ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE. 3Q1 



W. Cowper being then absent, Radulphus Langley appeared 

 for the bishop, and was admitted his proctor. Preston produced 

 his libel or article in scriptis for the union, &c. " et admitti petiit 

 eundem cum effectu; cujus libelli tenor sequitur. In Dei no- 

 mine, 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 proponrt, &c." 



"Imprimis that said college consists of a president and 

 eighty scholars, besides sixteen choristers, thirteen servientes 

 inibi altissimo famulantibus, et in scientiis plerisque liberalibus, 

 presertim in sacra theologia studentibus, nedum ad ipsorum pre- 

 sidentis et scholarium pro presenti et imposterum, annuente dec, 

 incorporandorum in eodem relevamen ; verum etiam ad omnium 

 et singulorum tarn scholarium quam religiosorum cujuscunque 

 ordinis undequaque illuc confluere pro salubri doctrina volentium 

 utilitatem multiplicem ad incrementa virtutis fideique catholice 

 stabilimentum. Ita videlicet quod omnes et singuli absque per- 

 sonarum seu nationum delectu illuc accedere volentes, lecturas 

 publicas et doctrinas tarn in grammatica loco ad collegium con- 

 tiguo, ac philosophiis morali et naturali, quam in sacra theologia 

 in eodem collegio perpetuis temporibus continuandas libere atque 

 gratis audire valeant et possint ad laudem gloriam et honorem 

 Dei, &c. extitit fundatuin 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 premisses 

 are true, &c. et super eisdem laborarunt, et laborant publica vox 

 et fama. Unde facta fide petit pars eorundem 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 sixth of August for proctor Preston to prove the 

 premisses. 



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 of August; and the witnesses, on the same 5th of 

 August, 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, appointing 

 Preston and Langport their proctors, dated August 30th, 1484 ; 



