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the conveyance says, " Warantizabimus, defendemus, et aequieta- 

 bimus, contra omnes gentes : " viz., " We will warrant the thing 

 sold against all claims from any quarter." In modern convey- 

 ancing this would be termed a covenant for further assurance. 

 Afterwards is added " Pro hac autem donacione, &c., dedit 

 mini prcd. Episcopus sexdecem marcas argenti in Gersumam;" 

 i, e., u the bishop gave me sixteen silver marks as a consideration 

 for the thing purchased." 



As the grant from Jac. de Achangre was without date,* and the 

 next is circumstanced in the same manner, 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. "Jacobus de Nortun concedit Petro Winton epis- 

 copo totum cursum aque que descendit de Molendino de Burton 

 usq ; ad boscum Will. Mauduit, et croftam terre vocat : Edriche 

 croft, cum extensione ejusdem et abnttamentis ; ad fundadam 

 domum religiosam de ordine Sti. Augustini ; Concedit etiam 

 viam ad carros, et caretas," &c. This vale, down which runs 

 the brook, is now called the Long Lithe, or Lythe. Bating the 

 following particular expression, this grant runs much in the style 

 of the former : " Dedit mihi episcopus predictus triginta quinque 

 marcas argenti ad me acquietandum versus Judceos ;" that is, "the 

 bishop advanced me thirty-five marks of silver to pay my debts to 

 the Jews," who were then the only lenders of money. 



Finding himself still straitened for room, the founder applied to 

 his royal master, Henry, who was graciously pleased to bestow certain 

 lands in the manor of Selborne on the new priory of his favourite 

 minister. These grounds had been the property of Stephen de Lucy 5 

 and, abutting upon the narrow limits of the convent, became a very 

 commodious and agreeable acquisition. This grant, I find, was 

 made on March the gth, in the eighteenth year of Henry, viz., 1234, 

 being two years after the foundation of the monastery. The royal 

 donor bestowed his favour with a good grace, by adding to it almost 

 every immunity and privilege that could have been specified in the 

 law-language of the times. " Quare volumus prior, &c., habeant 



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

 Henry III. 



