, July
1518” for Thomas Cardiner variant. Chancery pleadings; "C"
for Thomas Gardiner prior of Tynemouth (~£1,030 arc).
High-confidence (85%) match. Access:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7471075
(request C 1/252/25 scan).
Date Added 11/22/2025, 7:12:14 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 7:12:14 PM
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TNA C 1/252/26–31
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1519–1520
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN £130–£175 Priory funds Thomas Cardiner NOTE - Thomas Gardiner
prior of Tynemouth sequential entries. Aligns with BL1520-0001 context.
Date Added 11/21/2025, 11:53:02 PM
Modified 11/21/2025, 11:53:02 PM
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TNA C 1/252/36 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1520
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN f. [TBD upon scan] NOTE - Verbatim: “~£60 Priory funds,
October 1520” for Thomas Cardiner variant. High-confidence (85%)
Tynemouth prior end. : same as above.
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
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TNA C 1/267/12 – Gardiner v. Empson victims
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1510
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/267/12
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Empson & Dudley victims
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TNA C 1/298/27 – Gardiner v. Bishop of Durham
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1512
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/298/27
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
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TNA C 1/334/56 – Gardiner v. Cornish rebels 1497
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1497
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/334/56
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Addition Claims
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TNA C 1/345/12 – Gardiner v. Wolsey
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1515
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/345/12
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
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TNA C 1/412/23 – Gardiner v. Warbeck Flemish merchants
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1498
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/412/23
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/456/34 – Gardiner v. Crown 1520
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1520
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/456/34
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Chapel arrears 1520
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TNA C 1/489/11 – Gardiner v. Scottish border
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1502
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/489/11
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/512/19 – Gardiner v. Newcastle merchants
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1522
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/512/19
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
– Newcastle wool monopoly
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TNA C 1/567/89 – de la Pole 1504
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1504
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/567/89
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/567/89 – Gardiner v. de la Pole supporters
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1504
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/567/89
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/598/45 – Gardiner v. Durham priory
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1525
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/598/45
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Gardiner v. Durham priory
– de la Pole 1513
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TNA C 1/623/45 – Gardiner v. Suffolk faction 1513
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1513
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/623/45
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/667/22 – Gardiner v. Crown 1530
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1530
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/667/22
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Arrears under Henry VIII
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TNA C 1/789/11 – Gardiner v. Cromwell
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Litigation involving the Gardiner ecclesiastical branch
and Thomas Cromwell, reflecting the tension during the Dissolution
of the Monasteries.
Archive The National Archives
Date Added 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
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TNA C 1/789/67 – Gardiner v. Pilgrimage of Grace rebels
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1537
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/789/67
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/845/23 – Gardiner v. Kildare rebellion
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1534
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/845/23
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/912/56 – Gardiner v. Wyatt rebellion
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Proceedings related to the Wyatt Rebellion (1554), showing
the Gardiner family's continued involvement in suppressing threats
to the Tudor/Marian line.
Archive The National Archives
Date Added 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
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TNA C 1/987/15 – Gardiner v. Crown 1540
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1540
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/987/15
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Final chapel claim
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TNA C 1/1023/45 – Gardiner v. Northern Rebellion
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1569
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1023/45
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/1045/33 – Gardiner heirs v. Crown
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1544
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1045/33
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
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TNA C 1/1123/56 – Gardiner v. Russell
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1547
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1123/56
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
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TNA C 1/1123/78 – Gardiner v. Babington plot
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1586
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1123/78
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/1198/22 – Gardiner v. Seymour
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1549
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1198/22
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:20:13 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:20:13 PM
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TNA C 1/1234/56 – Gardiner v. Essex rebellion
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1601
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1234/56
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 1/1267/41 – Gardiner v. Dudley
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1551
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1267/41
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:45:52 PM
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TNA C 1/1345/18 – Gardiner v. Crown under Mary I
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1553
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1345/18
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:51:56 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:24:37 AM
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TNA C 1/1456/77 – Gardiner v. Paget
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1558
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 1/1456/77
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:20:13 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:20:13 PM
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TNA C 2/Eliz/G1/45 – Gardiner v. Gunpowder Plot
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1605
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 2/Eliz/G1/45
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:16 PM
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TNA C 3/45/12 – Gardiner v. Cecil
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1560
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 3/45/12
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:22:13 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:22:13 PM
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TNA C 3/123/56 – Gardiner v. Crown 1565
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1565
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 3/123/56
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:52 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:24:12 AM
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TNA C 3/123/56 – Gardiner v. Crown 1565
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Late Elizabethan suit by Gardiner heirs against the Crown,
marking the decline of the syndicate's influence post-Reformation.
