XLIX. 3 January 1404

Know all, present and future, that I, John Wille, shoemaker, have given, granted, and by this my present charter, have confirmed to Thomas at Crouche of Dover, a tenement with its appurtenances, situated within the Liberty of the Port of Dover in Halvenden Ward, viz., between the King's high way to the south-east, and a certain common lane to the north-east, and the tenement of William Knotte to the south-west and north-west, which tenement indeed I lately acquired from John Beneit and Thomas Coumbe, clerks, Henry Petham and John Petham : to have and to hold the said tenement, with all its appurtenances, to the said Thomas at Crouche, his heirs and assigns for ever : he performing therefor the service of the Lord King, when it shall befall according to the custom of the port aforesaid, and also the services due therefrom and by right accustomed to the capital lords of that fee : and I, the aforesaid John Wille, and my heirs, will warrant the said tenement, with all its appurtenances, to the aforesaid Thomas at Crouche, his heirs and assigns, against all men for ever. 

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

Given at Dover, the third day of January in the fifth year of King Henry, the fourth of England after the conquest. 

Witnesses : John Monin, then Mayor of Dover ; John Alkham, attorney of the Bailiff; John Evebroke ; Thomas Lord ; Thomas Clerke ; William Hancok ; Richard Sedenor ; and others.