1271[-2], 8 Feb., "in f. S. Edelflede virg."; at Seleburne. Agreement (indented) before the official of the Bishop of Winchester, between Sir Roger de Lechelade, vicar of Seleburne, and the Prior and Conv. of Seleburne, for settling of a controversy respecting augmentation of the vicarage, viz., that the said vicar shall have the tithes of flax of the parish, which he had formerly demised to them amongst other tithes granted to them in payment of a pension of 100s., and shall be released from an annual payment of 78. to which he was bound by the agreement formerly made, and shall receive one quarter of corn yearly during his life; in return, the vicar covenants never again to raise any question respecting the poverty of the vicarage.-[70.]

(1) Oval white seal; the Pelican in her piety; inscription broken. (2) Seal of the official of Winchester, lost.

1274, 18 July, "die Merc. pr. ante f. S. Margarete V."; at Winchester. Judgment of Nicholas de Rokelund, official of Winchester, in a suit between the Prior and Convent of Seleburne against Sir Philip, rector of Gretham, in which the convent claim an annual pension of 2s. from the church of Gretham which the said Philip has withheld; and he, in return, claims the great tithes issuing from all the arable land which Peter le Foke, a parishioner of Gretham, holds of Sir Robert de Aguyband in the deanery of Aultone, of which the convent have deprived him; the convent thereupon further claim that the body of Joan called le Foke, buried at Gretham, be dug up, and her body or bones with the offerings and obventions be restored to them; and the said Philip claims that Peter le Foke, formerly the husband of the said Joan, be declared to belong with his family to the parish right (“jus parochiale") of the church of Gretham. The Judge decrees that the said annual pension be restored, with the arrears, by the said Philip ; that the church of Gretham shall continue to possess Peter le Foke and his family, that the said Philip be discharged from exhuming the body of the said Joan or returning oblations, and that the convent be discharged from the suit respecting the tithes, saving to the said Philip the question of ownership should he wish to try it: both sides discharged from costs.-[120.]

Small seal, entirely broken; sewn up in linen.

1274[-5,] 13 Jan., "die S. Hillarii episc."; at Duntone. Copy by H[enry de Helingeye,] Archdeacon of Winchester, of a return made by his official to N[icholas,] the Bishop of Winchester, in pursuance of a writ from the King, certifying that upon an enquiry made by the rectors of Farendone and Gretham, the vicars of Froyle, Seleburne and Ymbesete, and the chaplains of Aultone and Benstede, it was found that the

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rectory of Worldham was not vacant but was held by master John de Brideport, who had been instituted by the Bishop of Winchester on St. James' day, 1262, on the presentation of the Prior and Convent of Seleburne, the true patrons.-174.]

Small fragment of one seal : another lost.

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1276, 30 Aug., "in crast. Decoll. S. Jo. Bapt."; at Seleburne. Acknowledgment by . (torn) de Achangre of Northebrok and William son of Adam de Achangre, that they hold all the tenements which they have in Achangre of the Prior and Convent of Seleburne by the same rent and service by which they held them on the day on which Thomas de la Deney gave the said persons to the said Prior and Convent. Witn.: Sir Robert de Poppham, knt., Rich. de Wescote, Nich. Swele, Rob. Gaugy, Will. de Arundel de la Wyke, Rob. Marescall of the same, Will. Roberd de la Rode.—[175.]

Two white seals: (1) oval, effaced; (2) round, a spread eagle, inscription effaced.

1277, 20 Aug., "die Ven. pr. p. Assumpt. B. M. V."; at Seleburne. Release from Henry de Burhunte, son of Herbert de Burhunte, to the Prior and Convent of Seleburne, for the sum of 100s., of all his right in a messuage, garden, and all the land which they had by the gift of Gilibert de Burhunte in Burhunte, and in twenty acres of land which they had by the gift of John de Burhunte in Burhunte; for which he sued the said Prior and Convent in the King's Bench. Witn.: Sir Adam de Gurdun, Sir Robert de Poppham, Sir John de Wyldeshore, knts., Henry Wyard, Nich. Suwele, James de Achangre, John Marescall of Burhunte, Rob. Gaugy, Mathias de la Bertune.-[331.]

Small oval brown seal, broken; a tree with two birds: "S' Henri . . . hunte." Another original copy, adding the following witnesses: Robert Marescall de la Wyke, Clement de Wydenale. Same seal, not broken. Written by another hand. Attached are two small strips of parchment, with memoranda of the retirement of H. de Burhunte from his suit at law with the convent before the judges R. de Settune and Ralph de Hengeham. The land is said to be at Burhunte and at Slope.-[334.]

