Cinque Port

English Alternative forms en cinque port Pronunciation en /sɪŋk pɔːt/ UK Noun Cinque Port en historical A city or town that is a member of the Cinque Ports confederation. en 1881-11-05 The new railway to Lydd The Railway News London 613 https://books.google.com/books?id=4e40AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&dq=%22Cinque+Port%22&hl=&cd=51&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Cinque%20Port%22&f=false In the time of Edward I., when the Cinque Ports and their members were required to provide, equip, man, and maintain ships for the King's service, with twenty men to each ship, the quota of New Romney, a principal Cinque Port, was four ships; of Hastings, another Cinque Port, three ships; of Rye, one of the “ancient towns” that ranked as a Cinque Port, five ships; whereas Lydd, only a “member,” was required to turn out seven ships. Related terms en Portsman