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Baron of the Cinque Ports
Cinque Ports Cinque" Ports` [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.

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- The confederation of Cinque Ports (/sɪŋk pɔːrts/ sink ports) is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sus****...
- The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is a ceremonial official in the United Kingdom. The post dates from at least the 12th century, when the title was...
- courtier who held the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. He was the son of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny (died 20 September 1492) and his first...
- 10th Baron Cobham, KG (1 November 1527 – 6 March 1597), lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a member of parliament...
- heir of John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset by his wife Margaret St. John. He was Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1359...
- to 1689. As a baron of the Cinque Ports he was one of the holders of the canopy at the coronation of James II in 1685 and coronation of William and Mary...
- co-heiress of Sir Robert de Septvans of Chartham in Kent. His uncle was Sir Henry de Cobham (d. c. 1316), of Rundale, Kent, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, who...
- briefly Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland. In 1392 he was appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1393 he was...
- Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports under Queen Elizabeth. Shortly after the accession of James I, he was implicated in the "Treason of the Main" in 1603...
- 2023 In the 21st century the title Baron of the Cinque Ports is reserved for Freemen elected by the Mayor, Jurats and Common Council of the Ports to attend...