CINQUE PORTS.
LORD BRASSES MADE WARDEN.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyright-
(Received January 16, 11.32 p.m.)
London, January 16. Lord Brasses' lias been appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports.
The Cinque Ports are a group of seven ports (originally five, whence the name) situated on the south coast of England. Hastings, Romney, Ilythe, Dover, and Sandwich were the original ports, Winchelseaand Rye being added afterwards, and they were placed under a ward-en in William I. s reign to guard against invasion. Certain rights and privileges were secured to these towns, in return for which they were bound to furnish the King on demand with 57 ships for 15 days. Most of their privileges and obligations were abolished by the Reform Act of 1832 and Municipal Corporation; Act of 1835, though some are still retained. The warden's jurisdiction, was abolished in 1855, and his office is now purely an honorary one.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13649, 17 January 1908, Page 5
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