CXXIII.
30 August 1562.
This indenture witnesseth that William Hannyngton, Mayor of the Town and Port of Dover in the county of Kent, Thomas Painter, John Hobday, Robert Nikam, and Christopher Eliott, Chamberlains of the said town, with the unanimous assent and consent of the whole Commonalty, have delivered, granted, and demised at fee ferm to William Burden, of the town and port of Dover aforesaid, Jurat, a vacant plot of land with all its appurtenances, containing in length two hundred and twenty-one feet of land, and in breadth as far as the high sea, lying and being within the Liberty of the town of Dover aforesaid, between a certain lane leading from the high sea to the King's highway to the south-west, and a similar lane to the north-east, the King's highway to the north-west, and the high sea to the south- east : to have and to hold the aforesaid plot of vacant land, with all its appurtenances, to the aforesaid William Burden, his heirs and assigns, from the feast of the Nativity of S. John the Baptist last past before the date of these presents, from year to year, one after another, until the end and term of the ninety-nine years next following and fully completed : he performing therefor the service of our Lady the Queen and her successors according to the custom of the port of Dover aforesaid when it shall befall : and furthermore giving and paying therefor annually to the Mayor and Chamberlains of the said town, for the time being, at the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, xj. for an annual rent : and if it shall chance that the aforesaid annual rent of xj. be in arrear, in part or in whole, at the feast or term aforesaid on which it should be paid, unpaid for the space of fifteen days beyond the aforesaid term, although legally demanded, then it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Chamberlains of the town aforesaid, for the time being, to re-enter, re-have, and peacefully enjoy, as in its pristine estate, the aforesaid plot of vacant land, with all its appurtenances, into whomsoever's hands it may have come, and to totally expel and remove therefrom the afore - William Burden and his assigns, this present indenture notwithstanding.
In witness whereof as well the common seal as the seal of the aforesaid William Burden are alternately affixed.
Dated the thirtieth 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 F'aith, etc., in the year 1562.
By me, William Burden,
On the back : Present at the time of sealing and delivering of the presents — William Hannington, Mayor ; Thomas Painter, John Hobday, Robert Nykam, Christopher Eliott, Chamberlains ; Thomas Dawkes, common clerk ; and others.