L. 5 August 1405

Know all men, present and future, that we, ^rhomas Herry, Rector of the Church of Saint Nicholas, Dover, and John Boydin, baker, have given, granted, and by this our present charter, have confirmed to Ihomas at Crouch of Dover, and Johanna, his wife, one garden of land, with two houses stan[ding thereon with all its] appurtenances, lying within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Balles Ward, between the King's highway and the land of Peter Liefe to the south-east, and the [King's] stream [to the west and] north west, and the land of me, the said Thomas, and the land of Robert Glover to the north-east, and between the land of Thomas Lord and the land of Thomas Geffray to the south [west], which garden of land we lately received by the gift and feoffment of John Gayler : to have and to hold the aforesaid garden of land, with the houses standing thereon [and with] its appurtenances, to the aforesaid Thomas at Crouche and Johanna, his wife, the heirs and assigns of the said Thomas for ever : he performing therefor the service of the Lord King when it shall befall, according to the custom of the port aforesaid, for all other services and demands : and we, the aforesaid Thomas Herry, and John, and our heirs, will warrant the garden of land [aforesaid] with the said houses thereon, and all other its appurtenances, to Thomas at Crouche and Johanna, his wife aforesaid, the [heirs and assigns] of the said Thomas, against all men for ever. 

In witness whereof we have affixed our seals to this our present charter. 

Given at Dover, the fifth day of August in the sixth year of the reign of King Henry, the fourth of England after the conquest. 

Witnesses : John Strete, then Mayor ; John Alkham, attorney of the Bailiff; Thomas Lorde ; John Garton ; John Robin; Thomas Geffray ; Peter Lief; William Middleton ; Richard Sedenor ; and others.