a hand some tomb shall be the spot. the Cathe altaris reponendas, sibi ad sepulturam ordinandam dral, stipu- concederimus. Cui quidem petitioni vestræ nos omnes, capitulariter congregati, pro singulari erga nos ejusdem reverendissimæ paternitatis vestræ benevolentia et erected on gratia, cum summa animorum alacritate assensum præbuimus. Itaque, ne super eodem consensu nostro apud cujusvis conditionis homines dubitatio oriatur, tenorem prædictæ concessionis nostræ hiis litteris nostris patentibus, sigillo nostro communi signatis, duximus roborandum. Proviso tamen, quod sumptibus vestris, dicta sepultura decenti artificio, ad honorem Ecclesiæ construatur, non adeo tamen superfluo ut notabiliter impediat lumen ab ea parte Ecclesiæ a fenestris borialibus ad altaria porrigi; ac etiam quod in eodem spatio, et inter duas columpnas, saltem unum armarium novum ordinetur, in quo res altari pertinentes, juxta consuetudinem, idonee conservari possint. Data in Domo nostra Capitulari, sextodecimo die mensis Aprilis, anno Domini MoCCCCmo octogesimo. 6 Aug. (1480). L. B. 33. The Prior 1091. [DE CONCAMBIO TERRÆ INTER CAPELLAM DE WELL ET MAGISTRUM ISAAC.] Pleas it your gode grace to understand that, accord(Sellyng) yng unto your commandement . . . . . . at my last reports on beyng ther at Cherryng, I have avewed soche howsa proposed exchange yng and soche grounde as Isaac offerith unto the parson of Ykham for eschange for the howsyng and grounde apperteynyng unto the parsonage of Well, Chapel. whiche is a chapell unto Ykham. [The] par of land belonging to Well sonage of Well lyith to the gate of Isaacs new hows, and for that it is to have hit, and I thynk it shuld be discomodity to the parson or his to occupy the seyd parson of Ykham is the glader to make exchange. The grounde that Isaac offryth for the exchange for the parsonage is as moche grounde for as moche; it is as gode grounde or better then is of the parsonage. The barne also that standyth uppon that grounde of Isaac is better than is the parsonage barne. Isaac furthermore hath offeryth, to the entent to have the gode will of the parson in this eschange makyng, an acre more of gode grounde lying to his seyd barne over and above the quantitie of the lande of the parsonage, the whiche in all is not half a acre It is agreed also that Isaac shall bere all costs and charges, as well for the a:nortesing of thys seyd land as other wise. At this communication and a view makyng was both Master Ediall Profeste of Wyngham, and other diverse, the whiche liketh well the communication and offer made by Isaac in this mater. The parson also of Yykham holtyth hym self well contente with hit, under condition that your Grace wilbe contente with the same. In this premisses I have now shewed unto your Grace what is don in your seyd comm[ission] gevyn unto me at Charrynge. And thus Almighty God ever preserve and [kepe your Grace]. Wretyn at Bekysborne a manor of ours the vjth day of Auguste. 1092.-TO HYS MOST WORSCHYPFULL FADYR YN CRYSTE (1480.) THE PRIOR OF CRISTCHURCH IN CAUNTERBURY. IHC. L. B. 255. bury. Most reverent and worschypfull fadyr yn God, I Dom. J. lowly commende me on to yow; lettyng yow undyr- to the Prior Humphrey stand that My Lord Chaunceler ys yn good helth, and of Cantercommendyth hym hertyly on to yow. Furthermor I have receyvyd off My Lord Cardinal xij.li. x. 8. in parte off payment xiij.li. off Mastyr John Boncer ys dett. As for the bedde with the swannys, forsoth, I can nat fynde the testyr ther off as yett. And also I hastyd your men forward. They cam hedyr on the evyn and departed yn the mornyng. I beseche your fadyrhod to take no dysplesure, ytt schall be sent to yow yn schort tyme, by the grace of God, which have yow yn kepyng. Amen. By your obediencyary DAN. T. UMFRAY. (1480.) L. B. 256. mous love letter; with a fragment 1093. [INNOMINATUS AD MARGARETAM.] Margaret, because ye shall well perceive that I wold An anony- be glad ye fared well, I have for this tyme written with myne owne hande myne hartie commendacions unto yow; wisshing no lesse helth unto your person of the draft than welfare to my selfe. And if I had not lovid you I wold not have sett my penne to the paper without a greatter occasion than this had happened. Wherfore I doubt not but that ye will consider it as thankfullye as I have with good hart declared the same. And thus hartly fare ye well. of an answer. The answer. Your assured Ye knowe me well. Ryght trysty and welbelovyd frynd, I hertyly recommend me unto yow beyng ryght glad to herre of youre welfare; and if yt plese you to herre of myne I was in good helte at the ma[k]yng herre of. Also frynd1 (1480.) 