XXXVII.
9 July 1391.
Be it known to all seeing this indenture that John Giles, Mayor of the town of Dover, in the name of the whole Commonalty of the said town, has delivered at fee farm to John Boner, sailor, of Dover, a certain plot of land lying within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Delf Ward, between the land of John Monin to the north-east, and the land of John Of ber to the south-west, and the messuage of the said John to the north-west, and the land of the heirs of Peter Reade to the south-east : to have and to hold the aforesaid plot of land with its appurtenances to the aforesaid John, his heirs and assigns, for ever : he performing there for the service of the Lord King when it shall arise, according to the custom of the port above mentioned, also all services due and accustomed therefor to the capital lord of that fee : and paying therefore annually to the afore said Commonalty id. at the Feast of S. John the Baptist : and whenever the aforesaid annual farm shall be in arrear in any year beyond the term aforesaid for one year, then it may be lawful for the Mayor of the said town for the time being to go in, re-enter, and peaceably possess for ever, for himself and his successors, the said plot of land with its appurtenances, into whomsoever's hands it shall have come : and the aforesaid Mayor and his successors, and the Com monalty aforesaid, will warrant the aforesaid plot of land with its appurtenances to the aforesaid John, his heirs and assigns, in the form aforesaid, against all men.
In witness whereof, the seal of the Mayoralty of Dover, as well as the seal of the said John, are alternately affixed to this indenture.
Given at Dover the ninth day of July in the fifteenth year of the reign of King Richard the Second.