Wapentake Definition

wŏpən-tāk, wăp-
noun
In England,
Webster's New World
A historical subdivision of some northern counties in England, corresponding roughly to the hundred in other shires.
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Other Word Forms of Wapentake

Noun

Singular:
wapentake
Plural:
wapentakes

Origin of Wapentake

  • Middle English from Old English wæpengetæc (translation of Old Norse vāpnatak act of taking weapons to indicate assent in an assembly) wæpen weapon -getæc act of taking (from tacan to take take)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English wÇ£penÄ¡etæc, from Old Norse vápnatak, from vápn (“weapon") + taka (“take").

    From Wiktionary

Wapentake Sentence Examples

  • In the 14th century the divisions were more frequently described as hundreds, and Wirksworth alone retained the designation wapentake until modern times.

  • North of the Tees, Sadberg in Durham is the only district which was called a wapentake, and the rest of the ancient administrative divisions of the three northern counties were called wards.

  • As a general rule each wapentake had its own court, which had the same jurisdiction as the hundred courts of the southern counties.

  • The ridings were each presided over by a riding-reeve, and wapentake courts were held in the reign of Henry I.

  • In Kesteven the wapentakes of Aswardhurn, Aveland, Beltisloe, Haxwell, Langoe, Loveden, Ness, Winnibriggs, and Grantham Soke have been practically unchanged, but the Domesday wapentakes of Boothby and Graffo now form the wapentake of Boothby Graffo.

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