Dover charters and other documents in the possession of the Corporation of Dover ;

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by auctori te os an other parte ment, oiden in the xiii thyer of the re igne of Κynge Richard the Secunde that ali passage hul be kepte at the sat Toune of Ovorre in themane an murme fore relierced an in non Other placewithin the fame hire of Kent, illi paSSage se then S, Shereto ath ben sed an accustu med by reaSon of the premisses uiato late dates passid, and this not illistandyn diverspilgrynaeS, marchauntS, and ther perSons, hich beeneno fouldeours, with hors and the beestis, o late tymeliave common ly used to take thei passage O ard yotiresaid ovile of Caley a divers places, and in the sanae hi reo Κent, an to come se Caleis into Kent a divers portis an places in the Same, ther than in the sal Porte ofDovorre, contrarie to the gratante and ordinaunces a rese id, to the reat urte, en poveri SShing, an desolation of the Same oune, and likel by con tyniaunce to e cause and jupard or osse of the Same Oune, the castello here, and of the cunt re adjoynyng. Hi pleaSe Oure ighenesse theseprem ySSe considered, and houghe oure sal totine is et tin the ulterest place of this Oure eam nex uiato Oure ennemyes, and ath O meane os com r nor relese, ut

onet by meane of the Sal passage oo ordeyne, stabit Ssh. and nacte in his oure highe Courte os Pariemen by the ad vis an assent of oure ordes spirit uel and tempore i in

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cona maundement by rityn sorio doo, o ellis that the becompelli and rivene to Somnae ther place or porte bysodeyn tempest, and that ver persone of ha estate, degree o condicion ei of that Willyngi do the contrarie of this ac te or ordinaunce, forseit for ver tym that he soodothe v. marcs e Sotaveraynior to have the ne molle theros, o b emptote tippon the reparacion Dyour Castellos ovorre, by the versight of the Constabie or his teia

tenant ther, and what persone or persones of the aid Totine of Ovorre that oli commerace or Sue an accionethereo ayens the sat offendour o have themther molle, and that ver persone or perSones of the sal toune orcasteli, Deemen of the sat Toune of Ovorre, in his o ne nam may have hereaster ayenSt ver persone that Willynglydothe contrarie of this acie or ordenaunc a generalacci ou of ette of the sat Somme of V. marcs, an to declare special uppon the Same aciem ordenaunce, and that processe of ouilawr an ali ther processe an determ ynacionae had in the sat acci oui ascis ad and sed in ther generali accions of ette, an also the maister of very Shippe or esselle that illyngly the contrarie to this acte orordinaunc comi yeth to an place or placeS, an Pylgryme,

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INSPEXIM Us eciam quendam assensum eidem pelicioni per Communitatem regni nostri Anglie in eodem parti amento existentem factum et in eadem pelicione specificatum in hec Verba inces bilia es communes Solin assentuT. INSPEXIMUS insuper quandam responsionem eidem elicioni per nos de Visamento et assensu dominorum spiritualium et temporalium in dicto parti amento similiter existencium, ac Communitatis predicte necnon auctoritate ejusdem partia- menti factam, et in dorso ejusdem elicionis insertam in hec Verba Soli ait come i est destre. Nos AUTEM tenores pelicioni assensu et responSioni predictorum ad requisicionem Majoris et Communitatis ille predicte duximus exemplificand' per preSentes. In cujus rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud esim vicesimo sexto die Januarii anno regni nostri Sexto.

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w have also inspected a certain assent to the sat petitionby the Common ait o ou Kingdona o England present atthe sana Parii ament, aderand specified in the fame petition

To his illule Commons have assente W have furthermore inspecte a certain response to thesam petitio by us, illi the ad vice an assent of the Lords Spiritual and empora like is present in the sat Partiament an also illi the aut horit of the a resaid Common-alty of the sat Parii ament, made an inserte on the back of the sat petition in these ordS fecit done ascis destre WE there re have caused the tenor of the petition theassent and of the repl aforesai to e exempli fied by thesepresent at the eques of the Mayor an Commonalty

a resaid. In it ness hereos, have caused thesemur letters obe ad patent.

