APPENDIX.

No I.

From the Ledger-book of the Cathedral Church of Winchester, No 1. (1345 to 1496), fol. 73. Budden, p. 61.

Letter sent By the kynge for to chewse Wittm Waynflette provoste of our Lady College of Eton Byschope of Wynchester.

TRUSTY and welbeloved in god, we grete you wel, latyng yow wyte that it is come unto oure knowlech to oure greet hevynesse ne were goddis wil, how that oure oncle late cardinal of Englande and Bisshop of Wynchestre, is past owt of this uncertain lyf, And how be hit pt yt aught not to procede unto thellect'on of a newe pastoure and fader for the chirch of Wynchestre a foresayd, withoute oure licence first had in that partie, yet natheles we aswel for the greet love and affect'on that we bere unto the sayd chirch, as for other grete causes moving us, wolling in no wise the sayd chirch to

stand

ye

stand eny while viduat, licence you to procede unto thellect❜on of a newe pastoure there. And preye you hertily that in alle the haste that ye goodly may, wol so do, having by oon assent oure right trusty and welbeloved clerc and concelloure mais? William Waynflete Provost of oure College Royal of oure lady of Eton at the reverence of us and contemplac'on of this oure writing, in youre sayd elect❜on to be Bisshop of youre sayd chirch before alle oth'r espally recomended, whom as ye knowe wel we have in the most tender favour of oure good grace, wherinne ye shall not oonly provide youre sayd chirch of right a notable clerc and a substancial personne to goddes plesir and to the worship and wele of the same as we truste, but also do unto us right singtr plesir, and cause us to have bothe you and the sayd chirch in the more spal favour of oure good grace in tyme to come. Geven under oure signet at oure Castel of Wyndesore the xi day of Avril.

No II.

From the Ledger-book of the Cathedral of Winchester, N° 1. fol. 73. Budden, p. 62.

Litera missa Domino Regi pro licentia optinenda ad Epm eligendum.

EXCELLENTISSIMO in christo principi et christianissimo regi nostro domino Henrico Dei gracia Regi Anglie et Francie et domino Hibernie Nos vestri

humiles

humiles et devoti oratoresque continui Prior ecclesie vestre cathedralis Wynton? et ejusdem loci capitulum Salutem in eo cui omnes Reges famulantur et per quem principes ppe dña? *. Vestre regie Majestati cum ea qua decet reverencia tenore presentium intimamus quod recolende memorie Dominus Henricus Beauford ultimus Episcopus noster die Martis undecimo Aprilis jam instantis ad vite sue terminum (quod dolentes referimus) pervenit, verumptamen feliciter ut speramus. Ne igitur sedes episcopalis antedicta diutino pastoris solacio destituta sue vacacionis detrimenta deploret aut jacturam in spiritualibus seu temporalibus pacia? ad vestre celsitudinis regie presenciam unanimi nostro consensu et assensu nos fratres Robertum Puryton Suppriorem ac Ricardum Marlebergh hordarium confratres et commonachos nostros mittimus per presentes dicte vestre excellencie humilius quo possumus supplicantes quatinus ut ad liberam futuri Episcopi et pastoris ecclesie vestre memorate electionem procedere valeamus licenciam graciose concedere dignetur vestre regalis gratie magnitudo. Quam ad sui laudem et honorem ad inimicorum colla subiuganda atque ad populi sui meritorium regimen felicissime regat et gubernet clemencia Salvatoris per tempora duratura. Datum sub sigillo nostro communi in domo nostra capitulari duodecimo die dicti mensis Aprilis Anno Domini mittmo ccccmo x10 septimo.

prospere dominantur.

N° III.

No III.

From the Ledger-book of the Cathedral Church of Winchester, N° 1. fol. 73. Budden, p. 63.

A Letter sent By the kynge to procede the Saterday following to Electyon.

TRUSTY and welbeloved in god. We grete yow wel. And dowte not but that ye kepe wele in youre remembrance how we upon knowlege that we hadde of the decesse of oure Oncle late youre pastoure and governour wrote unto yow oure moost specialle letres for the recomendac'on of oure right trusty and welbeloved clerc maister William Waynflete provost of oure college royal of oure lady of Eton in youre next elect'on to be made for youre Bisshop, desiring yow firthermore in oure sayd tres in asmoch as we wolde not the cathedralle chirch of Wynchestre shulde eny while stande viduate that ye wolde procede to elect❜on in al godely haast, and for asmoch as we desire in the most affectuouse wyse that we can that ye schall procede to youre said elect'on on Satirday next comyng for diverse right grete causes especially moevyng us. We pray yow to dispose yow theronto, not abiding upon eny tres under oure grete seel, for we have in such wise ordeined that ye shal not nede theym at that tyme but have theym in goodly haast after, bering date before.

And