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THE LORD WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS

Catalogue reference: CPw

What’s it about?

This record is about the THE LORD WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS dating from 1496-1968.

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Full description and record details

Reference

CPw

Title

THE LORD WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS

Date

1496-1968

Description

Records of the Lord Warden's Courts and of the Registrar of the Cinque Ports, including additional records of the Cinque Ports Court of Admiralty deposited by Messrs. Knocker, Elwin and Lambert of Dover

CPw/A Court of Admiralty 1600x1960

CPw/AC/1-9 Commissions of salvage 1787-1886

CPw/AC/a/1-3 Salvage Commission awards 1807-1876

CPw/ACp/1862-1889 Salvage Commission awards (arranged by year) 1862-1889

CPw/AF/1-2 Financial records 1731-1906

CPw/A0/1-33 Appointments and cognate records 1727-1960

CPw/AP/1676-1863 Court of Admiralty: case papers (arranged by year) 1676-1863

CPw/AP/1-200 Court of Admiralty: case papers 1863-1890

CPw/AP/1891-1923 Court of Admiralty: case papers (arranged by year) 1891-1923

CPw/AR/1-3 Returns 1838-1922

CPw/AS/1-13 Court in Session: court books 1632-1916

CPw/AZ/1-66 Miscellaneous Admiralty papers 1600x1916

CPw/C Court of Chancery 1615-1700

CPw/CS/1-15 Court in Session: court books 1615-1700

CPw/CP/1 Court in Session: court papers 1686

CPw/JQ Commission of the Peace 1811-1878

CPw/JQ/1-4 Commissions of the Peace (corrected to 1950) 1811-1878

CPw/L Court of Lodemanage and Fellowship of the Cinque Ports Pilots 1496-1855

CPw/LC/1 Commission of Lodemanage 1829

CPw/LE/1-2 Pilots' examination books 1709-1853

CPw/LE/1-2 Lists of pilots, etc. 1811-1852

CPw/LM/1-20 Masters of Lodemanage: polling lists 1806-1843

CPw/LP/1-46 Lodemanage papers and correspondence 1806-1855

CPw/LR/1-3 Returns and Pilotage Commission papers 1809-1853

CPw/LS/1-11 Court in Session: court books and minutes 1496-1851

CPw/LT/1-6 'Turns' registers [pilots] 1723-1815

CPw/LZ/1 Miscellaneous: journal of a survey of the Cinque Ports Admiralty made by Deal pilots 1841

CPw/R Registrar of the Cinque Ports 1540-1968

CPw/RC/1-3 Letter books 1909-1916

CPw/RD/1-9 Dover Castle Debtors' Prison: warrants and accounts 1762-1855

CPw/RG/1-14 Dover Castle Warren 1736-1820

CPw/RO/1-4 Appointments and cognate records [castles] 1540-1968

CPw/RPg/1-6 Registrar's papers: general files 1861-1936

CPw/RPj/1-4 Registrar's papers: Cinque Ports Justices 1811-1933

CPw/RPs/1-13 Registrar's papers and correspondence: installation of Lords Warden at Courts of Shepway 1861-1966

CPw/RPz/1-10 Miscellaneous subject-based files and correspondence 1844-1936

CPw/RW/1 Extract book [register of writs] 1828-1863

CPw/RZ/1-25 Printed material, including Bills and Acts of Parliament 1819-1941

CPw/S Court of Shepway 1861-1946

CPw/S/1-12 Court of Shepway papers [mainly relating to the installation of various Lords Warden] 1861-1946

CPw/W Return of Writs 1821-1849

CPw/W/1-23 Exchequer writs 1821-1849

Related material

<p>Further records relating to the Lord Warden's jurisdiction were donated to Dover Corporation and can be found under reference Do/ZCPW</p>

Held by
Kent History and Library Centre
Language

English

Creator(s)
<corpname>Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports</corpname>
Physical description

15 linear metres

Access conditions

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated.

Immediate source of acquisition

These were received as follows:

April-May 1960: Deposited by the Registrar of the Cinque Ports, New Bridge House, Dover

Accession Numbers: A 184, 194, 426, 431, 470, 920 (part)

April 1961: Deposited by Messrs. Knocker, Elwin & Lambert of Dover

Accession Number: A844

Catalogued by Dr. Felix Hull, January 1963

March 1979: Transferred from Dover District & Charter Trustees

Accession Number: A912 (part)

Catalogued by Dr. M. Ballard, July 1997

CPw/AO32-33; CPw/RPs 11-13; CPw/RZ25; CPw/S11-12

Date unknown: Accession details unknown

Catalogued by Dr. M. Ballard, July 1997

CPw/LS11

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/74e5284c-3d74-4f32-8224-8ae025f17c4b/

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THE LORD WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS