Cinkpors (c.1290)
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Cinkpors (c.1290)

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[ FEW: 2/i,1480a quinque /9,227a portus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  Cinque Ports n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
Cincports,  Cinqueportes,  Cinkeporz,  Cinkportz,  Cynkporz;  .v. portz  

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1toponymCinque Ports, group of sea-ports on the coast of south-east England, originally consisting of Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney and Hithe, but gradually extended: 
( c.1290 )  les barons des Cinke Portz  167
( MS: c.1300 )  Hardement de (l. dé) Cinkpors  101
( 1401-02 )  [...] qe le dit maire deust mesner au roi s'il busoigne mille hommes defensables des gentz de .v. Portz  iii 242
( MS: c.1450 )  et hors de la dicte fraunchise dé Cinque Portes  415
gardein des Cinkpors
gardein#1
cinc#1  port#1 
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