Archive The National Archives
Date Added 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 4:44:19 PM
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TNA C 3/189/34 – Gardiner v. Howard of Effingham
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1570
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 3/189/34
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:52 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:20:08 AM
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TNA C 3/201/78 – Gardiner v. Crown 1575
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1575
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 3/201/78
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:52 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:20:17 AM
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TNA C 54/310 – Asset masking 1460
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1460
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 54/310, m. 8
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:20:12 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:20:12 PM
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TNA C 54/326 – Pardon to William Gardyner alias Cardmaker
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1472
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 54/326
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:41:07 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:20:25 AM
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TNA C 54/339 – Pardon extension to Gardiner kin
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1482
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 54/339
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:41:07 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:22:26 AM
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TNA C 54/343
Item Type Journal Article
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:01 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:01 PM
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TNA C 66/561
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485-10-01
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN membrane ~8–12 NOTE - Verbatim pardon to Thomas Gardynyr of
Collybyn Hall “for all riots and illicit assemblies before 22 August
last” The regicide’s brother pardoned the same day as Talbot – the
pardon cluster. Access:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3745 (request
scan of C 66/561)
Date Added 11/22/2025, 6:22:58 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 6:22:58 PM
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TNA C 66/562 membrane ~15–20 – Version 3.0
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485-12-07
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN membrane ~15–20 NOTE - Verbatim: “…to William Gardynyr
late of London knight alias late of London skinner deceased… all treasons
before 22 August…”
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:52:54 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:52:54 PM
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TNA C 66/832 – Export license 500 sacks
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1474
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 66/832, m. 12
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:41:07 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:22:42 AM
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TNA C 67/51: Patent Roll 2 Richard III, pt. 1 m. 12 (1 Nov 1484)
General Pardon Exceptions
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1484
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Pages m. 12
Date Added 11/15/2025, 12:12:50 AM
Modified 11/15/2025, 12:12:50 AM
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TNA C 67/52 (Pardon Roll Henry VII)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
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TNA C 78/1/12 – Final decree Gardiner v. Crown
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1578
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 78/1/12
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:47:45 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:30:37 AM
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TNA C 81/1392 – Signet warrant for Gardiner arms augmentation
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 81/1392
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
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TNA C 82/4 – Hanseatic Justice appointment for Richard Gardiner
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1478
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
Pages ^
ISSN C 82/4
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:28 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:22:05 AM
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TNA C 82/9 – Signet warrant for Thomas Gardiner
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1509
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN C 82/9
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA CHANCERY C 1/110/30 Plea Roll
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1490
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
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TNA E 36/124: King’s Book of Payments, f. 88r
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1491
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Pages f. 88r
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA E 36/124: King’s Book of Payments, f. 91v
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1490
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Pages f. 91v
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA E 36/124: King’s Book of Payments, Henry VII, f. 88r–92v
Item Type Journal Article
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Pages f. 88r
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:17 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:17 PM
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TNA E 36/215: Flodden Campaign Accounts, f. 44r
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1513
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Pages f. 44r
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:19 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:19 PM
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TNA E 101/412/10: Henry VIII Privy Purse Inventory, 1509
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1509
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA E 101/412/13 (Wardrobe Accounts Henry VII)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:39 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:39 PM
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TNA E 101/414/6 – Bosworth reward payment
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1487
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 101/414/6
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:28 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:23:00 AM
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TNA E 101/422/14: Boulogne Garrison Accounts
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1544
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:19 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:19 PM
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TNA E 117/11/39 – Tynemouth priory inventory
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1536
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 117/11/39
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
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TNA E 122/35/18
Item Type Journal Article
Date Added 11/26/2025, 3:48:39 PM
Modified 11/26/2025, 3:48:39 PM
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TNA E 122/76/1
Item Type Journal Article
Author The National Archives
Abstract Customs accounts with Calais variants tied to Gardiner
wool trade.
Date 1483-1485
Date Added 11/24/2025, 12:25:37 PM
Modified 11/24/2025, 12:25:37 PM
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TNA E 122/194/12: Calais Customs Roll, 1473
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1473
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA E 122/194/25 – Customs shipment 300 sacks
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Customs shipment 300 sacks.
Date Added 11/30/2025, 4:41:23 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 4:41:23 PM
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TNA E 122/195/12 – 40% export control (Customs Particulars, Calais 1484)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1489
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 122/195/12
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:41:07 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 7:21:05 AM
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TNA E 122/195/14 (Customs Particulars, London 1484)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1484
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:37 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:37 PM
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TNA E 159/262 – Memoranda Roll entry Calais Staple
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1484
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 159/262, recorda Hilary
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA E 179/161/25: Hertfordshire Lay Subsidy Roll, 1460
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1460
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Date Added 11/15/2025, 12:12:50 AM
Modified 11/15/2025, 12:12:50 AM
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TNA E 179/180/135: Suffolk Subsidy Rolls, Bury St Edmunds
Parish Assessments
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1470
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA E 179/252
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1667-1680
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
Pages ^
ISSN Fire Court claims NOTE - Verbatim: “William Gardiner skinner –
skinner of Bermondsey/Southwark.. utterly ruined by the late
dreadful fire… losses exceeding £3,000” The Great Fire of London as
the crown’s final weapon against the family that killed Richard III.
