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Definition of Wardmote

Wardmote
Wardmote Ward"mote`, n. Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. --Brande & C. ``Wards and wardmotes.' --Piers Plowman.

Meaning of Wardmote from wikipedia

- A wardmote was a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward, or a court held in the ward, to try defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like...
- the wardmote and appoints one of the common councillors of the ward as a deputy (in some wards two are appointed) for the year ahead. Wardmotes at which...
- Guardian. "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-01-31. Wardmote Book (PDF). City of London. 2022. pp. 2, 76. Retrieved 18 September 2024...
- remaining function is the running of an annual Wardmote of electors, representatives and officials. At the Wardmote the ward's Alderman appoints at least one...
- by-election citymatters.london "The City Wardmotes". The Times. No. 36958. London. 23 December 1902. p. 9. Wardmote Book (PDF). City of London. 2022. p. 2...
- Wards of the City of London, where gatherings for each ward known as "wardmotes" have taken place since the 12th century. The word was much later applied...
- with a Captain Richard Marsh, who in 1678 is recorded in the Faversham Wardmote Books as contributing by far the largest of the 'Brewers Fines' made at...
- the eight major ceremonies of the civic calendar and open and close the wardmotes (the election meetings for members of the City's courts of Aldermen and...
- elections take place every six years. All registered voters are invited to a wardmote. Where the number of candidates nominated equals the number of vacant places...
- Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. "City of London Wardmote Book (2021)" (PDF). City of London Corporation. cityoflondon.gov.uk/. Retrieved...