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W. Cowper being then absent, Radulphus Langley ap- 

 peared 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 pleris- 

 que liberalibus, presertim in sacra theologia studentibus, 

 nedum ad ipsorum presidentis et scholarium pro presenti 

 et imposterum, annuente deo, incorporandorum in eodem 

 relevamen ; verum etiarh ad omnium et singulorum tarn 

 scholarium quam religiosorum cujuscunqne ordinis unde- 

 quaque 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 temporibus continuandas libere atque 

 gratis audire valeant et possint, ad laudem gloriam et 

 honorem Dei, &c., extitit fundatum 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 laborante 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, ad- 

 mitted, and appointed the sixth of August for proctor 

 Preston to prove the premisses. 



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