OF SELBOKNE 303 



"procedendum fore decrevimus vocatis jure vocandis ; nee non 

 " mag. Tho. Somercotes, &c. in actorum nostrorum scribam nomina- 

 " vimus. Consequenter et ibidem tune comparuit magister Michael 

 " dyff> & c> et exhibuit in ea parte procuratorium suum," for the 

 prior and convent of the cathedral of Winton, " et fecit se parte m 

 "pro eisdem. Deinde comparuit 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 Essher. 



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 

 " Rickardo, 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, pre- 

 " sertim in sacra theologia studentibus, nedum ad ipsorum presi- 

 " dentis et scholarium pro presenti et imposterum, annuente deo, 

 " incorporandum 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 

 "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 cemporibus 

 " continuandas libere atque gratis audire valeant et possint ad 

 "laudem gloriam et honorem Dei, &c. extitit fundatum et 

 " stabilitum." 



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