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† ˈwardwite Obs.
[OE. weardwíte: see ward n.2 and wite n.]
A fine paid to the lord by a tenant who has failed to provide a man to perform castle-guard.
1066Charter Edw. Conf. in Thorpe Charters (1865) 411 Nomina consuetudinum..mundbryche, burhbryce, miskænninge,..weardwite, hængewite, hamsokne [etc.]. 1227in Cal. Charter Rolls (1903) I. 6 [Grant to the church of St. Mary, Coventry, and the prior and monks thereof of all their lands and holdings with soc and sac,..ficht-wite, ward⁓wite, and mund-briche]. c1250Gloss. Law Terms in Rel. Ant. I. 33 Wardwite..Quite de wardein truver. c1290Fleta i. xlvii. (1647) 63 Wardwyte quietantiam misericordiæ in casu quo non invenerit hominem ad wardam faciendam in castro, vel alibi. 1381Cal. Patent Rolls 1381–5 (1897) 54 Granting them exemption from burghbote, brugbote, wardwyte, horngeld, and scot. c1440John Brompton in Twysden Hist. Angl. Script. X. (1652) 957 Wardewithe est sursise de garde. 1579Expos. Terms Law 187 b, Warwite (or wardwite as some copies haue it) that is to bee quite of giuing of money for keeping of watches. |