Cinque Ports Castle, and whilst this office exists today, it is now a purely honorary title, with an official residence at Walmer Castle. The town of Hastings was the head port of the Cinque Ports in mediaeval times. The towns also had their own system of courts. All Freemen of the ports, termed "portsmen", were deemed in the age of Feudalism to be barons, and thus members of the baronage entitled to attend the king's parliament - a privilege granted in 1322 in recognition of their earlier support of the Despensers, father and son. Termed "Barons of the Cinque Ports", they reflected
2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers and on 1 January 1902 became the 2nd Cinque Ports RGA (Volunteers) When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new Territorial Force (TF) under the Haldane Reforms of 1908, the 2nd Cinque Ports RGA merged with the 2nd Sussex RGA and transferred to the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) to form the II (or 2nd) Home Counties Brigade with the following organisation: II Home Counties Brigade, RFA The three batteries were each equipped with four 15-pounder guns. The unit was assigned to the Home Counties Division of the TF. Affiliated with the unit were the Imperial Service Cadet Corps, Eastbourne, and