1277, 1 Sept., "in f. S. Egidii." Agreement (indented) by which Amicia, widow of John de Burhunte, releases to Richard the Prior and the Convent of Seleburne all her right by reason of dowry in the third part of the land of Burhunte, which land they had by the gift of her said late husband; and they, in return, covenant to give to her during her life, six bushels of wheat at Michaelmas, six bushels of wheat at Easter and twelve bushels of oats at the Purification. Witn.: Sir Rob. de Poppham, knt., Rich. de la Bere, James de Achangre, Philip de Burhunte, Robert Marescall de la Wyke.-[335.]

Oval white seal; a bird, inscription nearly effaced.

1278, 3 July, "die domin. pr. f. SS. Processi et Martiniani," 6 Edw. [I] (Monks' Sherborne). Release from William le Waleys of his right in half a virgate of land in Syrburne Monachorum which Geoffrey Hude formerly held, about which there was a plea between the said William, claimant, and Tho. de Saunford, defendant, by the King's writ in the court of the Prior of Syrburne; confirming to Ralph de Scures and Joan his wife a grant of the said land which the said Tho. de Saunford made to them while the suit was pending. Witn.: Will. Wastehuse, Nich. Telbaud, Ralph Wastehuse, John le Waleys, Walter the Cook, Robert Franceys, Clement Hurt, Nich. Wodhorn.—[111].

Fragment of a diamond-shaped white seal.

1279, 12 March, "in f. S. Gregorii pape et conf.," 7 Edw. fil. Hen.; at Seleburne. Grant from William de Achangre to the Prior and Canons of Seleburne, in free alms, of a piece of land on the west of la Broke. Witn.: Peter de la Stane and William de Bramschate, knts. ; John de Popham, Peter de Heghes, Ralph de Heghes, Robert Marescall, William Roberd de la Rode.-[134.]

Small fragment of seal, with sun and moon.

1280, 7 June, "die Ven. pr. ante f. S. Barn."; in the great church of Winchester. Judgment given by Richard, Precentor of Hyde, commissary of N[icholas,] late Bishop of Winchester, in a suit brought by Roger de Radenhale, clerk, against the Prior and Convent of Seleburne (who appeared by their proctors, Rich. de Portesye and Will. de Warneburne) respecting a claim made by him as having been presented to the church of Westistede; dismissing the said Prior and Convent from all further litigation, the said plaintiff having withdrawn from the suit, penitently acknowleding that he had no right to the church.—[244.]

Two green seals: (1) oval, three figures under canopies: "S' Precentoris b' i Petri de Hida"; (2) fragment of a small oval seal, said to be that of the Consistory of Winchester.

1280, 15 July, "in f. S. Suithuni," 8 Edw. fil. Hen. Agreement (indented) between Richard the Prior and the Convent of Seleburne, and Thomas de la Brek, Will. Adam, Robert le Hore, Will. Martin, Will. de Hockemore, Ralph de Northebroke, and Will. Doget, their tenants, by which the Prior and Convent, in consideration of the receipt of 40s., release to them their customary services; viz., from the tenement of the said Thomas de la Brok, 6d. of ripselvere, one cock and one hen, 1d. for Hockemore, and 1d. for la Putacre; from the tenement of Will. Adam the same; from the tenement of Robert le Hore the same; from the tenement of Will. de Hockemore the same; from the tenement of Ralph de Northebroke, 6d. of ripselvere, two cocks and two

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hens, 1d. for Hockemore, 14d. for la Putakere; from the tenement of Will. Martin, 12d. of ripselvere, one cock and one hen, 1d. for Hockemore, 11d. for la Putakere; from the tenement of Will. Doget, 12d. of ripselvere and 14d. for la Putakere; saving for the lands and tenements which they hold of the Prior and Convent in Ochangre 30s. of annual rent, with suit of court in Ochangre above Northebroke, reliefs, heriots, wards and escheats. Witn.: Sir Adam de Gurdun, knt., Sir Robert de Popham, knt., Henry Wyard, John the clerk of Aultone, Adam Oter, Nich. de la Flode, Henry Wyleking, Will. de la More, John de Yvelie, Nich. Curci.-[86.]

Three seals lost, three small oval ones remaining: (1) a fleur-de-lis, inscription broken; (2) (3) a star (or sun): "... Rodulfi Binoreh . . . . ." (?)

