Difference between revisions of "Cinque Ports"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_100630" /> == | |||
<p> 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. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70779" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70779" /> == | ||
<p> The five ports of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, to which were added Winchelsea and Rye, which possessed certain privileges in return for supplying the royal power with a navy; the | <p> The five ports of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, to which were added Winchelsea and Rye, which possessed certain privileges in return for supplying the royal power with a navy; the Lord [[Warden]] of the Cinque Ports is only an honorary dignity. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_100630"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/cinque+ports Cinque Ports from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_70779"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cinque+ports Cinque Ports from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_70779"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cinque+ports Cinque Ports from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The five ports of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, to which were added Winchelsea and Rye, which possessed certain privileges in return for supplying the royal power with a navy; the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is only an honorary dignity.
