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formam in eisdem traditam procedere dignaremur,” &c. After 
these proclamations no contradictor or objector appearing—“ad 
instantem petitionem ipsius mag. Jac. Preston, procuratoris, &c., 
procedendum fore decrevimus vocatis jure vocandis; nec non mag. 
Tho. Somercotes, &c., in actorum nostrorum scribam nominavimus. 
Consequenter et ibidem tunc comparuit magister Michael Clyff 
&c., et exhibuit in ea parte procuratorium suum,” for the prior and 
convent of the cathedral of Winton, “et fecit se partem pro 
eisdem. Deinde comperuit coram nobis, &c., honestus vir Willmus 
Cowper,” proctor for the bishop as patron of the priory of Selborne, 
and exhibited his “procuratorium,” &c. After these were read in 
the presence of Clyff and Cowper, “ Preston, viva voce,” petitioned 
the commissary to annex and appropriate the Priory of Selborne to 
the college—“ propter quod fructus, redditus, et proventus ejusdem 
coll. adeo tenues sunt, et exiles, quod ad sustentationem ejus, &c., 
non sufficiunt.” The commissary, “ad libellandum et articulandum 
in scriptis,’—adjourned the court to the 5th of August, then to be 
held again in the parish church of Esher. 
W. Cowper being then absent, Radulphus Langley appeared for 
the bishop, and was admitted his proctor. Preston produced his 
libel or article in scriptis for the union, &c.; “et admitti petiit 
eundem cum effectu ; cujus libelli tenor sequitur.—In Dei nomine, 
Amen. Coram nobis venerabili in Christo patre Richardo, priore, 
&c., de Novo Loco, &c., commissario, &c.’’ Part of the College 
of Magd. dicit. allegat, and in his “scriptis proponit,” &c. 
“ Imprimis—that said college consists of a president and eighty 
scholars, besides sixteen choristers, thirteen servientes inibi altissimo 
famulantibus, et in scientiis plerisque liberalibus, presertim in sacra 
theologia studentibus, nedum ad ipsorum presidentis et scholarium 
pro presenti et imposterum, annuente deo, incorporandorum in 
eodem relevamen ; verum etiam ad omnium et singulorum tam 
scholarium quam religiosorum cujuscunque ordinis undequaque 
illuc confluere pro salubri doctrina volentium utilitatem multipli- 
cem ad incrementa virtutis fideique catholice stabilimentum. Ita 
videlicet quod omnes et singuli absque personarum seu nationum 
delectu illuc accedere volentes, lecturas publicas et doctrinas tam 
in grammatica in loco ad collegium contiguo, ac philosophiis morali 
et naturali, quam in sacra theologia in eodem collegio perpetuis 
temporibus continuandas libere atque gratis audire valeant et 
possint, ad laudem gloriam et honorem Dei, &c., extitit fundatum 
et stabilitum.” 