1280, 25 July, "in f. S. Jac. Apost."; at Seleburne. Indenture of a license from the Prior Richard and Convent of Seleburne to Henry de Watesford and Nicholaa his wife, to construct an oratory in their court of Watesford, and there to celebrate divine offices at their own expense, saving the right of the mother church of Basinges and of the Convent and of the vicar for the time being, saving also to the vicar all the oblations and obventions at the said oratory; and the said Henry and Nicholaa and their heirs shall attend the mother church on solemn feast-days, if they can conveniently do so, and shall pay 12d. annually to the Convent.-[378.]

Seals wanting, among which was the seal of master Rich. le Beel, vicar of Basingestoke.

[c. 1280.] Grant from Henry Marescall of Achangre, son of Robert Marescall de la Wyke, to the Prior and Canons of Seleburne, in free alms, of 13d. of annual rent in Achangre for the light of S. Katherine in the said church, issuing from a meadow which lies between la Bromcroft and the meadow of the said Prior called la Longemede, and from four acres of land which Sibilia de la Lode holds in Achangre. Witn.: James de Nortune, Will. de Achangre, Symon de Aula, Rich. de Westcote, Henry de Estone, John de Thuddene, Rob. Marescall de la Wike, Henry Wilekyng, Henry de la Rude.—[162.]

Oval green seal; a buckle: "S' Henrici le Mar'cal."

Another grant of the same from the same donor, omitting the mention of the light of S. Katherine; somewhat later, as it seems, in date, as it says that Sibilia de la Lode "formerly" (aliquando) held the meadow and the four acres of the grantor. Witn. and seal the same.—[172.]

[c. 1280] Release from William le Archer de la Rode and Alice his wife to the Canons of Seleburne of all their right in a piece of land which the said Canons have by the gift of William de la Rode and

the said Alice who was then his wife.

Witn.: Sir Adam Gurdun, Sir

Thomas Paynel, knts., John de Venuz, James de Nortone, John de Westcote, John de Candevere.-[200.]

Two green seals; (1) round, apparently a shield bearing a bar between three crosses in chief and three in base : "S' Will. (2) oval, the Lamb and Flag; "Ecce Agnus Dei."

[c. 1280-90.] Grant from William le Fughel of Seleburne to Walter the Hunter ("venatori") and Agnes his wife, for the sum of 6 marks, of all the land and garden which he had by the gift of the late James de Achangre at la Hunne, near the highway going from the Priory of Seleburne towards Blakemere, of which one acre with a croft lies near the wood of Will. de Achangre, which [acre] is called la Brok and extends to the meadow of Will. le Wrik on the east, and to the land of the late Rich. Holewe on the west; and which garden Will. de Blakewelle, chaplain, formerly farmed of the said James, together with a meadow adjacent which the said Will. Blakewelle formerly farmed of Peter de Cruce; paying annually to the Prior of Seleburne 12d., and to Will. de Achangre ld., and to the grantor during his life one overcoat ("supertunicam ") worth 2s. Witn.: Sir Adam Gurdon, knt., James de Nortone, Simon de Aula, Will. de Achangre, Henry de Estone, Will. Gervays, Nicholas de Thuddene, John his brother, Richard de Wescote, Walter Selede, clerk, Robert Marescall de la Wyke, Henry Wylekyng, Henry de la Rude.-[58.]

Oval green seal; a floriated cross: "S' Will'i Fu'gl." [James de Achangre was alive in 1277.]

[c. 1280-90.] Grant and quit-claim from John de Sutheneye and Alice his wife to William de la Rode, chaplain, for the sum of 6 marks, of all their right in the tenement of the late Richard Coterel at la Rode; rendering an annual quit-rent of one pound of cummin or 1d. Witn.: Will. de Achangre, Henry Wylekyng, Robert Marescall, Will. Sterghaf, John the Baker.—[365.]

Seal lost.

[c. 1280-90] Copy, on paper, made in the 15th century (torn) of a grant from Jurdan de Westprop to the Prior and Canons of Selbourne, in free alms, of 27s. 5d. of annual rent in the village of Thuddene; viz., from the tenement of Andrew de Heyes, 7s. 8d.; from that of Henry Rufus, 9s. 6d.; from that of Geoffrey Purchaz, 7s. 4d.; and from that of Robert Clyne, 28. 11d.; also quit-claiming to the said Prior and Canons all the land which they have in the same village by the gift of Nicholas Swele, and 108. of annual rent paid by them to him; but saving a quitrent of 20s. to Robert Popham. (Witnesses omitted.)—[379.]