XXXVIII.
1 May 1392.
Know all who shall see this present writing that it was thus agreed between the Abbot and Convent of Saint Radegund on the one part, and Richard Petit of Dover on the other, viz., that the said Abbot and Convent have remitted and, for themselves and their successors, have quit-claimed to the said Richard Petit every action which they had for the repossession of a certain plot of land with its appurtenances lying within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Halven- denne Ward abutting on the road called Blais Lane to the south-east, and the messuage of Richard Plomer to the north-east, alongside the tenement of the heirs of Walter Acrise to the south, and the messuage of the aforesaid Richard Petit to the north, which plot with its appurten ances the aforesaid Abbot and Convent formerly acquired from Roger de Sketmansteghe, and afterwards let and granted to Thomas Bonquer, as fully appears by the in dentures made on that behalf, which plot of land with its appurtenances they also granted to the aforesaid Richard Petit and Johanna, his wife, and by the present writing have confirmed ; to have and to hold all the aforesaid plot of land, with houses, walls, and trees standing thereon, and with all its other appurtenances, to the aforesaid Richard Petit and Johanna, his wife, and the heirs and assigns of the aforesaid Richard Petit, from the said Abbot and Convent and their successors for ever : he paying therefor annually for the said plot to the afore-mentioned Abbot and Convent and their successors, 2 sh. sterling of free rent, viz., at Easter, 12^., and at the Feast of Saint Michael, i2<^., for all services due to the said Convent ; and performing for the said Abbot and Convent the service of the Lord King as often as it arises, according to the custom of the Port of Dover : and be it known that as often as the aforesaid rent shall not be paid at its terms, it shall be lawful for the aforesaid Abbot and Convent and their successors, by them- selves or by their attorney, to enter and distrain the aforesaid plot with its appurtenances, and the whole messuage of the aforesaid Richard Petit which he has close to the said plot, into whomsoever's hands they shall in future have come, to lead away and detain in their hands the distresses until it shall be fully satisfied for the said rent and its arrears : and for doing this, if it shall be necessary, the aforesaid Richard Petit for himself, his heirs and assigns, grants free ingress and egress to the aforenamed Abbot and Convent and their successors, and also to their attorney, not only to the messuage aforesaid but also to the plot aforesaid : and the aforesaid Abbot and Convent and their successors will for ever warrant all the aforesaid plot of land with all its appurtenances to the aforesaid Richard Petit and Johanna, his wife, and the heirs and assigns of the said Richard, against all men.
In testimony and faith of all which the parties aforesaid have alternately affixed their seals to this deed drawn up in the form of a chirograph, one part of which, signed with the common seal of the said Abbot and Convent of Saint Rade gund, shall remain in the hands of Richard Petit aforesaid and Johanna, his wife, the other part, signed with the seal of said Richard Petit, remaining in the hands of the said Abbot and Convent.
Given by the said Richard at Dover in first day of the month of May in the fifteenth year of the reign of King Richard, the second of England.
Witnesses : John atte Halle, then Mayor ; John Ceroid, Bailiff; Richard Arnold; John Lord; Richard Plomer ; William England ; John Bordyn, baker ; John Lade ; Robert Wit, and many others.
The seal of the Convent remains.