LXXXV. 30 August 1477

This indenture witnesseth that John Tempilman, John Fuller, Robert Sinethiot, and Nicholas Fine, Chamberlains of the town of Dover, with the unanimous assent and con sent of the whole Commonalty of the said town have delivered, granted, and at fee ferm demised to Robert Vincent, of Dover aforesaid, one vacant plot of land lying within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Wolves Ward, between the land of William Alan to the north-east, the common lane to the south-east, the King's highway to the south-west, and the land of Thomas Gerves to the north-west : to have and to hold the aforesaid land with its appurtenances to the aforesaid Robert Vincent, his heirs and assigns, for ever : he doing therefor the service of the Lord King when it shall arise, according to the custom of the port aforesaid : and paying therefor annually, on the Feast of the Nativity of S. John the Baptist, to the Mayor and Chamberlains of Dover aforesaid, for the time being, 4<^. of annual rent : and if it shall happen that the said annual rent of 4^. be in arrear unpaid beyond the aforesaid feast for fifteen days, then it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Chamberlains of the town aforesaid, for the time being, in the name of the Commonalty of the said town to re-enter and peacefully possess for ever for them and their successors the aforesaid land with its appurtenances : and the aforesaid Chamberlains and Com monalty and their successors will warrant the aforesaid land with its appurtenances to the aforesaid Robert Vincent, his heirs and assigns, against all men for ever. 

In witness whereof as well as the seal of the office of the Mayoralty of Dover aforesaid as the seal of the aforesaid Robert Vincent, then Mayor, are alternately set to these indentures. 

Given on the thirtieth day of the month of August in the seventeenth year of the reign of King Edward, the fourth of England after the conquest.