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 THE ALIEN PKIOKY OF ANDWELL. 217 rule of St. Benedict was also that of the Cistercians, only more strictly enforced, and that in public documents it was so described, as appears in an attested copy, now in the Archives of Winchester College, of a bull of Pope Alexander III., by which he confirmed the Abbot and Convent of Tyrone in their privileges, and in the patronage of several monasteries, which w^cre to be governed according to the rule of St. Benedict, and the institution of the Abbey of Tyrone*. The bull is as follows : Alexander Episcopus, servus servorum Dei, Dilectis fihis, S. Abbati et fratribus monasterii de Tyronio Salutem, et Apostolicam benedictionem. In his, que a nobis previa ratione requiritis, peticioni v're benignum effectum impcrtiri debemus ; ut circa nos et eccl'iam fervencior fiat v're dilec- tionis intcgritas. Cum in his, que juste postulaveritis, a nobis fneritis efficaciter exauditi ; eapropter, dilecti in D'no filii, vestris justis postulationibus gratum impertientes assen- sum, Abbatias, que ad Monastcrium v'rum, tanquam ad capud suum respiciunt, videlicet Monasterium de Calcho ; Monasterium de Chamois ; Monasterium de vado Alncti ; Monastcrium de Trunceto ; Monasterium de Luchero ; Monasterium de Asneriis ; et Monasterium de Jugo ; sicut ea rationabiliter possidetis, vobis et Monasterio v'ro auctoritate Ap'lica confirmamus : statuentes ut in istis Monasteriis secundum dei timorem, et refjulam beati Benedicti, et iustitucionevi ordmis vri, Abbates sine uUa contradictione instituere valeatis ; sicut hactenus noscitur observatum. Preterea presenti scripto censemus, ut famuli v'ri qui vobis sub ccrta mercede deserviunt, et de mensa v'ra propria assidue vivunt, ab omni parochiali jure liberi sint et immunes. Ilec apostolica auctoritate prohibemus, ne cui E'po vel Decano, vel Archidiacono liceat vobis, vel domibus v'ris novas et indebitas exactiones imponere, aut illicita gravamina irrogare : Nulli ergo omnino hominum fas sit hanc paginam n're confirma- tionis et concessionis infringere vel ei aliquatenus contraire : Siquis autem hoc attemptare presumpserit indignationem omnipotentis dei, et beatorum Petri et Pauli A])ostolorum ejus, se noverit incursurum. Dat : Anagnie : x Kal : Maii. ■* Ex orig. ill Aivhivis Coll. Wiiiton. siven, it sliouM 1)0 undorstood to l)e tiikeii The reader is retjuestcd to observe that tVoni oriijinai tlociiniLiUs preserved in wherever the authority for any statement Winchester College, contained in the iollowiin' remarks is not