1094.-TO THE REVERENT FADER IN GOD WILLIAM PRIOR OF CRISTSCHIRCH IN CAUNTERBURY. S. B. 47. Raynold Goldstone to Prior JHC. Reverent and worshypfull fader in God, lawly as I can I commend me un to yow; lettyng yow have in know This draft answer written on the back of the letter here ends abruptly. arrears at ham. lych, that whan I come to Pecham I cowde not honestly Sellyng, put owte so sodeynly John Reynold, by cause I cowde concerning not rekyn with hym. Yow told me he shuld be East Peckallowyd of xix. li. but iiij. li., and he askyth, byside that same iiij. li., for reparacyon of the kechyn ther x. li., and he hath no bill of the sayd reparacyons, but he sayth he hath delyvered them to yow. Also he desyryth to be allowed for an average, by covenante made by twyxt yow and hym as he seyth, to the value of xl. s. a yere, bysyde ryppyng, mowyng, medyng, and suteys of Courte. Also he sayth he owyth not by covenante to pay you the hole ferme of thys yere tyll the Warden of Manors commyth a bowte in hys progresse. All thys consyderyd, how lytyll money he shuld owe yow all thynggs allowed after hys askyng, with other consideracyons, I was desyryd to abyde tyll he hath rekenyd with yow. He hath promysed to be with yow and rekyn on Saturday nex commyth, that ys xvij. day of October, and to pay yow every peny of the arrears. Also he hath promysed to bryng ij. sufficient suertys to be bownde for hym, and yf he fayle of ony theys covenants, than he ys aggreeable that yow put hym owte, and take such an other fermor as plesyth yow. Yow shall undyrstond I have distressyd both yn the barn and such catall as he hath upon the londs. In the barn there ys white, otys, hey, and straw, to the value of xix. marks. I was desyryd, by cause of the feyr sawyng season, that he shuld not be lette of hys seede, that he might have encrese in to the barne; and, to be suer that ther shuld no graynys be voyded owte but only for that entent, he ys sworne by feyth and trowth to John Cayser, and John Cayser ys be comme suerte that yf ony graynys or catall afor-rehersyd be voyded John Caysar shall answer therfor. Yf you undyistond whan John Reynold commyth to yow that yow can not accord, send a man as fast as ye can to Pecham, afore John Reynold departyth fro yow, and let Caysar help U 55671. с hym to make yow suer of the stor in the barn and the catall, and Harry Reynold hath promysed to John Caysar and me to abyde tyli that tyme and kepe hys covenantes he hath made with yow. Yow may not let John Reynold know therof. No mor but Christ kepe yow. Wrytyn at London in hast. Yowr Chaplayn DOM. REYNOLD GOLDSTON. 22 Nov. 1095.-APPROPRIATIO CANTARIE BEATORUM MARTYRUM 1481. S. 316 b. The Arch of Win chester, consents of the decayed to the Bishop's new College of St. STEPHANI ET THOME IN VILLA DE ROMENÆ Reverendissimo in Christo patri et domino Domino. bishop, at Thomæ, etc. Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo, vestri humiles the request of Bishop et devoti Prior, etc. omnimodas reverentias et obediWaynflete, entiam tanto patri debitam cum honore. Vestræ reverendissimæ paternitati, etc. humiliter intimamus, to the ap- quod nos, etc. litteras vestras, etc. recepimus, in hæc propriation verba. Thomas, etc. Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus, "etc. dilectis nobis in Christo Priori Ecclesiæ nostra Hospital at " metropolitanae, etc. salutem. Ex parte venerabilium Romney "virorum Magistri Ricardi Mayhew, Sacræ Theologiæ Professoris, Præsidentis Collegii Sanctæ Mariæ Magdalenæ in Universitate Oxoniæ, extra portam Mary Mag-Orientalem villæ Oxoniæ, et ejusdem Collegii Scolarium nobis extitit jampridem expositum, quod venerabilis frater noster Willelmus, Dei gratia Wyntoniensis Episcopus modernus, Christianæ religionis alumpnos et veraces fidei cultores intenders ampliare, ad ejusdem religion's uberius incrementum, fideique catholicæ stabilimentum, Collegium prædictum, de uno Præsidente et certo numero Scolarium inibi Altissimo jugiter famulari, et in scienciis plerisque liberalibus, præsertim Sacrosancta Theologia, studere debentium, in Universitate Ox dalene at Oxford; and at the Arch bishop's request the Chapter of Canter bury confirm the appro |