By Ken Clarke Although the origins of the Cinque Ports are unknown, their individual beginnings preceded the Norman Conquest, for the Domesday Book records that during the reign of Edward the Confessor the burgesses of Dover.
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Henry V runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. The trail includes “The Cinque Ports” and “The Cinque Ports Coronation Privileges”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
The Cinque Ports
CORONATION PRIVILEGES By Kenneth Clarke Although the origins of the Cinque Ports are unknown, their individual beginnings preceded the Norman Conquest, for the Domesday Book records that during the reign of Edward the Confessor the burgesses of Dover, Sandwich and Romney were liable to supply to ‘the King, once in the year.