wardmote

/ ˈwɔːdməʊt /

noun

C14: see ward , moot

It was divided into wards, answering to hundreds in the county; each having its own wardmote, or leet, under its elected alderman.

About the middle of last December, I received a citation to attend a wardmote, to be held in the schoolroom of my parish.

Secondly, they are presidents of the wardmote and governors each of that ward whereby he was elected.

When the play differs from Holinshed it differs also from the Wardmote Book.

Mr. Houston, the attorney who officiated at the wardmote, was not suffered to make his report of the election.

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