Black Books Volume 4 covers the years 1530-1562. The text is written in a mixture of English, Latin and French.

Items of interest recorded in this volume include:

• Coronation of Anne Boleyn (fo. 45)

• Disruption to Christmas services due to plague (fo. 74)

• Catholic furnishings returned to the Chapel at the beginning of the reign of Mary I (fo. 280)