LIII. 25 December 1410

Know all present and future that I, William Slcot, of Bra bourne, have given, granted, and, by this my present charter, have confirmed to Thomas at Crouche, of Dover, and Johanna, his wife, that messuage with appurtenances situ ated within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Canon Ward, between the tenement of Sir Thomas Herry to the north-east, and the tenement of the said Thomas at Crouche to the south-east and south-west, and between the King's highway to the north-west, which I lately acquired from John Robert, senior, the butcher : to have and to hold the aforesaid messuage, witli all its appurtenances, to the afore said Thomas at Crouche and Johanna, his wife, the heirs and assigns of the said Thomas for ever : he doing there for the service of the lord King when it shall befall, accord ing to the custom of the port aforesaid, for all other services and demands : and I, William Skot aforesaid and my heirs will warrant the aforesaid messuage, with all its appurten ances, to the afore-named Thomas at Crouche and Johanna, his wife, and the assigns of the said Thomas, against all men for ever. 

In witness whereof I have affixed my seal to this my present charter. 

Given at Dover on Christmas day in the twelfth year of the reign of King Henry, the fourth of England after the conquest. 

Witnesses : John Strete, Mayor of Dover ; Thomas Page, Bailiff ; Nicholas Spisour ; Henry Merle ; Robert Alein ; John Robin ; W^illiam Middleton ; John Felde ; Richard Sedenor ; and others.