LXX. 20 February 1447

Know all present and future that I, Thomas Coumbe, of Dover, have given, granted, and by this my present charter, have confirmed to John Goldsmith, Rector of S. John the Baptist, and Thomas Toky, of the same town, all my lands, and tenements, rents, and services, which I have, as well within the Liberty of the Port of Dover, as elsewhere with out, within the County of Kent : to have and to hold all the aforesaid lands, tenements, rents, and services, with all their appurtenances, to the aforesaid John, and Thomas Toky, their heirs and assigns : they doing therefore the service of the Lord King according to the custom of the port aforesaid, and all other services due therefrom and by right accustomed : and I indeed, the aforesaid Thomas Coumbe, and my heirs, will warrant all the aforesaid lands, tenements, and rents, and services, with all their appurtenances, to the aforesaid John, and Thomas Toky, their heirs and assigns, against all men for ever. 

In witness whereof I have set my seal to this my charter. Witnesses : Ralph Toke, Mayor ; Walter Nesham, Bailiff ; Thomas Goore ; William Brewis ; Richard Grigge ; Walter Pope ; and others. 

Given on the twentieth day of the month of February in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Henry, the sixth of England after the conquest.