LIIII.
6 October 1411.
Know all men present and future that I, Thomas at Crouche, of Dover, have given, granted, and, by this my present indented charter, have confirmed to John Miles, of Dover, and Dionisia, his wife, one parcel of land of a cer tain orchard of mine lying within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Ward, which parcel of land lies between the land of John Robin to the north-west, and the land of me, the aforesaid Thomas, to the south-east and north-east, and between the King's highway to the south-west, as it is there divided and marked by metes and bounds : to have and to hold the aforesaid parcel of my orchard land to the aforesaid John Miles and Dionisia, his wife, their heirs and assigns, for ever : they doing therefor the service of the Lord King when it shall befall, according to the custom of the aforesaid port : and paying annually at the Feast of the Nativity of S. John the Baptist to me, the aforesaid Thomas, my heirs and assigns, 2 sh. of free, perpetual and annual rent : and if it shall happen that the said annual rent of the aforesaid 2 sh. shall be in arrear in part or in whole in any year beyond the feast afore-named for payment, then it shall be fully lawful for me, the aforesaid Thomas, my heirs and assigns, to dis- train on the aforesaid parcel of land with appurtenances, and to take away, carry off, and retain the distresses levied until the aforesaid arrear of rent, together with all damages aris ing from the detention of the same, be satisfied : if, indeed, it shall happen that the aforesaid annual rent of 2 sh. be in arrear for one year and forty days after the said feast appointed for payment, and sufficient distresses to the value of the said arrear of rent be in vain looked for in the afore said parcel of ground with appurtenances, then it shall be fully lawful for me, the abovesaid Thomas, my heirs and assigns, to re-enter the aforesaid parcel of land with appur tenances into whosesoever hands it may have come, and to re-seise it, and to receive and for ever possess it for me, my heirs and assigns, in my pristine estate without let of any one : and I, the above-named Thomas, and my heirs, will warrant, acquit and defend the aforesaid parcel of land to the afore-nanicd John Miles and Dionisia, his wife, their heirs and assigns, for the annual rent and in form premised, against all men for ever.
In witness whereof the seals of the parties aforesaid are affixed alternately to these indented charters.
Given at Dover on the sixth of the month of October in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Henry, the fourth of England.
Witnesses : John Evebroke, Mayor ; Thomas Page, Bailiff"; Nicholas Spisour ; Henry Merle; John Robin; William Middleton ; Richard Sedenor ; and others.