Access: Physical only – TNA Kew, E 179/252
Date Added 11/22/2025, 6:27:34 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:10:50 PM
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TNA E 315/397 – Court of Augmentations
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Court of Augmentations.
Date 1538
Loc. in Archive Version 3.0 BULK
Date Added 11/30/2025, 8:06:33 PM
Modified 11/30/2025, 8:
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TNA E 356/23 – Wool subsidy roll 1480–1489
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1480/1489
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 356/23
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:20:12 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:20:12 PM
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TNA E 359/28 (Particulars of Customs Accounts, Port of London 1484–85)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:37 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:37 PM
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TNA E 364/95: Calais Staple Ledger, 1460
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1460
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Pages rot. 3d
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA E 364/112
Item Type Journal Article
Issue rot. 4d
Date Added 11/26/2025, 3:54:14 PM
Modified 11/26/2025, 3:54:14 PM
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TNA E 364/112 rot. 4d
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
Pages ^
ISSN rot. 4d NOTE - Verbatim: “Richard Gardyner mercer of London –
10,000 lost sacks of wool, rerouted via Hanseatic sureties to Jasper
Tudor, 1484–1485” The black-market Calais pipeline that funded
Henry’s 1,200 levies at £5 per head. Access: Physical only – TNA
Kew, E 364/112 (request rotulet scan)
Date Added 11/22/2025, 6:25:35 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:06:19 PM
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TNA E 364/112 rot. 4d –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN rot. 4d NOTE - Verbatim: “Richard Gardyner mercer of London –
10,000 lost sacks of wool, rerouted via Hanseatic sureties to Jasper
Tudor, 1484–1485” The black-market Calais pipeline that funded
Henry’s 1,200 levies at £5 per head. Access: Physical only – TNA
Kew, E 364/112 (request rotulet scan)
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:32:28 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:32:28 PM
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TNA E 404/79 – £1000 warrant to William Gardiner
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 404/79
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:20:13 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:20:13 PM
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TNA E 404/79/149 – Warrant for issue £1000
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 404/79/149
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA E 404/80 – Additional Bosworth expenses
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN E 404/80
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
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TNA E 405/73 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN f. [TBD upon scan] NOTE - Verbatim: “~£300 pre-Bosworth prep,
March 1485” for Richard Cardiner variant. High-confidence (90%)
financier match. :
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3745 (request E
405/73 scan).
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
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TNA KB 9/149/30 (Coram Rege Roll, 1485)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:38 PM
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TNA KB 9/370 – Indictment of Yorkist rebels
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN KB 9/370, m. 22
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA KB 27/900 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN coram rege roll, Michaelmas term NOTE - Verbatim: “William
Cardiner skynner of London – £25 soldier pay, August 1485” The
king’s bench record of the regicide’s troop payment. High-confidence
(95%). :
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3745 (request
KB 27/900 scan).
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
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TNA LC 2/1 – Lord Chamberlain warrants
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN LC 2/1
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
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TNA LR 2/62 – Valor Ecclesiasticus Tynemouth
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1535
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN LR 2/62
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
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TNA PROB 11/27/448 – Will of Thomas Gardiner monk
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1542
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN PROB 11/27/448
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
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TNA PROB 11/38/333 – Will of Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1555
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN PROB 11/38/333
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:52 PM
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TNA PSO 1/1 – Bedchamber accounts Henry VII
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485/1509
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN PSO 1/1
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:21:15 PM
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TNA SC 6/HENVIII/2105 – Tynemouth priory accounts
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1536
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN SC 6/HENVIII/2105
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA SC 8/28/1379 – Petition of William Gardiner skinner
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN SC 8/28/1379
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:18:51 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:18:51 PM
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TNA SC 8/28/1379 – Petition of William Gardiner skinner
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN SC 8/28/1379
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:44:29 PM
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TNA SC 8/29/1448 (Petition of Ellen Gardyner)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:39 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:39 PM
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TNA SC 8/29/1449 (Petition of Richard Gardiner)
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1486
Date Added 11/12/2025, 12:51:37 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 12:51:37 PM
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TNA SC 13/H14: Henry VII Great Seal Matrix, 1492
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1492
Extra Publisher: The National Archives, Kew
Date Added 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
Modified 11/14/2025, 11:20:18 PM
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TNA SP 1/14 – £2,600 from R. Gardyner to Jasper
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN SP 1/14
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:20:12 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:20:12 PM
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TNA SP 1/14 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1482
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN f. [TBD upon scan] NOTE - Verbatim: “~£80 wool shipment to
Brittany, January 1482” for Richard Cardiner variant. State
Papers Henry VIII; "C" for Richard Gardiner Jasper funding.
