Selkirk judged correctly that his craft, the Cinque Ports, was unseaworthy, and was given the choice of being left ashore on his own.

While Dampier was captain of the St. George, Selkirk served on the galley Cinque Ports, the St. Georges companion, as a sailing master serving under Thomas Stradling.

In October 1704, after the ships had parted ways because of a dispute between Stradling and Dampier, the Cinque Ports was brought by Stradling to an island that is today known as Robinson Crusoe Island in the uninhabited archipelago of Juan Fernández off the coast of Chile for a mid-expedition restocking of supplies and fresh water.

In historical terms, Hastings can claim fame through its connection with the Norman conquest of England ; and also because it became one of the medieval Cinque Ports.

In the Middle Ages Hastings became one of the Cinque Ports ; Sandwich, Dover, and New Romney being the first, Hastings, and Hythe followed, all finally being joined by Rye and Winchelsea, at one point 42 towns were directly or indirectly affiliated to the group.

Most of these ships were placed along the Cinque Ports, but Portsmouth was also enlarged.

Wortham was responsible for fusing John's galleys, the ships of the Cinque Ports and pressed merchant vessels into a single operational fleet.

In July 1966 the Queen appointed Menzies to the ancient office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, taking official residence at Walmer Castle during his annual visits to Britain.

** John Boys, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( d. 1664 )

** Simon de Burley, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

** Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( b. 1474 )

** Simon de Burley, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

* December 15 – Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( b. c. 1485 )

* August 24 – William Scott of Scott's Hall, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

* October 17 – John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports

** Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports of England ( d. 1534 )

** John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp, Warden of the Cinque Ports

* date unknown – Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ( b. 1260 )

* Richard de Grey, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

It was one of the Cinque Ports during medieval times.

* Hamo de Crevequer, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

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Certain other classes such as the higher clerics and freemen of the Cinque Ports were deemed barons.

Dr. West firmly asserted that while Donald " Cinque " DeFreeze and other movement members had used a rather coarse version, they did employ the classic Maoist formula for thought control ; Hearst was young and apolitical enough to be at extreme risk and, in his professional experience, that it would have even broken many experienced soldiers.

There was no public scandal, but Lord Beauchamp resigned all his offices except that of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and went into exile on the continent ( fearing his arrest if he did not ), briefly threatening suicide before going.

The Cinque Ports separated from the St George on the Pacific coast of the Americas and, after putting Alexander Selkirk ashore alone on an island for complaining about its seaworthiness, sank a month later.

The Cinque Ports later sank with the loss of most of her crew.

He later served as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners and as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

It later became a limb of the Cinque Ports.

By the time Dickens came to Deal it had been largely forgotten how the government of 1784, under Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger ( who was staying at nearby Walmer Castle, and was later to be appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1792 ), ensured that the Deal boats were all set ablaze, suspecting some of the Deal luggers of being engaged in smuggling.

De Clare followed Hamo de Crevequer, some years later as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Richard de Grey ( died 1271 ) of Codnor, Derbyshire, was a landowner who held many important positions during the reign of Henry III of England, including governor of the Channel Islands and later both constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1258 irregularly to 1264 .< ref >

In later years he served as Ambassador to Scotland, Lord President of the Council of Wales and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Andrew de Guldeford later served as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

" By November of 1360 he is described as the ‘ king's lieutenant in Brittany ’, whilst a year later he was referred to as the ‘ king's admiral ’, and was Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque ports.

He was appointed judge of the Cinque Ports in 1855, Queen's Counsel in 1858, and advocate general in admiralty in 1862, and succeeded Dr. Stephen Lushington ( 1782 – 1873 ) as judge of the Court of Arches five years later.

Ongoing changes in the coastline along the south east coast, from the Thames estuary to Hastings and the Isle of Wight inevitably reduced the significance of a number of the Cinque port towns as port authorities.

The Cinque Ports Confederation originated in the 11th century when the five ports of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich joined forces to provide ships and men for the defence of the coast and protection of cross-channel trade.

The Cinque Ports were a confederation of the five most important ports on the coast of the English Channel.

The Lord Warden of the Cinque (" Five ", in Norman French ) Ports was originally in charge of the Cinque Ports, a group of five port towns on the southeast coast of England.

The Cinque Terre () is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera.

While the Genoese were able to gain control of La Spezia, Lerici, Sarzana and much of the littoral coast all the way from the Cinque Terre to ancient Luni itself, the Milanese took more northern parts of Lunigiana.

A feature of British maritime history of this period was the appointment, generally by county, of one or more " keepers of the coast ", which led in time to the consolidation of the powers of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Robert de Auberville was appointed to the position of Keeper of the coast, then the name given to the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in the year 1228.

" The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value.