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his death ; and was living on till 1490, as appears by his 

 acquittances. 



REG. A. ff. 46. 



" Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum 

 pervenerit, Richardus Mayew, presidens, &c., et scolares, 

 salutem in Domino. 



" Noveritis nos prefatos presidentem et scolares, dedisse, 

 concessisse, et hoc presenti scripto confirmasse Thome 

 Ashforde, capellano, quendam annualem reddittum sex 

 librarum tresdecim solidorum et quatuor denariorum bone 

 et legalis monete Anglie ad terminum vite prefati Thome " 

 to be paid from the possessions of the college in Basing- 

 stoke. " In cujus rei testimonium sigillum nostrum com- 

 mune presentibus apponimus. Dat. Oxon. in coll. nostro 

 supra dicto primo die mensis/w/V anno regis Ricardi tertii 

 secundo," viz. 1484. The college, in their grant to Ash- 

 forde, style him only capellanus ; but the annuitant very 

 naturally, and with a becoming dignity, asserts his late title 

 in his acquittances, and identifies himself by the addition 

 of the nuper prior em } or late prior. 



As according to the persuasion of the times, the depriv- 

 ing the founder and benefactors of the Priory of their 

 masses and services would have been deemed the most 

 impious of frauds, bishop Wainfleet, having by statute 

 ordained four obits for himself to be celebrated in the 

 chapel of Magdalen College enjoined in one of them a 

 special collect for the anniversary of Peter de Rupibus, 

 with a particular prayer " Deus Indulgentiarum" 



The college also sent Nicholas Langrish, who had been 

 a chantry priest at Selborne, to celebrate mass for the 

 souls of all that had been benefactors to the said Priory 

 and college, and for all the faithful who had departed this 

 life. 



N. 356. Thomas Knowles, presidens, &c. "damns et 

 concedimus Nicholao Langrish quandum capellaniam, vel 

 salarium, sive alio quocunque nomine censeatur, in prior- 

 atu quondam de Selborne pro termino 40 annorum, si tam 

 diu vixerit. Ubi dictus mag. Nicholaus celebrabit pro 



