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fequeftered from the world, amidft woods and meadows, and fo 
far proper for die fite of a religious houfe y. 
The firft perfon with whom the founder treated about the pur- 
chafe of land was Jacobus de Achangre, or Ochangre^ a gentleman 
of property who refided at that hamlet ; and, as appears, at the 
houfe now called Oakh anger -houfe. With him he agreed for a croft, 
or little clofe of land, known by the name of La Uega, or La lyge^ 
which was to be the immediate fite of the Priory. 
De Achangre alfo accommodated the bifliop at the fame inftant with 
three more adjoining crofts, which for a time was all the footing 
that this inftitution obtained in the parifli. The feller in the con- 
veyance fays " Warantizabimus, defendemus, et asquietabimus 
" contra omnes gentes ;" viz. " We will warrant the thing fold 
againft all claims from any quarter." In modern conveyancing 
this would be termed a covenant for further ajjurance. Afterwards 
is added — " Pro hac autem donacione, &c. dedit mihi pred.. 
Epifcopus fexdecem marcas argenti in Gerfumam :" i. e. " the 
*' bilhop gave me fixteen filver marks as a conlideration for the- 
*' thing purchafed." 
r The inftitution at Selborne was a priory of Black-Canons of the order of Sf. Aguf- 
tine, called alfo Canons-Regular. Regular-Canons were fiich as lived in a conventual 
manner, under one roof, had a, common refeftory and dormitary, and were bound bj? 
vows to obferve the rules and ftatutes of their order : in fine, they were a kind of religious, 
whofe difcipline was lefs rigid than the monks. The chief rule of thefe canons was that of 
St. Auguftine, who was conftituted bilhop of Hippo, A. D. 395 : buttheywere not brought 
into England till after the qonqueftj and feem; not to have obtained the appellation o£ 
Augujline canons till fome years after. Their habit was a long black cajfoch, wit^ a white 
rociet over it ; and over that a black cloak and hood. The monks were always fhaved s 
but thefe canons wore their hair and beards, and caps on theii; heads. There were of 
thefe canons, and women of the fame order ealle4 Camnejes, about 175 houfes. 
