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college — " propter quod fructus, redditus, et proventus 

 ejusdem coll. adeo tenues sunt, et exiles, quod ad sus- 

 tentationem ejus, &c. non sufficiunt." — The commissary, 

 " ad libellandum et articulandum in scriptis " — adjourned 

 the court to the 5 th of August, then to be held again in 

 the parish church of Essher. 



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, etc. " 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 servien- 

 tes inibi altissimo famulantibus, et in scientiis plerisque 

 liberalibus, presertim in sacra theologia studentibus, nedum 

 ad ipsorum presidentis et scholarium pro presenti et im- 

 posterum, annuente deo, incorporandum in eodem releva- 

 men ; verum etiam ad omnium et singulorum tam 

 scholarium quam religiosorum cujuscunque ordinis unde- 

 quaque illuc confluere pro salubri doctrina volentium 

 utilitatem multiplicem ad incrementa virtutis fideique 

 catholice stabilimentum. Ita videlicet quod omnes et sin- 

 guli absque personarum seu nationum delectu illuc accedere 

 volentes, lecturas publicas et doctrinas tam in grammatica 

 loco ad collegium contiguo, ac philosophiis morali et naturali, 

 quam in sacra theologia in eodem collegio perpetuis tem- 

 poribus continuandas libere atque gratis audire valeant 

 et possint ad laudem gloriam et honorem Dei, &c. extitit 

 fundatum et stabilitum." 



For the first item in this process see the beginning of 

 this letter. Then follows item the second — " that the 

 revenues of the college non sufficiunt his diebus." " Item 

 — that the premisses are true, &c. et super eisdem labora- 

 runt, et laborant publica vox et fama. Unde facta fide 

 petit pars eorundem that the Priory be annexed to the 

 college : ita quod dicto prioratu vacante liceat iis ex tunc 



