OF SELBORNE. 357 



W. Cowper being then absent, Radulphus Langley appeared 

 for the bishop, and was admitted his proctor. Preston pro- 

 duced his libel or article in scrip tis for the union, &c. " et 

 " admitti petiit eundem cum effectu ; cujus libelli tenor sequi- 

 " tur. In Dei nomine, Amen. Coram nobis venerabili in 

 " Christo patre Richardo, priore, &c. de Novo Loco, &c. com- 

 " missario, &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 liberali- 

 " bus, presertim in sacra theologia studentibus, nedum ad ip- 

 (t sorum presidents et scholarium pro presenti et imposterum, 

 " annuente deo, incorporandum in eodem relevamen ; verum 

 " etiam ad omnium et singuloram tarn scholarium quam reli- 

 " giosorum cujuscunque ordinis undequaque illuc confluere pro 

 " salubri doctrina volentium utilitatem multiplicem ad incre- 

 " menta virtutis fideique catholice stabilimentum. Ita videli- 

 " cet quod omnes et singuli absque personarum seu nationum 

 " delectu illuc accedere volentes, lecturas publicas et doctrinas 

 " tarn in grammatica loco ad collegium contiguo, ac philoso- 

 " phiis morali et natural!, quam in sacra theologia in eodem 

 "collegio perpetuis temporibus continuandas libere atque 

 " gratis audire valeant et possint ad laudem gloriam et ho- 

 " norem 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 laborarunt, et labo- 

 " runt publica vox et fama. Unde facta fide petit pars eorun- 

 " dem that the Priory be annexed to the college : ita quod 

 " dicto prioratu vacante liceat iis ex tune to take possession, 

 " &c." This libel, with the express consent of the other 

 proctors, we, the commissary admitted, and appointed the 

 sixth of August for proctor Preston to prove the premisses. 



Preston produced witnesses, W. Gyfford, S. T. P. John 

 Nehj A. M. John Chapman, chaplain, and Robert Baron, lite- 

 rat us, who were admitted and sworn, when the court was 



