CXXXIII.
11 February 1568.
This indenture vvitnesseth that we, Thomas Pepper, Mayor of the town and port of Dover, in the County of Kent, Robert ffynnytt, Rowland Micle, James Steward, and I'homas Challice, Chamberlains of the said town, with the unanimous assent and consent of the whole Commonalty of the said town, have delivered, and granted, and at fee farm demised to the aforesaid Rowland Micle a void plot of land, with all its appurtenances, containing xij square feet, lying and being within the Liberty of the town and port of Dover aforesaid, in a certain ward called Shingle Ward, between the Common Lane to the south-west, and the land of the aforesaid Rowland Micle to the north-east and south-east, and the land of Thomas Wattson to the north-west : to have and to hold the aforesaid void plot of land, with all its appurtenances, to the aforesaid Rowland Micle, his heirs and assigns, from the Feast of S. Michael the Archangel last past before the date of the presents, from year to year, one after the other, to the end and term of the ninety-nine years next following and fully completed : he doing therefor the service of our Lady the Queen, according to the custom of the port of Dover aforesaid, when it shall befall : and also 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 four pence good and lawful money of England for an annual rent : and if it chance that the aforesaid annual rent of iiiji/. be in arrear in part or in whole at the feast or term on which it should be paid for the space of xv days beyond the term aforesaid, although lawfully demanded, then it shall be lawful to the Mayor and Chamberlains of the town aforesaid for the time being to re-enter, repossess, and peacefully enjoy, as in its pristine estate, the aforesaid plot of void land, with all its appurtenances, and the aforesaid Rowland Micle and his assigns, totally to expel and move therefrom, this present indenture notwithstanding.
In witness whereof as well the Common Seal of the town aforesaid, as the seal of the aforesaid Rowland Micle, are interchangeably set.
Dated the eleventh day of February in the tenth year of the reign of our Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender, etc. In the year 1567.