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et aequietabimus contra omnes gentes ; " viz., " We will warrant 

 the thing sold against all claims from any quarter." In 

 modern conveyancing this would be termed a covenant for 

 further assurance. Afterwards is added " Pro hac autem 

 donacione, etc., dedit mihi pred. Episcopus sexdecem marcas 

 argenti in Gersumam" i.e. " The bishop gave me sixteen sil- 

 ver marks as a consideration for the thing purchased/' 



As the grant from Jac. de Achangre was without date, 3 and 

 the next is circumstanced in the same manner, we cannot say 

 exactly what interval there was between the two purchases ; 

 but we find that Jacobus de Nortun, a neighboring gentleman, 

 also soon sold to the bishop of Winchester some adjoining 

 grounds, through which our stream passes, that the Priory 

 might be accommodated with a mill, which was a common 

 necessary appendage to every manor ; he also allowed access 

 to these lands by a road for carts and wagons. " Jacobus 

 de Nortun concedit Petro Winton episcopo totum cursum aque 

 que descendit de Molendino de Durton usq ; ad boscum Will. 

 Mauduit, et croftam terre vocat : Edriche croft, cum extensione 

 ejusdem et abuttamentis ; ad fundandam domum religiosam 

 de ordine Sti. Augustini. Concedit etiam viam ad carros, et 

 caretas," etc. This vale, down which runs the brook, is now 

 called the Long Lith, or Lyth. Bating the following par- 

 ticular expression, this grant runs much in the style of the 

 former : " Dedit mihi episcopus predictus triginta quinque 

 marcas argenti ad me acquietandum versus Jttdceos ; " that is, 

 " The bishop advanced me thirty-five marks of silver to pay 

 my debts to the Jews," who were then the only lenders of 

 money. 



Finding himself still straitened for room, the founder ap- 

 plied to his royal master, Henry, who was graciously pleased to 

 bestow certain lands in the manor of Selborne on the new Priory 

 of his favorite minister. These grounds had been the property 

 of Stephen de Lucy ; and, abutting upon the narrow limits of 

 the convent, became a very commodious and agreeable acqui- 

 sition. This grant, I find, was made on March 9th, in the 

 eighteenth year of Henry, viz., 1234, being two years after 

 the foundation of the monastery. The royal donor bestowed 

 his favor with good grace, by adding to it almost every immu- 



