360 ANTIQUITIES 



LETTER XXV. 



WAINFLEET did not long enjoy the satisfaction arising from 

 this new acquisition ; but departed this life in a few months 

 after he had effected the union of the Priory with his late 

 founded college ; and was succeeded in the see of Winchester 

 by Peter Courtney, some time towards the end of the year 

 1486. 



In the beginning of the following year the new bishop re- 

 leased the president and fellows of Magdalen College from all 

 actions respecting the Priory of Selborne; and the prior and 

 convent of Saint Swithun, as the chapter of Winchester cathe- 

 dral, confirmed the released 



1ST. 293. " Relaxatio Petri epi Winton Ricardo Mayew, 

 " President! omnium actionum occasione indempnitatis sibi 

 " debite pro unione Prioratus de Selborne dicto collegio. 

 " Jan. 2. 1487. et translat. anno 1." 



N. 374. " Relaxatio prioris et conventus S li Swithini Winton 

 " confirmans relaxationem Petri ep. Winton" 1487. Jan. 13. 



Ashforde, the deposed prior, who had appeared as an evi- 

 dence for the impropriation of the Priory at the age of 

 seventy-two years, that he might not be destitute of a main- 

 tenance, was pensioned by the college to the day of his death ; 

 and was living on till 1490, as appears by his acquittances. 



REG. A. ff. 46. 



" Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum per- 

 " venerit, Richardus Mayew, presidens, &c. et scolares, salutem 

 " in Domino/' 



" Noveritis nos prefatos presidentem et scolares dedisse, 

 " concessisse, et hoc presenti scrip to confirmasse Thome Ash- 

 " forde, capellano, quendam annualem redditum sex librarum 

 " tresdecim solidorum et quatuor denariorum bone et legalis 

 " monete Anglie ad terminum vite prefati Thome " to be 

 b The bishops of Winchester were patrons of the Priory. 



