wardmote
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of wardmote
C14: see ward , moot
Example Sentences
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This preliminary meeting is called merely to insure a sufficient company to be in attendance in the vestry of —— Church, at the general wardmote held on St Thomas's Day.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
He sat in the parliament of 1523, and towards the close of that year served on a wardmote inquest for Bread Street Ward.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
It was divided into wards, answering to hundreds in the county; each having its own wardmote, or leet, under its elected alderman.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
Secondly, they are presidents of the wardmote and governors each of that ward whereby he was elected.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by Harrington, James
Their weekly husting eventually became a "county court," and there was besides the wardmote, which still exists, and led eventually to the abolition of proprietary aldermen in favour of aldermen elected by the wards.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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