wapentake
(formerly in N England and the Midlands) a subdivision of a shire or county corresponding to a hundred.
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How to use wapentake in a sentence
Each tree is covered with the coats of arms of the great families of that time in the wapentake.
Yorkshire Painted And Described | Gordon Home"I am a man of the north country, from the town of Beverley and the wapentake of Holderness," he answered.
The White Company | Arthur Conan DoyleThen again, in several cases we find that the land-lord or land-rca shares the proceeds of a fine with the hundred or wapentake.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandIn Martinesleie wapentake there is a hundred in which there are 12 carucates for geld and there can be 48 teams.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandThe wapentake of Bulmer is, as respects minute and accurate information, part of the terra incognita of Yorkshire.
Pope: His Descent and Family Connections | Joseph Hunter
British Dictionary definitions for wapentake
/ (ˈwɒpənˌteɪk, ˈwæp-) /
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
Origin of wapentake
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