Cinque Ports

E64004

historic confederation of towns medieval maritime alliance

The Cinque Ports are a historic confederation of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex that played a key role in medieval England’s naval defense and trade.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cinque Port limb	2
Cinque Ports Confederation	1
Cinque Ports Liberty	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic confederation of towns ⓘ medieval maritime alliance ⓘ
ceremonialAssociation	Dover Castle ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
declineCause	rise of larger commercial ports elsewhere in England ⓘ silting of harbours ⓘ
foundedFor	maritime trade privileges ⓘ naval defense of England ⓘ protection of cross-Channel trade ⓘ
hasCapital	Hastings ⓘ
hasPart	Bexhill-on-Sea ⓘ surface form: Bexhill Brightlingsea ⓘ Deal ⓘ Dover ⓘ Dunkirk, Kent ⓘ Faversham ⓘ Folkestone ⓘ Hastings ⓘ Hastings All Saints ⓘ Hastings St Clement ⓘ Hythe ⓘ Lydd ⓘ Margate ⓘ New Romney ⓘ Pevensey ⓘ Ramsgate ⓘ Rye ⓘ SANDWICH ⓘ surface form: Sandwich Seaford ⓘ Tenterden ⓘ Winchelsea ⓘ
hasPrivilege	exemption from certain taxes ⓘ representation at the coronation of English monarchs ⓘ right to levy local tolls ⓘ self-governance in local matters ⓘ
hasTitle	Warden of the Cinque Ports ⓘ surface form: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
historicalRole	defense of the English Channel ⓘ facilitation of trade with continental Europe ⓘ key element of medieval English naval power ⓘ provided ships and men for the royal fleet ⓘ
language	Middle English ⓘ
legalStatus	chartered liberty ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Kent ⓘ Sussex ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Warden of the Cinque Ports ⓘ surface form: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
originalMembersCount	5 ⓘ
successor	Royal Navy ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Warden of the Cinque Ports → appliesToJurisdiction → Cinque Ports ⓘ

SANDWICH → hasCategory → Cinque Ports ⓘ

subject surface form: Sandwich

Hythe → hasHistoricalRole → Cinque Ports ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cinque Port limb

Warden of the Cinque Ports → hasJurisdictionOver → Cinque Ports ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cinque Ports Confederation

Rye → historicalAffiliation → Cinque Ports ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cinque Ports Liberty

Sandwich, Kent, England → historicalRole → Cinque Ports ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cinque Port limb

Rye → memberOf → Cinque Ports ⓘ

Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club (nearby at Deal) → namedAfter → Cinque Ports ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

Hythe → partOf → Cinque Ports ⓘ

SANDWICH → partOf → Cinque Ports ⓘ

subject surface form: Sandwich

Sandwich, Kent, England → partOf → Cinque Ports ⓘ

Warden of the Cinque Ports → relatedTo → Cinque Ports ⓘ