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The King recognises an agreement between the Abbot and Barons of Faversham that the Abbot shall hear in his court all cases within the town which concern the liberties of the Cinque Ports, except those belonging to the royal court of Shepway.
Henry, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, to all to whom these present letters shall reach, greeting. Know ye that at many times in the past a dispute has arisen between the Abbot of Faversham and the barons of the same town concerning the liberty of infangthef and utfangthef within the town of Faversham which is claimed by the said Abbot for himself of the one part and by the said Barons for themselves of the other part, and at length with the Abbot and Barons in our presence, we have unanimously granted that the said Abbot and his successors may for ever have and hold in their court of Faversham pleas of the said liberty and also all other pleas within the town belonging to the liberties of the Cinque Ports without any opposition or hindrance saving the pleas belonging to our court of Shepway and saving the liberty of the barons of Dover. We therefore wishing to assent as witness to the greater security of this present request have caused our seal to be affixed. Witness ourself at the Tower of London on the twentieth of November in the forty-sixth year of our reign.
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