A N T I QJ] I T I E S 
After this tranfaftion it does not appear that the chapter of the 
Priory proceeded to any election ; on the contrary, wc find that at 
fix months end from the vacancy the vifitor declared that a lapfe 
had taken place ; and that therefore he did confer the priorfhip on 
canon Pefer Berne. — " Prioratum vacantem et ad noftram colla- 
" tionem, feu provifionem jure ad nos in hac parte per lapfum 
temporis legitime devoluto fpeftantem, tibi (fc. P. Berne) de 
legitimo matrimonio procreate, &c. — conferimus," he. This 
deed bears date July 28, 1454. 
Reg. IVaynflete, tom. I. p. 69, 
On February 8, 1462, the vifitor iffued out a power of fequeftra- 
tion againft the Priory of Sclborne on account of notorious dilapida- 
tions, which threatened manifeft ruin to the roofs, walls, and 
edifices, of the faid convent; and appointing Jo/^'^z Hammond, B. D. 
redor of the parifh church of Hetlegh, John Hylling, vicar of the 
parifh church of Newton Valence, and IValter Gorfin, inhabitant of 
the parifh of Selborne, his fequeftrators, to exaft, colle6l, levy, 
and receive, all the profits and revenues of the faid convent : he 
adds " ac ea fub areto, et tuto cuflodiatis, cuftodirive faciatis 
as they would anfwer it to the bifhop at their peril. 
In confequence of thefe proceedings prior Berne, on the laft day 
of February, and the next year, produced a ftate of the revenues of 
the Priory, N°. 38 1, called " A paper conteyning the value of 
the manors and lands pertayning to the Priory of Sclborne. 
4 Edward III. with a note of charges yfraing out of it." 
This is a curious document, and will appear in the Appendix. 
From circumftances in this paper it is plain that the fequeflration 
produced good eifeds; for in it are to be found bills of repairs to 
a confidcrable amount. 
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