LXVII.
29 September 1442.
This indenture, made between John Wellis, Master of the Hospital of the House of God of Dover and the Brethren of the said House on the one part, and John Gate, of the Parish of Col[red on the other] part, witnesseth, that the aforesaid Master and Brethren, by their unanimous assent and likewise consent, have granted, let, and at ferm demised, to the aforesaid John, eight acres and three roods [of land with their appurjtenances lying in the Parish of Colred, of which two acres lie in Southtoun(?) alongside the land of Robert Poisohe to the south, and the land of the said Master to the north, abutting on the Common Drove to the east [and north ; and] two acres of the land lie at Cowtheie alongside the land of William Cowper to the east, and the land of the Master to the west, abutting the Common Drove to the south ; and two acres lie near ... to the south [and west], next the land of the Master to the south and east, abutting on the Common Drove to the south ; and five roods of land lie at Boveris town alongside the land of the Master to the west, and of William Cowper to the east, abutting on the King's highway to the north ; and one acre of the land lying at Crouche alongside the land of William Poisohe to the west, and the land of the Master to the east, abutting on the Common Forstall to the north ; and three roods of the land lie at [Crothe]ie alongside the land of Thomas Baker to the west, and the land of the Master to the east, abutting on Broomfield to the south : to have and to hold the aforesaid eight acres three roods of land [with their appurtenances], the liberties of our Royal Charter excepted, to the aforesaid John, his heirs and assigns, from the Feast of S. Michael the Archangel to the end of the ten years next following [fully completed] : on paying therefor annually to the aforesaid Master and Brethren and their successors at the Hospital aforesaid, two quarters two bushels of barley of p[erpetual rent to be paid on] the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Mary : and if it happens that the said yearly ferm be in arrear un[paidj at the term aforesaid during the term aforesaid, in part or in whole [then it shall be fully lawful] for the Master and Brethren and their successors to distrain not only on the aforesaid eight acres and three roods of land, but also on the lands and tenements of the said John, and the [distresses] thus taken [to lead away, carry off, and retain until] satisfaction shall be fully made for all arrears of the said ferm, together with the damages and expenses incurred by reason of this detention : [and the aforesaid] Master and Brethren, and their successors, will warrant the aforesaid eight acres three roods of land with their appurtenances to the aforesaid John, in the form afore-written [against all men for ever] : and the above-written John, his heirs or assigns, will fully deliver up the said eight acres and three roods of land after the said term in as good a state as they received it from the said Master and Brethren in the beginning.
In witness whereof, as well the common [seal] of the said Master and Brethren [as the seal] of the said John, are alternately affixed to the present indenture.
Given in the House of God of Dover, on the Feast of S. Michael the Archangel, in the twenty-first [year] of the reign of King Henry, [the sixth] of England [after the conquest].