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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 ; nec 
non mag. Tho. Somercotes, &c., in actorum nostrorum scribam 
nominavimus. Consequenter et ibidem tunc 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 scrip tis," — 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 scrip tis 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 ^ovo 
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, nedum ad ipsorum presidentis et scholarium pro 
presenti et imposterum, annuente deo, incorporandorum in eodem 
relevamen; verum etiam ad omnium et singulorum tam scholarium 
quam religiosorum cujuscunque ordinis undequaque illuc confluerl 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 tam 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 tunc 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. Gyfibr J, S. T. P., John 'Nele, A. M., 
