Record of the Royal Society. 



Tenure. 



Rent. 



Exonerations, 

 acquittances, 

 &c. 



ancestors, late Kings or Queens of England, had and 

 enjoyed, or ought to have had and enjoyed, the aforesaid 

 lands, tenements, and other the premises or any parcel 

 thereof. 



We give further, and by these presents for us, our 

 heirs, and successors do grant to the aforesaid President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for 

 promoting Natural Knowledge, and to their successors, 

 all and singular the premises above by these presents 

 before granted, with all their appurtenances, as fully, 

 freely, and wholly, and in as ample manner and form, as 

 all and singular those premises or any parcel thereof 

 came or ought to have come to our hands, or to the 

 hands of any of our progenitors or ancestors, late Kings 

 or Queens of England, by reason or pretext of the disso- 

 lution oT* surrender of any late monastery, priory, or 

 hospital, or by reason or pretext of any Act of Parlia- 

 ment or of any Acts of Parliaments, or by reason of any 

 attainder or forfeiture, or by reason of any exchange or 

 purchase, or of any gift or grant, or by reason of escheat, 

 or by whatsoever other lawful means, right, or title, and 

 now are, or ought to be, in our hands. 



To HAVE ; hold, and enjoy the aforesaid lands, tene- 

 ments, and hereditaments, and all and singular other the 

 premises above by these presents before granted, with all 

 their appurtenances, to the aforesaid President, Council, 

 and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for pro- 

 moting Natural Knowledge, and to their successors for 

 ever ; To hold of us, our heirs, and successors, as of our 

 Manor of East Greenwich, in our county of Kent, by 

 fealty only, in free and common socage, and not in chief, 

 nor by Knight service ; And rendering yearly to us, our 

 heirs, and successors of and for the aforesaid arable land 

 called Teamshott twenty- three shillings and four pence, 

 and of and for the aforesaid close of meadow called Stony 

 Bridge Close twenty shillings, and of and for the afore- 

 said piece of arable land in the common field called East 

 Field four shillings, of lawful money of England, at the 

 feasts of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Annuncia- 

 tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the Receipt of the 

 Exchequer at Westminster of us, our heirs, and suc- 

 cessors, or to the hands of the Bailiffs or Receivers of the 

 premises for the time being, by equal portions yearly to 

 be paid for ever. 



And further, of our more abundant special grace and 



