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The scholars could, with the consent of the Patron, the Bishop of Winchester, bring about the deposition of the Warden, and elections to the Wardenship were entrusted to the twelve seniors.
Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait
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Lord North, the late Mr. Pitt, whose affability and condescension, added to a real regard for the prosperity of the Cinque Ports, and an unremitted attention to the duties of the Wardenship, gained him universal esteem; and lastly, by that honest and respected stateman, the late Earl of Liverpool.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Various
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Among other preferments he held was the Wardenship of
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Evidently, then, Pitt benefited by the King's gift of the Wardenship of the Cinque Ports.
William Pitt and the Great War John Holland Rose 1898
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In 1597 the Wardenship of the Cinque Ports having become vacant, Sir
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897
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He had been forced to resign the Wardenship of the Stannaries to Sir Francis Godolphin, and the wine patent was given to the Earl of Nottingham, who behaved with scant courtesy to his old friend and comrade.
Raleigh Edmund Gosse 1888
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Wardenship of the Stannaries, the Rangership of Gillingham Forest, and the Lieutenancy of Portland Castle.
Raleigh Edmund Gosse 1888
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Nobility Wardenship and now she has three children.
Love Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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In the ten complete years of Wilkins 'Wardenship the average of admissions was thirty.
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Circumstances as well as inclination led him to become an Independent: his marriage with Cromwell's sister, and the appointment to be one of the Commissioners to execute the office of Chancellor, perhaps also his appointment to the Wardenship, all tended to draw him to the side of Ireton and the Protector.
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