XVIII. October 1325

Know all, present and future, that I, John, the son of Alex ander Venesoun of Dover, have given granted, and, by this my present charter, have confirmed, for my soul, and for the souls of Alexander my father and of Beatrice my mother, and of my sons and relatives, to Brother John, Master of the Domus Dei of Dover, and to the Brethren of the same place, in pure and perpetual aims, forty pence of free and perpetual rent arising annually from a tenement that John Rande holds, which tenement lies within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Horsepool Ward, viz., between the King's highway towards the south-east, and the tenement of John Mochegod towards the south-west, and between the land of the aforesaid John towards the north-east : to have and to hold the aforesaid forty pence of free rent to the aforesaid Master and Brethren, and their successors in pure and per petual alms, as is aforesaid, freely, fully, wholly, and for the salvation of my heirs, for ever. And I the aforesaid John and my heirs will warrant the aforesaid forty pence of free rent to the aforesaid Master and Brethren and their successors against all men for ever.

In witness whereof my seal is set to this present charter in the month of October in the nineteenth year of the reign of King Edward, the son of King Edward.

Witnesses, Sir Robert de Kendale, then Constable of Dover Castle ; John at Sea, then Mayor of Dover ; William Virgile, then Bailiff; John at Hall ; William de Hortin ; Thomas le Keu ; John Salkin ; Alexander Hortin ; William, the son of Nicholas Archer ; William Giles ; Alexander Dureham ; Thomas Reade ; John, son of Robert de Buck land ; Gilbert at Church ; Stephen the Clerk ; and many others.

A portion of a small seal remains.