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supplicavit ut juxta formam in eisdem traditam procedere dig- 

 naremur," &c. After these proclamations no contradictor or objector 

 appearing "ad instantem petitionem ipsius mag. Jac. Preston, pro- 

 curatoris, &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 articu- 

 landum 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, nedurn ad ipsorum presidentis et scholarium pro 

 presenti et imposterum, annuente deo, incorporandorum 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 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, admitted, and appointed the sixth of August for proctor 

 Preston to prove the premisses. 



Preston produced witnesses, W. Gyfford, S. T. P., John Nele, A. M., 



