History and Antiquities of the Ancient Town and Port of Rye in the County of Sussex: With Incidental Notices of the Cinque Ports; Compiled From Manuscripts and Original Authorities (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Town and Port of Rye in the County of Sussex: With Incidental Notices of the Cinque Ports; Compiled From Manuscripts and Original Authorities<br><br>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.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.