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taking 1 place, application was made to Stratford, who was 

 Bishop of Winchester at that time, and of course the visitor 

 and patron of the convent at the spot above-mentioned. 1 



AN EXTRACT FROM REG. STRATFORD. WINTON. 



P. 4. " Commissio facta sub-priori de Selebourne " by 

 the bishop, enjoining him to preserve the discipline of the 

 order in the convent during the vacancy made by the late 

 death of the prior, ("nuper pastoris solatio destituta/') 

 dated 4 to . kal. Maii. ann. 2 do sc. of his consecration, [sc. 

 1324.] 



P. 6. <f Custodia Prioratus de Seleburne vacantis," com- 

 mitted by the bishop to Nicholas de la . . ., a layman, it 

 belonging to the bishop " ratione vacationis ejusdem," in 

 July, 1324. Ibid. " Negotium electionis de Selebourne. 

 Acta coram Johanne Episcopo, &c. 1324 innegotio electionis 

 de fratre Waltero de Insula concanonico prioratus de Sele- 

 bourne," lately elected by the sub-prior and convent, by 

 way of scrutiny ; that it appeared to the bishop, by certi- 

 ficate from the Dean of Alton, that solemn citation and 



canonicos de voluntate tocius conventus ad inquirenda vota singulorum 

 constitutes, secreto et singillatim requisiti ; tandem publicato scrutinio 

 et facta votorum colectione inventum est, majorem et saniorem partem 

 tocius capituli dicte ecclesie in fratrem S. de B. dicte ecclesie canonicum 

 unanimiter et concorditer concencisse ; vel sic, quando inventum omnes 

 canonicos dicte ecclesie preter duos in fratrem, A. D. quibus statim 

 major! parti eligendum adquiescenter : frater k. stipprior ecclesie me- 

 morate, juxta potestatem sibi a toto conventu traditam, vice consociorurn 

 suorum et sua ac tocius conventus, dictum fratrem S. de B. in priorem 

 ejusdem ecclesie elegit, sub liac forma; 'Ego frater supprior conven- 

 tualis ecclesie beate Marie talis loci, potestate et auctoritate mihi a toto 

 conventu dicte ecclesie tradita et commissa, quando, puplicato scrutinio 

 et omnibus circa hoc rite peractis, inveni majorem et partem saniorem 

 tocius capituli nostri in fratrem S. de B. virum providum unanimiter 

 concencisse, ipsum nobis et ecclesie nostre, vice tocius conventus, in 

 priorem eligendum ; et eidem election! subscribe ; cui election! omnes 

 canonici nostri concencerunt, et subscripserunt.' ' Ego frater de C. 

 present! electioni concencio, et subscribe.' Et sic de singulis electo- 

 ribus ; in cujus rei testimonium sigillum capituli nostri apponi fecimus 

 ad presentes." G. W. 



1 Stratford was Bishop of Winchester from 1323 to 1333, when Lo 

 was translated to Canterbury. G. W. 



