History and Antiquities of the Ancient Town and Port of Rye, in the County of Sussex

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. By the Parliamentary and Municipal Corporation Reform Bills the ancient constitution of the Cinque Ports has been completely changed; their privileges have become, in a great measure, a dead letter, and thus, in another generation or two, the memory Of them would be clean gone for ever, were not some record made of them ere it be too late.