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u de omnibus finibus et amerciamentis p tnsgr. et omnibus ex- 

 " accoibz ad Dom. regem vel hered. suos ptinent. pret. plita 

 (( corone reg. 



" Item clamat q d si aliquis hominum suorum de terris et 

 " ten. p. delicto suo vitam aut membrum debeat amittere vel 

 tc fugiat, & judico stare noluerit vel aliud delictum fecit pro 

 " quo debeat catella sua amittere, ubicunq; justitia fieri debeat 

 " omnia catella ilia sint ptci Prioris et successor, suor. Et 

 " liceat eidem priori et ballis suis ponere se in seisinam in 

 t( hujusmodi catall. in casibus pdcis sine disturbacone ballivor. 

 " dni reg. quorumcunque. 



" Item clam, quod licet aliqua libtatum p dnm regem con- 

 " cessar. pcessu temporis quocunq ; ciasu contingente usi jnon 

 te fuerint nlominus postea eadm libtate uti possit. Et pdcus 

 " prior quesitus p. justic. quo waranto clamat omn. terr. et 

 " ten. sua in Seleburne, Norton., Basynges, Basyngestoke, & 

 " Nattele, que prior domus pdte huit & tenuit X mo . die April 

 " anno regni dni Hen. reg. pavi dni reg. nue XVIII. imppm 

 " esse quieta de vasto et regard o, et visu forestarior. et viri- 

 " darior. regardator. et omnium ministrorum foreste," &c. &c. 



Chapter-house, Westminster. 



LETTER XXVI. 



THOUGH the evidences and documents of the Priory and parish 

 of Selborne are now at an end, yet, as the author has still 

 several things to say respecting the present state of that 

 convent and it's Grange, and other matters, he does not see 

 how he can acquit himself of the subject without trespassing 

 again on the patience of the reader by adding one supple- 

 mentary letter. 



No sooner did the Priory (perhaps much out of repair at 

 the time) become an appendage to the college, but it must at 

 once have tended to swift decay. Magdalen College wanted 

 now only two chambers for the chantry priest and his assis- 

 tant ; and therefore had no occasion for the hall, dormitory, 



