ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE 315 



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, sometime towards the end of the year 

 1486. 



In the beginning of the following year, the new bishop 

 released the president and fellows of Magdalen College from 

 all actions respecting the Priory of Selborne, and the Priory 

 and convent of St. Swithun, as the chapter of Winchester 

 cathedral confirmed the release. 1 



N. 293. " Relaxatio Petri epi Wint5n, Ricardo Mayew, 

 President! omnium actionum occasione indempnitatis sibi 

 debite pro unione Prioratus de Selborne dicto collegio. Jan. 

 2, 1487, et translat. anno i." 



N. 374. " Relaxatio prioris et conventus Sti. Swithini Win- 

 ton 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 maintenance 

 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 scripto 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 

 paid from the possessions of the college in Basingstoke. 

 " In cujus rei testimonium sigillum nostrum commune presen- 

 tibus apponimus. Dat. Oxon. in coll. nostro supra dicto primo 

 die mensis Junii anno regis Ricardi tertii secundo," viz. 1484. 



