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wapentake
[ wop-uhn-teyk, wap- ]
noun
- (formerly in N England and the Midlands) a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a hundred.
wapentake
/ ˈwæp-; ˈwɒpənˌteɪk /
noun
- 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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wapentake1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wapentake1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
South-East div division pa parish wap wapentake S.W.
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.
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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