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enjoyed, in the premises above by these presents before granted or in 

 any parcel thereof, by reason or pretext of any charter of gift, grant, 

 or confirmation by us or by any of our progenitors or ancestors, late 

 Kings or Queens of England, heretofore had, made, or granted, or 

 confirmed, or by reason or pretext of any Act of Parliament or of 

 any Acts of Parliaments, or by reason or pretext of any lawful 

 prescription, use, or custom heretofore had or used, or otherwise, by 

 whatsoever lawful means, right, or title ; and as fully, freely, and 

 wholly, and in as ample manner and form, as we or any of our 

 progenitors or ancestors, late Kings or Queens of England, had and 

 enjoyed, or ought to have had and enjoyed, the aforesaid lands, tene- 

 ments, and other the premises or any parcel thereof. 



We give further, and by these presents for us, our heirs, and suc- 

 cessors 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 dissolution 

 or surrender of any late monastery, priory, or hospital, or by reason 

 or pretext of any Act of Parliament 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, tenements, and Tenure, 

 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 

 promoting 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 Rent, 

 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 aforesaid 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 Annun- 

 ciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the Receipt of the Exchequer 

 at Westminster for us, our heirs, and successors, or to the hands of 



