[736] Boys, 681.
[737] Hist. MSS. Com. iv. 1, 425; v. 496; ix. 151.
[738] Boys’ Sandwich, 682.
[739] In 1395 Romney contributed nearly £10 to the maintenance of the liberties of the Cinque Ports, and in 1407, 1408, and 1409, it had to spend over £5 each year in payment for such purposes. The renewal of these charters on one occasion cost Hythe £17 as its share. (Hist. MSS. Com. v. 535, 537.) These payments were over and above the sums which had to be given for the charters of each separate Port, and which were also a heavy cost.
[740] Hist. MSS. Com. v. 545.
[741] Ibid. 525, 494, 517-18, 520.
[742] The usual number was four or five. Lyon’s Dover, i. 251. Romney sent six. Ibid. ii. 342. For the capons, geese, etc., with which they came laden see Hist. MSS. Com. v. 534.
[743] In 1281 the mayor and townsmen of Sandwich were accused of assaulting the sheriff’s bailiffs. Boys’ Sandwich, 661.
[744] Ibid. 462.
[745] Lyon’s Dover, i. 254.