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monaftery. The royal donor beftowed his favour with a good, 
grace, by adding to it almoft every immunity and privilege- 
that could have been fpecified in the law-language of the times. — - 
" Quare volumus prior, &c. habeant totam . terram, Sec. cum 
omnibus libertatibus in bofco et piano, in viis et femitis, pratis 
et pafcuis ; aquis et pifcariis ; infra burgum, et extra burgum, 
cum foka et faca, Thol et Them, Infangenethef et Utfangene- 
thef, et hamfocne et blodwice, et pecunia que dari folet pro 
murdro et forftai, et flemeneftrick, et cum quietancia, dc omni 
" fcotto et geldo, et de omnibus auxiliis regum, vicecomitum, 
" et opin;: miniftralium fuorum ; et hidagio.et exercitibus, et 
" fcutagiis, et tallagiis, et Ihiris et hundredisj et, placitis et 
" querelis, et warda et wardpeny, et. opibus caftellorum et pon- 
" tium, et claufuris parcorum, et omni carcio et fumagio, et 
" domor : regal : edlficatione, et omnimoda reparatione, et. cum 
" omnibus aliis libertatibus." This grant was made out by Ricbard 
bifhop of Chlchejler, then chancellor, at the town of 'Northampton, 
before the lord chief judiciary, who was the founder himfelf. 
The charter of) foundation of the Priory, dated 1233, comes next 
in order to be confidered; but being of fome length, I fliall not 
interrupt my narrative by placing it here ; and therefore refer the 
reader to the Appendix, N? 1. This my copy, taken from the 
original, I have compared with Dugdak's copy, and find that they 
perfeftly agree ; except that in the latter the preamble and; the;.- 
names of the witneffes are ornitted. Yet I think it proper to ,quQte. 
a paflage from this charter — *' Et ipfa domus religiofa^ cujujlikt- 
alterius domus religiofce fubjeBione libera ^QxrcizriQ^^t, et in omnibus 
abfoluta*^ • — to Ihew how much Dugdde was miftaken when he 
inferred Selborne among the alien priories ; forgetting that this 
difpofition of the convent contradifted the grant that he had 
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