Excerpt from The History of Walmer and Walmer Castle Henry III.. Were still in existence. And are expressly stated to have been examined by the King before the granting of his own charter. Exposed by their position to the incursions of foreigners. The Cinque Ports were first of all incorporated for mutual defence, but soon became possessed of great and valued privileges in return for their services to the King and nation. Oi these privileges something has been said in the body of this work, but there still remains one ...
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Excerpt from The History of Walmer and Walmer Castle Henry III.. Were still in existence. And are expressly stated to have been examined by the King before the granting of his own charter. Exposed by their position to the incursions of foreigners. The Cinque Ports were first of all incorporated for mutual defence, but soon became possessed of great and valued privileges in return for their services to the King and nation. Oi these privileges something has been said in the body of this work, but there still remains one especial privilege, not there mentioned, but highly prized by the Ports. That of bearing the canopies over the King and Queen at the Coronation. This privilege belongs to thirty-two barons of the Cinque Ports - as the freemen of the Ports are invariably denominated in the charters - elected for that special service; and has been exercised, without interruption, from the time of Henry III. To the coronation of Queen Victoria. In return for this service, the barons were ever entitled to dine at the uppermost table in the great hall, on the King's right hand; a right which has rarely been disputed. In 1761. When the table provided for them was found not to be in its proper place, they refused to take their seats. Formerly each port returned two barons to parliament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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