CHARTER TO THE CINQUE PORTS ad. 



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forfeyture often pounds. So nevertheless, that when the 

 same Barons shall fayle in doing of Justice or in receiving 

 of Justice, our Warden, and the wardens of our heires of [I. 118.] 

 the Cinque Portes, which for the time shall be, their 

 Ports and liberties may enter for to doe their full Justice. 

 So also that the sayd Barons and their heires, do unto us 

 and to our heirs kings of England by the yeare their full 

 service of 57. shippes at their costs by the space of fifteene 57- ^f^}P^ °f 

 dayes at our somounce, or at the somounce of our heires. p ?^^ , 

 We have granted also unto them of our speciall grace that ^^ ^^^^,^ ^^^ 

 they have Outfangthefe in their lands within the Ports king \^. dayes 

 aforesayd, in the same maner that Archbishops, Bishops, (it their owne 

 Abbots, Earles and Barons, have in their manours in the ^^^^^• 

 countie of Kent. And they be not put in any Assises, 

 Juries, or Recognisances by reason of their forreine tenure 

 against their will : and that they be free of all their owne 

 wines for which they do travaile of our right prise, that 

 is to say, of one tunne before the mast, and of another 

 behind the maste. We have granted furthermore unto 

 the said Barons for us and our heires, that they for ever 

 have this liberty, that is to say. That we or our heires 

 shall not have the wardship or mariages of their heires by 

 reason of their landes, which they holde within the 

 liberties and Portes aforesayde, for the which they doe 

 their service aforesayd : and for the which wee and our 

 progenitors had not the wardships and mariages in time 

 past. But we our aforesayd confirmation upon the 

 liberties and freedomes aforesayde, and our grants 

 following to them of our especiall grace, of newe have 

 caused to be made, saving alwaies in al things our kingly 

 dignitie : And saving unto us and to our heires, plea 

 of our crowne, life and member. Wherefore we will 

 and surely command for us and our heires that the 

 aforesaid Barons and their heires for ever have all the 

 aforesaid liberties and freedomes, as the aforesaid Charters 

 do reasonably testifie. And that of our especial grace 

 they have outfangthefe in their lands within the Ports 

 aforesaid after the maner that Archbishops, Bishops, 



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