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wapentake

[ wop-uhn-teyk, wap- ]

noun

  1. (formerly in N England and the Midlands) a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a hundred.


wapentake

/ ˈwæp-; ˈwɒpənˌteɪk /

noun

  1. English legal history a subdivision of certain shires or counties, esp in the Midlands and North of England, corresponding to the hundred in other shires
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wapentake1

before 1000; Middle English < Old Norse ±¹Äå±è²Ô²¹³Ù²¹°ì (compare Old English ·ÉÇ£±è±ð²Ô-²µ±ð³Ù泦 ) show of weapons at public voting, equivalent to ±¹Äå±è²Ô²¹ (genitive plural of ±¹Äå±è²Ô weapon ) + tak taking; take
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wapentake1

Old English ·ÉÇ£±è±ð²Ô ( ge ) ³Ù泦, from Old Norse ±¹Äå±è²Ô²¹³Ù²¹°ì, from ±¹Ã¡±è²Ô weapon + tak take
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Pagus, pÄ′gus, n. a country district with scattered hamlets, also its fortified centre: among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.

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The Courts of Pie Poudre, at Appleby and several other places; the Court of Conscience, or, as it was commonly called, the Wapentake Court, and the Court of Record at Kendal; and the many Court Leets, are now merely matters of local history.

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South-East div division pa parish wap wapentake S.W.

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It is a subinfeudation of lands in the township of Pickburn-with-Brodsworth, in the parish of Brodsworth and wapentake of Strafforth, four miles north-west of Doncaster; for which Gilbert Cook paid a gersuma or fine to Jordan de Pickburn.

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The abbot’s power throughout the lordship was almost absolute; he had a market and fair at Dalton, was free from service to the county and wapentake, and held a sheriff’s tourn.

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