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formam in eisdem traditam procedere dignaremur," &c. After 

 these proclamations no contradictor or objector appearing " ad 

 instantem petitionem ipsius mag. Jac. Preston, procuratoris, &c., 

 procedendum fore decrevimus vocatis jure vocandis; nee non mag. 

 Tho. Somercotes, &c., in actorum nostrorum scribam nominavimus. 

 Consequenter et ibidem tune comparuit magister Michael Clyff 

 &c., et exhibuit in ea parte procuratorium suum," for the prior and 

 convent of the cathedral of Winton, " et fecit se partem pro 

 eisdem. Deinde comperuit coram nobis, &c., honestus vir Willmus 

 Cowper," proctor for the bishop as patron of the priory of Selborne, 

 and exhibited his "procuratorium," &c. After these were read in 

 the presence of Clyff and Cowper, " Preston, viva voce," petitioned 

 the commissary to annex and appropriate the Priory of Selborne to 

 the college " propter quod fructus, redditus. et proventus ejusdem 

 coll. adeo tenues sunt, et exiles, quod ad sustentationem ejus, &c., 

 non sufficiunt." The commissary, " ad libellandum et articulandum 

 in scriptis," adjourned the court to the 5th of August, then to be 

 held again in the parish church of Esher. 



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 nomine, 

 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 proponit," 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 presidents et scholarium 

 pro presenti et imposterum, annuente deo, incorporandortim in 

 eodem relevamen ; verum etiam ad omnium et singulorum tarn 

 scholarium quam religiosorum cujuscunque ordinis undequaque 

 illuc confluere pro salubri doctrina volentium utilitatem multipli- 

 cem ad incrementa virtutis fideique catholice stabilimentum. Ita 

 videlicet quod omnes et singuli absque personarum seu nationum 

 delectu illuc accedere volentes, lecturas publicas et doctrinas tarn 

 in grammatica in loco ad collegium contiguo, 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 fundatum 

 et stabilitum." 



