| Description | From: Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, Baron of Denbigh, Knight of the Orders of the Garter and St Michael, Master of the Queen's Horse and member of the Privy Council; Thomas Weste, esq; Thomas Shurley of Wiston, Sussex, knight
To: the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral
In £400. Relates to the lease [of the manor of Monkton] to Queen Elizabeth I by an indenture dated 18 Jan 1582 (DCc-ChAnt/M/203) for a term of 60 years. If the dean and chapter take timber from Thornden wood in the parishes of Swalecliffe and Herne during the term, the bond is to be void. Delivered to the dean and chapter by Richard Browne of London. Signatures of Robert, Thomas and Thomas.
Witnesses: Robert Honywood; William Cornewall; Thomas Lynch; Gilbert Hyde; William Beynham; Arthur Atye |