In 1462, a charter granted to the Irish borough of Youghal in County Cork made it "one of the Petylymmes [i.e. petty limbs] of the Cinque Ports in Ireland" with all associated liberties and franchises.[1][2][3][4] William Gordon Perrin assumed in 1922 that this referred to the English Cinque Ports, because in 1462 the Lordship of Ireland was subordinate to the Kingdom of England.[2] On the other hand, George Bernard O'Connor stated in 1906 that the Queen's Cinque Ports of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth I were the important seaports on the east coast of Ireland.[5]
The medieval seal of the corporation of Youghal displayed a single-masted ship (cog), reflecting its importance as a port;[7][8] while Helen Elrington suggests the seal specifically alludes to the town's Cinque-Port connection,[8] Samuel Hayman dates the seal to Thomas de Clare in the 1270s.[7]
References
edit- ^ Maxwell Lyte, H. C., ed. (July 1897). Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol. 14: Edward IV 1461–1467. London: HMSO. p. 226.
- ^ a b Perrin, William Gordon (1922). "Early English, Scottish and Irish flags". British Flags; Their Early History and their Development at Sea, with an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device. Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–53, fn.2. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Weinbaum, Martin (2010). British Borough Charters 1307-1660. Cambridge University Press. p. 228. ISBN 9781108010351.
- ^ Morrin, James (1862). Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland. Vol. II: 1576-1602. Dublin: A. Thom for HMSO. p. 98. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ O'Connor, George Bernard (1906). Elizabethan Ireland: Native and English. Sealy, Bryers and Walker. p. 83. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
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- "Hastings, common seal, early 14th century". Catalogue. Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- See also contemporary seals of Faversham, Dover, and Hythe
- ^ a b Hayman, Samuel (1863). Nichols, John Gough (ed.). "Municipal Seals of Youghal". The Herald and Genealogist. 1. London: John Bowyer Nichols: 481, 484–485.
- ^ a b Etherington, H. (July 1897). "The Historic Town of Youghal on the Blackwater". The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist. 3 (3). Open Court Publishing Co: 152.
Edward IV. made Youghal one of the petty limbs of the Cinque ports, in memory of which the municipal seal of the town bears a ship.
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