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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 servientes 

 inibi altissimo famulantibus, et in scientiis plerisque liberali- 

 bus, presertim in sacra theologia studentibus, neduni ad ipso- 

 rum presidentis et scholarium pro presenti et imposterum, 

 annuente deo, incorporandorum in eodem relevamen ; verum 

 etiam ad omnium et singulorum tarn scholarium quam religio- 

 sorum cujuscunque ordinis undequaque illuc confluere pro 

 salubri doctrina volentium utilitatem multiplicem ad incre- 

 menta virtutis fideique catholice stabilimentum. Ita videlicet 

 quod omnes et singuli absque personarum seu nationum de- 

 lectu illuc accedere volentes, lecturas publicas et doctrinas 

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

 phiis morali, et naturali quam in sacra theologia in eodem col- 

 legio perpetuis temporibus 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 

 premises are true, &c., et super eisdem laborarunt, et labo- 

 rante 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 6th August for 

 Proctor Preston to prove the premises. 



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

 A.M., John Chapman, chaplain, and Robert Baron, literatus, 

 who were admitted and sworn, when the court was prorogued 

 to the 6th August; and the witnesses, on the same 5th Au- 

 gust, were examined by the commissary, "in capella infra 

 manerium de Esher situata secrete et singillatim." Then 

 follow the"literae procuratoriae :" first that of the college, 



