CII.
3 November 1543.
Know all present and future that we, John Elam, Mayor of the Town and Port of Dover, rhomas Middleton, Thomas Peter, Thomas Allen, and Henry Harwood, Chamberlains of the town and port aforesaid, with the unanimous assent and consent of the whole Commonalty of the town and port aforesaid, have given, granted, and by this our present charter have confirmed to Edmund Mody, gentleman, Bailiff* of the town and port aforesaid, a vacant plot of land, with appurtenances, lying and being within the Liberty of the town and port aforesaid in Werston Ward, abutting upon the land of Clement Gregorie on the eastern and northern sides, and upon the common lane to the west and south, which vacant plot of land indeed recently fell in to the town and port aforesaid by the non-performance of the service to our Lord King according to the custom of the port aforesaid : to have and to hold the aforesaid vacant plot of land, with appurtenances, to the aforesaid Edmund Mody, his heirs and assigns, for ever : he doing therefor the service for our Lord King according to the custom of the port aforesaid when it shall befall : and paying annually to the aforesaid Mayor and Chamberlains of the town and port aforesaid, and to their successors for the use of the town and port aforesaid, 8^/. sterling, to be paid annually at the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ; and if it happen that the said annual rent of Sc/. be in arrear, in part or in whole, after the feast aforesaid, on which, as is aforesaid, it ought to be paid, unpaid for a quarter of a year, that then it shall be fully lawful for the aforesaid Mayor and Wardens of the town and port aforesaid, and their successors, to re-enter the aforesaid plot of land, with its appurtenances, and to re-have it in its pristine estate and to possess it, this present indented charter, and seisin delivered thereon, to to the contrary in no way notwithstanding : and we, the aforesaid Mayor and Chamberlains, and our successors, will warrant, and for ever defend by the presents, the aforesaid vacant plot of land, with appurtenances, to the aforesaid Edmund Mody, his heirs and assigns, against all men.
In witness whereof to one part of this present indented charter remaining with the aforesaid Edmund Mody, the common seal of the town and port aforesaid is affixed, whilst to the other part remaining with us, the aforesaid Mayor, Chamberlains, and [our] successors, the aforesaid Edmund Mody has affixed his seal.
Given on the third day of November in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of the Lord Henry VIII., by the grace of God King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and on earth Supreme Head of the English and Irish Church.
In dono : " now Thomas Reade, now George West."
A red Seal with I.H.S. and a cross.