† ˈwardwite Obs.
[OE. weardw{iacu}te: 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.
| 1066 Charter Edw. Conf. in Thorpe Charters (1865) 411 Nomina consuetudinum..mundbryche, burhbryce, miskænninge,..weardwite, hængewite, hamsokne [etc.]. 1227 in 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]. c 1250 Gloss. Law Terms in Rel. Ant. I. 33 Wardwite..Quite de wardein truver. c 1290 Fleta i. xlvii. (1647) 63 Wardwyte quietantiam misericordiæ in casu quo non invenerit hominem ad wardam faciendam in castro, vel alibi. 1381 Cal. Patent Rolls 1381–5 (1897) 54 Granting them exemption from burghbote, brugbote, wardwyte, horngeld, and scot. c 1440 John Brompton in Twysden Hist. Angl. Script. X. (1652) 957 Wardewithe est sursise de garde. 1579 Expos. 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. |