Black Books Volume 2 covers the years 1472-1507. The text is written in a mixture of English, Latin and French.

Items of interest recorded in this volume include:

• Building of the Old Hall in 1489-90 (fo.13)

• Thomas More admitted in 1496 (fo.34)

• Disruption of the orderly life of the Inn due to outbreak of the plague (fo. 42, pt. 2 fo. 1, fo. 54, fo. 55)