OF SELBORNE. 499 



LETTER XXV. 



AINFLEET did not long enjoy the satisfac- 

 tion arising from this new acquisition ; but 

 departed this life in a few months after he 

 had effected the union of the Priory with his 

 late founded college ; and was succeeded in 

 the see of Winchester by Peter Courtney, some time to- 

 wards the end of the year 1486. 



In the beginning of the following year the new bishop 

 released the president and fellows of Magdalen College from 

 all actions respecting the Priory of Selborne ; and the prior 

 and convent of St. Swithun, as the chapter of Winchester 

 cathedral, confirmed the release. 1 



IS". 293. "Relaxatio Petri epi Winton Ricardo Mayew 

 President!, omnium actionum occasione indempnitatis sibi 

 debite pro unione Prioratus de Selborne dicto collegio. 

 Jan. 2. 1487. et translat. anno 1." 



N. 374. {f Relaxatio prioris et conventus S fa . Swithini 

 Winton confirmans relaxationem Petri ep. Winton/' 1487. 

 Jan. 13. 



Ashforde, the deposed prior, who had appeared as an 

 evidence for the impropriation of the Priory at the age 

 of seventy-two years, that he might not be destitute of 

 a maintenance, was pensioned by the college to the day of 

 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, 



1 The Bishops of Winchester were patrons of the Priory. G. W. 



