XXVIII.
25 July 1363.
Know all, present and future, that we, John Palmer of Hougham, Robert Tail lour of Dover, and Roger Shcreman of the same place, have given, granted, and, by this our present Charter, have confirmed to Alan Wrangel, and Christine, his wife, formerly the wife of William atte Pette, tailor, a certain tenement with its appurtenances lying within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Snargate Ward, viz., between the land of Thomas Spisour to the south-west, and the tenement of the heirs of John Joseph to the north-west, and The King's Highway to the north-east and south-west, which tenement we recently had by the gift and feoffment of the said William atte Pette : to have and to hold all the aforesaid tenement with its appurtenances to the aforesaid Alan and Christine, his wife, and their assigns for the whole life of the said Alan and Christine well and peacefully, they performing therefore the service of the Lord King when it shall arise, according to the custom of the Port aforesaid ; and also all services due therefrom annually and by right accustomed to the capital lords of that fee : and after the decease of the said Alan and Christine, the whole tenement aforesaid, with its appurtenances, shall remain to Isabella Agnes and Christine, the daughters of the aforesaid William, and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten, well and peacefully in hereditary rights for ever, to hold by the service of the Lord King beforesaid, and by the services therefrom due and accustomed to the capital Lords of that fee ; and we the aforesaid John, Robert, and Roger, and our heirs, will warrant all the aforesaid tenement with all its appurtenances to the beforesaid Alan and Christine, his wife, for the whole life of the said Alan and Christine, and after the decease of the said Alan and Christine to the daughters of the said William, and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten for ever against all men.
In testimony whereof to this present indented Charter we have affixed our seals. Given at Dover on the Feast of Saint James the Apostle, in the 37th year of the reign of King Edward, the third from the conquest.
Witnesses : Nicholas at Hall, then Mayor of Dover ; Peter Rede, then Bailiff; William Denne ; Thomas Spisour ; Simon Monin ; John atte Halle ; Richard Archer ; John Monin ; Alexander Hurtin ; Roger de Bere ; and others.