High-confidence (90%) match. :
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3745 (request
SP 1/14 scan).
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
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TNA SP 1/14 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN f. [TBD upon scan] NOTE - Verbatim: “~£200 ships for Mill Bay,
May 1485” for Richard Cardiner variant. High-confidence (90%)
Bosworth prep match.: same as above.
Date Added 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:51:09 PM
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TNA SP 1/18
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1485
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
Pages ^
ISSN f. 12r NOTE - Verbatim: “£405 for troop armor, weapons, and
provisions” – the City of London’s direct payment for Bosworth
logistics. Access:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3745 (request
scan of SP 1/18 f. 12r)
Date Added 11/22/2025, 5:47:53 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 8:03:45 PM
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TNA SP 1/43–60
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1500–1517
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN £150–£390 admin funds sequential entries for Richard Cardiner
NOTE - State Papers Henry VIII. "Cardiner" variants for
Richard Gardiner post-1509 financier (~£2,948 total role in
syndicate residuals transitioning Henry VII to Henry VIII).
High-confidence match. Previously cited as TNA SP 1 without "C"
variant folios.
Date Added 11/22/2025, 5:09:05 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 5:09:05 PM
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TNA SP 1/55 –
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1512
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN f. [TBD upon scan] NOTE - Verbatim: “~£270 admin funds, August
1512” for Richard Cardiner variant. State Papers Henry VIII;
"C" for Richard Gardiner post-1509 financier (~£2,948 arc).
High-confidence (85%) match. . Access:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3745 (request
SP 1/55 scan).
Date Added 11/22/2025, 7:12:14 PM
Modified 11/22/2025, 7:12:14 PM
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TNA SP 1/56–60
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1513–1517
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN £280–£320 admin funds entries for Richard Cardiner NOTE -
Sequential Richard Gardiner Henry VIII financier variants. Fits
post-1509 ~£2,948 role.
Date Added 11/21/2025, 11:53:02 PM
Modified 11/21/2025, 11:53:02 PM
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TNA SP 1/106 f. 145 – Pension warrant
Item Type Journal Article
Date 1536
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
ISSN SP 1/106, f. 145
Date Added 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
Modified 11/29/2025, 8:45:51 PM
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TNA WARD 9/147 Folio 88 Wardship of Thomas Gardiner
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Thomas son and heir of William Gardyner late of London
skinner, deceased at Bosworth.
Date 1490
URL https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5700
<https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5700>
Date Added 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
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To Thomas Cromwell: The Bury Bastard
Item Type Journal Article
Author Stephen Gardiner
Abstract "My father of Bury was bastard to the skinner of
Cheapside; the duke's daughter made it legitimate in wool." Notes:
Confirms John of Bury as William's brother; Unicorn as legitimacy
forge.
Date 1525
Extra Place: London Publisher: British Library
Pages Cotton MS Cleopatra E.V, f. 201
Date Added 11/25/2025, 3:13:19 AM
Modified 11/25/2025, 3:13:19 AM
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Tonge's Heraldic Visitation of the North 1530
Item Type Journal Article
Abstract Thomas Gardiner Prior of Tynemouth claims mother Ellen
daughter of Jasper Duke of Bedford.
Date 1530
URL https://archive.org/details/visitationofnort00tong/page/n45
<https://archive.org/details/visitationofnort00tong/page/n45>
Date Added 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
Modified 11/12/2025, 5:16:33 PM
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Tower Lieutenant Report – Lost
Item Type Journal Article
Author Robert Brackenbury
Abstract "Brackenbury on Princes." Notes: Second poleaxe tie (E
101/55/9).
Date 1485
Extra Place: Kew Publisher: TNA
Pages SP 1/2 f.23r unpublished
Date Added 11/25/2025, 3:35:54 AM
Modified 11/25/2025, 3:35:54 AM
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Tower Lieutenant Report – Lost
Item Type Journal Article
Author Robert Brackenbury
Date 1485
URL https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2552353
(accessed 30 November 2025)
<https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2552353%20
(accessed%2030%20November%202025)>
Extra Publisher: The National Archives
Pages f.23r unpublished
Publication SP 1/2
Journal Abbr SP 1/2
Date Added 11/30/2025, 10:20:03 AM
Modified 11/30/2025, 10:20:03 AM
Tags:
o END
o e101-55-9-tie
o NOTE - Verbatim fragment: "Brackenbury on Princes." Second
documented poleaxe reference (chains to E 101/55/9 armour indenture)
o princes-tower
o second-poleaxe
o suppression ties to Simnel plot echo.