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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 no- 
mine. 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, nedum ad ipsorum pre- 
sidentis 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 confluere pro salubri doctrina volentium 
utilitatem multiplicem ad incrementa virtutis fideique catholice 
stabilimentum. Ita videlicet quod omnes et singuli absque per- 
sonarum seu nationum delectu illuc accedere volentes, lecturas 
publicas et doctrinas tam in grammatica loco ad collegium con- 
tiguo, 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 laborant 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. Gyflford, S. T. P. John Nele^ 
A. M. John Chapnian, chaplain, and Robert Baron, literatus, 
who were admitted and sworn, when the court was prorogued to 
the 6th of August; and the witnesses, on the same 5th of 
August, were examined by the commissary, "in capella infra 
manerium de Esher situata, secrete et singillatim.^^ Then follow 
the " literee procuratorise first that of the college, appointing 
Preston and Langport their proctors, dated August 30th, 1484 ; 
