XLIII. 2 July 1398

Know all present and future that I, Nicholas Hawte, knight, have given, granted, and, by this my present charter, con- firmed to Simon Passemer, chaplain, one tenement with its appurtenances situated within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Horsepool Ward, viz., between the tenement of John Ceroid to the north-east and south-east, and the tene ment of William Cooke to the south-west, and between the King's highway to the north-west : to have and to hold the aforesaid tenement with all its appurtenances to the afore said Simon, his heirs and assigns, for ever : he performing therefor the service of the lord King when it shall befal, according to the custom of the port aforesaid for all other services and demands : and I, the aforesaid Nicholas and my heirs, will for ever warrant the aforesaid tenement with all its appurtenances to the aforesaid Simon, his heirs and assigns, against all men. 

In witness whereof I have affixed my seal to this my present charter. 

Given at Dover the second day of July in the twenty-second year of the reign of King Richard, the second of England. 

Witnesses : John Strete, then Mayor of Dover ; Edward Faemenir, Bailiff; John at Hall; John Giles; John Eve broke ; Nicholas Spisour ; Henry Merle ; Thomas Lulk ; Henry Petham ; William Hanecok ; Richard Sedenor ; and others.