C. 20 July 1540

The present Indenture witncsseth that John Bowles, Mayor of the Town and Port of Dover, John Goodall, Thomas Fetrc, Thomas Smith, and William Loomc, Chamberlains of the said town, with the unanimous assent and consent of the whole Commonalty ot the said town, have delivered, granted, and at fee firm have demised to John Elam, of Dover, Jurat, a certain plot of land with its appurtenances lying within the Liberty of the Port of Dover, in Saint Mary's Ward, abutting on the land lately Thomas Fyneux's to the south-west and north-east, the land of Ralph Bufkin to the east, and the common lane leading from the gate and walls of the said town to Priory Lane to the north : to have and to hold the said plot of land, with its appurtenances, to the afore<;aid John Elam, his heirs and assigns, for ever : on doing therefor the service of the Lord King according to the custom of the port aforesaid when it may befall : and on paying annually to the Mayor and Wardens of the said town for the time being, on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 4^/ sterling of annual rent : and the aforesaid Mayor and Chamberlains and Commonalty of the said town, and their successors, will warrant the said plot of land, with its appurtenances, to the aforesaid John Elam, his heirs and assigns, in the form aforesaid against all men for ever. 

In witness whereof as well the seal of the office of the Mayoralty of Dover as the seal of the aforesaid John Elam are alternately affixed to these indentures. 

Given at Dover aforesaid, the twentieth day of July in the thirty-second year of the reign of King Henrv VIII. 

In dorse : Elham ffor Turne-agayne lane, 4d.