XLI.
12 September 1392.
Know all present and future that we, John Palmer, Chap lain, and Thomas Merton, of Dover, have given, granted, and, by this our present charter, have confirmed to Thomas Crouche, of Dover, 2 sh. of free and annual rent, which we lately had [by the gift] and feoffment of Agnes, formerly the wife of Richard Clark of Dover, [arising] from a certain [plot of land with its appurtenances] within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in [Bikkin W]ard, between the land of the heirs of James Mason to the south-east, and the King's highway to the north-east, and the land of the heirs of John at Mill to the north-west : [To have] and to hold the said 2 sh. of free and annual rent to the aforesaid Thomas, his heirs and assigns, for ever.
In witness whereof we have affixed [our seals] to this present charter.
Given at Dover the twelfth day of September in the sixteenth year of the reign of King Richard the Second.
Witnesses : John Giles, then Mayor ; John Gerold, then Bailiff; John Monin ; John at Hall ; John Strete ; and others.
Two perfect seals remain.