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march, 7 Edw. IV, 467. THis endenture itnessith that illiam Lawe, of the Towneos ovorre in the Count of ent, gentilinan, an Alice his wiff, have taken an to ferme laten to Thomas ultere, Squiere, a Berne a gardein dou Thous thereinne, theapp ten' iaces lyin and eing 'inne the liberte of the aidio ne of Ovorre, in Horspoleward, to the inges hi ghewey ayens the east, an to the arti mede yens the west, to the gardein f Jolin Edward ayens the fouthe, an to thegarde o Thomas Eookeooward the northe have andio olde the sat Beriae, ardein, an dou Thous ' theapp tennceg, o the et Thoma Philtere, his executo s, orto his certein altorney, seo the meast o Midsomere extaster the date of the 'sent fer the terme o iiij eres thanne exte folo in an fuit complete, during hicheterme the seid Thomas ultere halleaepe alle reparacions to the fame neceSsarie, and ais to pale to the seid illiam to eZe ei res and eZe SSigias, at ver mest o Mid somere during the sal ternae s. StertingeZ, an is it happethe et Thomas ultere, his executo s, o his assignes totaile of an da os palement above lymyted by one monthe, that thanne it halle e la fulle to the seid illiam and

Alice, to there ires and to there assigne in the ei Berne, gardein, an cui vertious, o di Streine, and the distresse tol ede and carie a a tan to the tyme heri satisfiene anxifit happe the se id Thomas ultere, his executo or his

assigneZ, o falle in an da os palement above lymytid by

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asSigneZ, ulteri to pulte ut and the et Thomas and Alice, and theire ei reZ, gratante to arenti Z Un to the seid Thomas during the se id ternae, unde the condicione bove-Seid the ei Beriae cui veri, Oufe, and arde in anxio his executours oro his SSigneZ.

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i Julii, II Edw. IV. EDwARDus dei gracia Rex Anglie et franci et Dominus Hibernie, omnibus ad quos presentes littere pervenerint Salutem. Sciatis quod cum libertates et franchesie illen OStre DOUOrre, et membrorum ejusdem, in manibus nostris

pro rationabilibus et legittimis causis seisite existant. Nos pro inde, pro Sana et condecenti gubernacione et felici regimine ille et membrorum predictorum et populi noStri

Corundem, ac pro Securitate ceterorum ad eadem indies confluencium, necnon aliis notabilibus de causis nos et consilium nostrum specialiter moventibus, prout ad nos attinet debite providere, volentes ac SSensu et Vi Samento

ejusdem consilii nostri, constituimus dilectum et fidelem nostrum Thomam Hexstalle de cujus fidelitate et discrecione

plenam fiduciam reportam US, custodem ille OStre et membrorum predictorum quamdiu nos placuit, Dantes et

concedente ei tenore preSencium, plenam et sufficientem auctoritatem et OleStatem eadem villam et membra, et populum OStrum eorundem, ac alios ad eadem confluentes,

regend et gubernand ac omnia alia et singula que ad bonum regimen et Sanam gubernacionem eorundem ille et membrorum pertinent, juxta leges et consuetudines in eisdem villa et membris juste et rationabiliter hactenus usitatas faciend excercend et exequend', nec non habend' clavas et miniStros prout majores ille predicte hactenuS virtute aliquarum libertatum per nos et progenitoreS

nostros inde concessorum habuerunt, quoUSque pro gubernacione eorundem ille et membrorum aliter duximus ordinand : Damus etiam ministris ille et membrorum predictorum, necnon universis et singulis fidelibus et subditis nostris eorundem ille et membrorum, tenore prC- se iacium firmiter in mandatis quod eidem 'home tanquam custodi dictorum ville et membrorum in Omnibus Ue ad

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an Lor o I reland to ait o homo hese preserat letters shali come-Greeting. no that a the liberties and franchises of ur town os ove an iis imbs standseised in totur and for reason able an legitimate causes We there re, isti in So farras pertain to S to properi yprovide so the ound an sui table go vertamen and the

councti, have constitutediu belove and Dillim Thomas Hexstali, in hos fidelit an discretion e repose fuit confide iace, as arden o ou Town and Limbs foresaidduring our pleasure, tuin and grantingo him, by the tenor of the presenis fuit an sufficient authorit an powerfor ut in and governing the sat Town and Limbs and urpeople of the fame an other goin to them, and Orioing exerciSing, and executin allisther an singula things hichpertain to the good ut in and ound overtament of thesai Town and Limbs, accordin to the laws an custonishitherio justi an reasonably used in the sat Town and Limbs also for havin the keys andissicers, a the mayors of the own a resaid by virtve of certain liberties concede byus andiu progenitor o that helial f hitherio had unti weother is orde for the overnance of the sat Town and Limbs : e give it also firmi in command to the ossicerso the Town and Limbs a resaid, and ais to ali and Singula our ieges an subjects of the aid Town and Limbs, by the tenor of the present that the be iding, conSultant, and obedient in ali hings in is seemly to the aid ' Thomas

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regimen et gubernacionem predictam pertinent intendentes sint consulentes et obedientes in omnibus prout decet. In cujus rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri feci-

Teste me ipso apud est monasterium X die Julii anno Regni nostri undecimo. Per ipsum regem et de data predicta, auctoritate partia- menti Ioe)