58 Kington St. Michael. \_Thc Priory. 



truth, that you forbid, by our authority, all opposition ou the part 

 of the said Parishioners : and that you collate and assign unto the 

 said Alice the Priory whereunto belongeth cure of Souls, the annual 

 value whereof doth not exceed, as she declareth, 36 marks sterling : 

 and that you do induct her into corporal possession thereof, and 

 when inducted, protect her, in all her rights until her death. 



" No previous grant or privileges to the contrary withstanding, 

 whether made to the Priory, or the Bishop and Chapter of Sarum : 

 as to election, &c., &c. 



"And that the said scandals, occasioned by the superintendence 

 of secular officers, may for the future be put an end to, we decree 

 that the Convent be exempt from all Episcopal Jurisdiction what- 

 soever, and be forthwith subject to your's. 



"Likewise, we empower you once every three years, or more 

 frequently, if desirable, to visit the said Monastery for the correc- 

 tion of morals ; reforming whatever may seem to you to require 

 reformation. And if our Reverend Brother the Bishop of Sarum 

 shall again interfere with the same, let him know that he will 

 incur the wrath of the Almighty, and of the Apostles Peter and 

 Paul. 



"Given at Rome 28th Jime, a.d. 1490, and the 6th of our 

 Pontificate." 



The Bishop of Salisbury having apprized the Court of Pome of 

 the Forgery, received the following instructions : — 



2. The Pope to the Bishop of Salisbury. 



" To our venerable Brother greeting. Whereas we have lately 

 received a copy of certain Letters purporting to have been issued by 

 us at the instance of Alice Lawrence, Prioress of Kyngton, and have 

 carefully inspected the same : which Letters it is your desire should 

 be recalled and pronounced to be, as they most palpably are, surrep- 

 titious : whereof a copy is now enclosed to you with these presents : 



" We, being anxious to investigate the matter thoroughly as we 

 are bound to do, bid you endeavour by every means to obtain pos- 

 session of the original Letters themselves and send them to us, 

 and also ascertain by whom the despatching of them was contrived, 



