542 ANTIQUITIES 



The first person with whom the founder treated about 

 the purchase of land was Jacobus de Achangre, or 

 Ochangre, a gentleman of property who resided at that 

 hamlet ; and, as appears, at the house now called Oak- 

 hanger House. With him he agreed for a croft, or little 

 close of land, known by the name of La Liega, or La 

 Lyge, which was to be the immediate site of the Priory. 



De Achangre also accommodated the bishop at the 

 same instant with three more adjoining crofts, which 

 for a time was all the footing that this institution ob- 

 tained in the parish. The seller in the conveyance 

 says, " Warantizabimus, defendemus, et acquietabimus 

 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 fur- 

 ther assurance. Afterwards is added " Pro hac autem 

 donacione, &c. dedit mihi pred. Episcopus sexdeceni 

 marcas argenti in Gersumam :" i. e. " the bishop gave 

 me sixteen silver marks as a consideration for the tiling- 

 purchased." 



As the grant from Jac. de Achangre was without 

 date 3 , and the next is circumstanced in the same man- 

 ner, we cannot say exactly what interval there was 

 between the two purchases ; but we find that Jacobus 

 de Nortun, a neighbouring 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 waggons. 



395 : but they were not brought into -England till after the conquest ; 

 and seem not to have obtained the appellation of Augustine Canons till 

 some years after. Their habit was a long black cassock, with a white 

 rocket over it; and over that a black cloak and hood. The monks were 

 always shaved : but these canons wore their hair and beards, and caps on 

 their heads. There were of these canons, and women of the same order 

 called Canonesses, about one hundred and seventy-five houses. 



3 The custom of affixing dates to deeds was not become general in the 

 reign of Henry III. 



