Cinque Ports

A confederation of coastal towns in southeast England, it was formed for military and trade purposes.
At the head of the Cinque Ports were Lord Wardens who had the status of barons and the right to attend the king's parliament.

Coat of Arms
Cinque Ports
Arms from 1305

Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports & Constables of Dover Castle

11th century
Godwine, Earl of Wessex
1045-1053
Harold Godwinson
1053-1066
Bertram Ashburnham
1066
William de Peverell
1066
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
1066-1084
John de Fiennes
1084-1085
James de Fiennes
1085-1111

12th century
John de Fiennes
1111-1138
The younger, son of James
Eustace de Boulogne
1138-1153
Walkelin de Magminot
1153-1154
Robert Fitz Bernard
1154-1169
Hugo de Mara
1169-1187
Alan de Valoines
1187-1190
Matthew de Clere
1190-1195
William de Wrotham
1195-1201

13th century
Thomas Basset
1201-1202
Hubert de Burgh
1202-1203
William de Huntingfield
1203-1204
William Longespee
1204-1207
Geoffrey FitzPiers
1207-1213
William de Brewer
1213-1215
William de Warenne
1214
Hubert de Burgh
1215-1220
Henry de Braybrooke
1220
Robert de Neresford
1221-1223
Hugh de Windsor
1223
Stephen de Langton
1223-1224
Geoffrey de Lucy
1224-1225
Hubert de Hoese
1225
Geoffrey de Shirland
1225-1226
William d'Avranches
1226-1227
Bertram de Criol
1227
Hubert de Burgh
1227-1232
Henry de Hoese
1232
Stephen de Segrave
1232-1235
Walerand le Tyais
1235
Humphrey de Bohun
1235
Hamo de Crevequer
1235
Bertram de Criol
1236
Peter de Rivaux
1236
Henry de Hoese
1236-1241
Pierre de Savoie
1241-1242
Bertram de Criol
1242-1255
Reginald de Cobham
1256-1258
Roger de Northwode
1258
Nicholas de Moels
1258
Richard de Grey
1258-1259
Hugh Bigod
1259-1261
Nicholas de Criol
1260-1263
Robert Walerand
1261-1262
Walter de Burgsted
1263
Robert Walerand
1263
Richard de Grey
1263
Hamo de Crevequer
1263
Edmund Crouchback
1263
Humphrey de Bohun
1263
Henry de Sandwich
1263
John de la Haye
1263
Richard de Grey
1263
Roger de Leybourne
1263-1264
Henry de Montfort
1264-1265
Matthew de Hastings
1265
Roger de Leybourne
1265
Prince Edward Longshanks
1265-1266
Matthew de Bezille
1266-1267
Stephen de Penchester
1267-1298
Robert de Burghersh
1298-1306

14th century
Henry de Cobham
1306-1307
Robert de Kendall
1307-1315
Henry de Cobham
1315
Robert de Kendall
1315-1320
Bartholomew de Badlesmere
1320-1321
Hugh le Despencer
1321
Edmund of Woodstock
1321-1323
John Peche
1323-1324
Robert de Kendall
1324-1325
Ralph Basset
1325-1326
Bartholomew de Burghersh
1327-1330
William de Clinton
1330-1343
Bartholomew de Burghersh
1343-1355
Roger de Mortimer
1355-1359
John de Beauchamp of Somerset
1359-1360
Robert de Herle
1361-1364
Ralph Spigurnel
1364-1369
Richard de Penbrugge
1369-1371
Andrew de Guildford
1371-1372
William le Latimer
1372-1376
Thomas de Reynes
1376
Edmund of Langley
1376-1381
Robert de Ashton
1381-1384
Simon de Burley
1384-1388
John Devereux
1388-1393
John de Beaumont
1393-1396
Edmund of Langley
1396-1398
John de Beaufort
1398-1399
Thomas de Erpyngham
1399-1409

15th century
Henry of Monmouth
1409-1413
Thomas FitzAlan
1413-1415
Humphrey of Lancaster
1415-1447
James Fiennes
1447-1450
Humphrey Stafford
1450-1460
Richard Woodville
1460
Richard Neville
1460-1471
John Scott of Brabourne
1471
William FitzAlan
1471-1488
Philip Fitz-Lewes
1488-1492
William Scott of Brabourne
1492-1493
Henry Tudor
1493-1509

16th century
Edward Poynings
1509-1521
George Neville
1521
Edward Guildford
1521-1533
George Boleyn
1533-1536
Henry Fitzroy
1536
Thomas Cheyne
1536-1539
Arthur Plantagenet
1539-1542
Thomas Cheyne
1542-1558
William Brooke
1558-1597
Henry Brooke
1597-1603

17th century
Henry Howard
1604-1614
Robert Carr
1614-1615
Edward la Zouche
1615-1625
George Villiers
1625-1628
Theophilus Howard
1628-1640
James Stewart
1641-1642
Edward Boys
1642-1646
John Boys
1646-1648
Algernon Sidney
1648-1651
Thomas Kelsey
1651-1656
Robert Blake
1656-1657
Heneage Finch
1660
James Stuart
1660-1773
John Beaumont
1673-1691
Henry Sidney
1691-1702