222 ' THE ANTIQUITIES [LETT. 



and William Stratfeld, canons, who alone had voices, being the 

 only canons, about ten o' the clock, first sung " Veni Creator," 

 the letters and license being read in the presence of many per- 

 sons there. Then William Wyndesor, in his own name, and 

 that of all the canons, made solemn proclamation, enjoining all 

 who had no right to vote to depart out of the chapter-house. 

 When all were withdrawn except Guyllery de Lacuna, in de- 

 cretis Baccalarius, and .Robert Peverell, notary-public, and also 

 the two chaplains, the first was requested to stay, that he might 

 direct and inform us in the mode of election ; the other, that he 

 might record and attest the transactions ; and the two last that 

 they might be witnesses to them. 



Then, having read the constitution of the general council 

 " Quia propter," and the forms of elections contained in it being 

 sufficiently explained to them by De Lacuna, as well in Latin 

 as the vulgar tongue, and having deliberated in what mode to 

 proceed in this election, they resolved on that of scrutiny. 

 Three of the canons, Wyndesor, Berne, and London, were made 

 scrutators : Berne, London, and Stratfeld, choosing Wyndesor ; 

 Wyndesor, London, and Stratfeld, choosing Berne ; Wyndesor, 

 Berne, and Stratfeld, choosing London. 



They were empowered to take each other's vote, and then 

 that of Stratfeld ; " et ad inferiorem partem angularem " of the 

 chapter-house, "juxta ostium ejusdem declinentes," with the 

 other persons (except Stratfeld, who stayed behind), pro- 

 ceeded to voting, two swearing, and taking the voice of the third, 

 in succession, privately. Wyndesor voted first : " Ego credo 

 Petrum Berne meliorem et utiliorem ad regimen istius ec- 

 clesie, et in ipsum consentio, ac eum nomiuo," &c. Berne was 

 next sworn, and in like manner nominated Wyndesor ; London 

 nominated Berne : Stratfeld was then called and sworn, and 

 nominated Berne. 



" Quibus in scriptis redactis," by the notary-public, they 

 returned to the upper part of the chapter-house, where by 

 Wyndesor " sic purecta fecerunt in communi," and then 

 solemnly, in form written, declared the election of Berne : when 

 all, "antedicto nostro electo excepto, approbantes et ratifi- 

 cantes, cepimus decantare solemniter ' Te Deum Laudamus,' et sic 



