OF SELBOBNE. 473 



of an oatliand the renunciation of all rights and claims, and 

 under penalties, if the right was not made good. But it 

 will be best to give an abstract from the bull. 



N". 298. Pope Martin's bull, touching the revoking of 

 certain things alienated from the Priory of Seleburne. Pon- 

 tif. sui ann. 1. 



"Martinus Bps. servus servorum Dei. Dilecto fiho 

 Priori de Suthvale 1 Wyntonien. dioc. Salutem & apos- 

 tolicam ben. Ad audientiam nostram pervenit quam tarn 

 dilecti filii prior et conventus monasterii de Seleburn per 

 Priorem soliti gubernari ordinis S tl . Augustini Winton. 

 dioc. quam de predecessores eorum deciuias, terras, redditus, 

 domos, possessiones, vineas, 2 et quedain alia bona ad monas- 

 terium ipsum spectantia, datis super hoc litteris, inter- 

 positis juramentis, factis renuntiationibus, et penis adjectis, 

 in gravem ipsius monasterii lesionem, nonnullis clericis et 

 laicis, aliquibus eorum ad vitam, quibusdam vero ad non 

 modicum temp us, & aliis perpetuo ad firmam, vel sub censu 

 annuo concesserunt ; quorum aliqui dicunt super hiis a sede 

 aplica in communi forma confirmationis litteras impetrasse. 

 Quia vero nostri interest lesis monasteriis sub venire [He 

 the Pope here commands] ea ad jus et proprietatem mo- 

 nasterii studeas legitime revocare/'' &c. 



The conduct of the religious had now for some time been 

 generally bad. Many of the monastic societies, being very 

 opulent, were become voluptuous and licentious, and had 

 deviated entirely from their original institutions. The 

 laity saw with indignation the wealth and possessions of 

 their pious ancestors perverted to the service of sensuality 



1 Should have been no doubt Southwick, a priory under Portsdowi* 

 G. W. 



2 Mr. Barrington is of opinion that anciently the English vinea was 

 in almost every instance an orchard ; not perhaps always of apples 

 merely, but of other fruits ; as cherries, plums, and currants. We stili 

 say a plum or cherry-orchard. See Vol. III. of Archseologia. 



In the instance above the pope's secretary might insert vineas merely 

 because they were a species of cultivation familiar to him in Italy. 

 G. W. 



Orchard, says Mr. Bennett, is, properly speaking, merely a garden : 

 q. d. wort-yard. ED. 



