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From: Wayne B. Hewitt< >
Subject: Re: Warden of the Cinque Ports
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 18:16:47 -0700


In article <>,
(Alf Garland) wrote:

>I understand that the Castle of Dover was an important factor for those who
>ruled England during the middle ages. The position of Lord Warden of the
>Cinque Ports appears to have been one of special proportions and only given
>to those who were trusted supporters of the crown. Can anyone provide a
>list of Wardens of the Cinque Ports and particularly a list of those who
>were Constables of the Castle of Dover during the period 1200 to 1600. Any
>help on this would be much appreciated.
>
>Alf Garland

If you are looking for a particular holder (for a yes or no) these old
volumes, if your library has them, have a lot of that sort of information.
They are not a genealogy, but a history of each peerage. Many of the lords
listed here have been Wardens, and if they were, it will be listed.

DOYLE, James William Edmund, 1822-1892. "The Official Baronage of England,
Showing the succession, dignities, and offices of every peer from 1066 to
1885, with sixteen hundred illustrations, by James E. Doyle. London,
Longmans, Green, 1886. 3 v. illus. (incl. ports., coats of arms, facsims.)
>CS 421 .D75 I, II, & IIIc
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