The History Of The Castle Town And Port Of Dover Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of Dover The materials at the disposal of a writer on Dover are fairly abundant. The British Museum possesses a quantity of very valuable documents, the town accounts exist from the year 1365, and the minutes of the Common Assemblies from 1506. In addition to these important records numerous other manu scripts, many oi them of the greatest value, have been consulted personally, and Professor Burrows very kindly placed his notes of others at my disposal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ... And it is to wit, that in the said court of Shepway, nor in any other court of all the ports, within all the franchise, shall there be any plea but in English, the which hath been peaceably used time out of mind. Causes and articles moved within the franchises, that be not determined within the usage of the Cinque Ports, they claim to use and determine after good faith and equity, and natural law of the land. 37. Of the Coronation. Aho they used, that when any King of England, or Queen, shall he crowned, the Barons of the Cinque Ports be wont, by the summons of the King's writ to them directed, to come to the said coronation, and do their due service; to receive their summons in the King's court, by 40 days warning, viz.--the day of coronation the two cloths shall be borne by the said barons over the King and the Queen, viz. by 32 barons of the five ports, and by no other. And these 32 barons shall come in a suit of clothing of their own cost, but their expences for the time they shall be in the court, shall be upon the barons. And when they have done their office, the said barons be wont, and of right they claim of both cloths, with all the apparel, as hath been aforesaid. And thereof the barons of Hastings, and their members, shall have one cloth; and the barons of Romney, Hithe, Dover, and Sandwich, the other cloth, and all their apparel. And the barons of the ports that come there, are wont to have the table in the great hall, on the King's right hand, of common right, in the same manner the Barons of the Cinque Ports were wont to have at every consecration of any archbishop the table on the right hand. And all the other points and liberties they claim, that be comprehended in their charters of grants of divers Kings. Thus ends the...

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