OF S E L B O R N E. 
By tills evidence alfo it appears that there were at that jundure 
only four canons at the Priory ; and that thefe, and their four 
houfehold fervants, during this fequeftration for their clothing,, 
wages, and diet, were allowed per ann. xxx lib. ; and that the annual 
penlion of the lord prior, refide where he would, was to be x lib. 
In the year 1468, prior Berne, probably wearied out by the 
dilTenfions and want of order that prevailed in the convent, refigned 
his priorftiip into the hands of the bifliop. 
Reg. Waynfiete, torn. I. pars 1"^% fol. 157. 
March 28, A. D. 1468. " In quadam alta camerajuxta mag- 
" nam portam manerii of the bifliop of Wynton de fFaltbam coram 
eodem rev. patre ibidem tunc fedente, Peter Berne, prior of 
" Selborne, ipfum prioratum in facras, et venerabiles manus of the 
" biihop, viva voce libere reiignavit : and his refignation was 
admitted before two witneffes and a notary-public. In confe- 
" quence, March X()X.\\, before the bifhop, in capella manerii fui ante 
di6ti pro tribunal! fedente, comparuerunt fratres" Peter BernCy 
Thomas^ London, PFiUiam Wyndefor, and IVilUam Paynell, alias 6"/?^/-- 
ford, canons regular of the Priory, " capitulum, et conventum 
*' ejufdem ecclefie facientes ; acjus et voces in eleclione futura 
prioris didi prioratus folum et in folidum, ut aflcruerunt, 
" habentes ;" and after the bifliop had notified to them the vacancy 
of a prior, with his free licenfe to eledb, deliberated awhile, and 
then, by way of compromife, as they affirmed, unanimoufly tranf- 
ferred their right of eleftion to the bifliop before witnelTes. In 
confequence of this the bifliop, after full deliberation, proceeded, 
1 If bifliop JVjkeham was fo difturbed (fee Notab. Vifitatio) to find the number of canons 
reduced from fourteen to eleven, what would he have faid to have ften it diminifiied below 
one third of that number? 
Ddd a 
April 
