CXXII.
August 1562.
This indenture witnesseth that William Hanington, Mayor of the Town and Port of Dover, in the county of Kent, Thomas Painter, John Hobday, Robert Nicham, and Christopher Eliott, Chamberlains of the said town, with the unanimous assent and consent of the whole Commonalty of the said town, have delivered, granted, and at fee firm demised to John Boorlie, of the town and port of Dover aforesaid, gentleman, a plot of vacant land with all its appurtenances, containing in length forty-four feet, and in breadth as far as the deep sea, lying and being within the Liberty of the town and port of Dover aforesaid, between a certain plot of land belonging to the town aforesaid, now in the occupation of Robert Hedley, to the north-east ; King Street to the north-west ; and the deep sea to the south-east : to have and to hold the aforesaid vacant plot of land, with all its appurtenances, to the aforesaid John Boorley, his heirs and assigns, from the feast of the Nativity of S. John the Baptist last past before the date of the presents, from year to year one after the other to the end and for the term of ninety-nine years next following and fully complete : on doing therefor the service of our Lady the Queen and her successors, according to the custom of the port of Dover, when it shall befall : and also on paying and giving there for annually to the Mayor and Chamberlains of the said town for the time being, at the feast of the Assumption of of the Blessed Virgin Mary, ish. for an annual rent ; and if happen that the aforesaid annual rent of ish. be in arrear un paid, in part or in whole, at the feast or term aforesaid in which it ought to be paid, and be unpaid for the space of fifteen days beyond the said term, although legitimately claimed, then it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Chamberlains of the town aforesaid for the time being to re-enter, and have, and peace ably enjoy, as in its pristine estate, the aforesaid vacant plot of land with all its appurtenances, into whomsoever's hands it shall have come, and to totally expel and remove therefrom the aforesaid John Boorley and his assigns, this present indenture notwithstanding.
In witness whereof as well the common seal as also the seal of the aforesaid John Boorley are alternately affixed.
Given on the day of August in the fourth
year of the reign of our Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. (In the year 1562.)