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ANTIQUITIES 
April yth, " in capella manerii fui de Waltham" to the eledion of 
a prior; " et ixzxxtWij ohanneni Morton, priorem ecclefie conventualis 
" de Reygate difti ordinis S*^'. Auguji'ini Wynton. dioc. in priorem 
" vice et nomine omnium et fingulorum canonicorum prediftorum 
elegit, in ordlne facerdotali, et etate licita conftitutum, &c." 
And on the fame day, in the fame place, and before the fame 
witneifes, John Morton refigned to the bifliop the priorfliip oi Reygate 
viva voce. 'I'he bifliop then required his confent to his own elec- 
tion ; qui licet in parte renitens tanti reverendi. patris fe confir- 
mans," obeyed, and fignified his confent oraculo vhe vocis. Then 
was there a mandate citing any one who would gainfay the faid 
election to appear before the bifhop or his commilTary in his chapel 
at Farnham on the fecond day of May next. The dean of the 
deanery of Aulton then appeared before the chancellor, his commif- 
fary, and returned the citation or mandate dated April 2 2d, 1468, 
with fignification, in writing, of his having publiflied it as required,, 
dated Newton Valence, May ift, 146S. This certificate being read, 
the four canons of Selborne appeared and required the election to 
be confirmed ; et ex fuper abundanti appointed William Long their 
proflor to folicit in their name that he might be canonically confirm- 
ed. John Morton alfo appeared, and proclamation was made ; 
and no one appearing againft him, the commiffary pronounced all 
abfentees contumacious, and precluded them from objefting at 
any other time ; and, at the inftance of John Morton and the prodor, 
confirmed the eleftion by his decree, and diredted his mandate ta 
the redor of Hedley and the vicar of Neivton Valence to inftall him; 
in the ufual form. 
Thus, 
