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wardpena

wardpena [AS weardpening, ME wardpeni], feudal payment in lieu of providing service of ward, wardpenny. homines hujus manerii reddebant warpennam vicecomiti regis aut custodiam faciebant DB I 190ra; a1097 mando ‥ ut dimittatis terras et homines Mauricii episcopi Lond' ita quietos esse de wardpennis et lestagio E. Ch. S. Paul. 16; a1100 videte ne de terra episcopi Lundoniensis warpenam requiratis Ib. 14; 1130 in donis per breve regis episcopo de Ely xxvij s. et viij d. de warpenna episcopatus de Ely Pipe 44; 1157 eisdem [monachis] xvj d. in werpena Ib. 125; duos wardpanegos per annum sc. ad Hokestay unum denarium et ad festum S. Michaelis unum denarium MS BL Add. Ch. 58424; hii sunt warpeneges Kal. Samson f. 102; 1279 totum dictum feodum debet ad wardam Richemundi x s., et ad warpannos iiij s., et ad visum franchipleg' xl d. Hund. II 460a; c1300 abbas Rameseye ‥ capit etiam ibidem auxilium vicecomitis et wartpenes et alia que ad libertatem pertinent Cart. Rams. I 273 (cf. ib. I 275: wartepenes); 1321 quieti de omnibus tallagiis ‥ wardpaiis, et aliis contribucionibus PQW 452b.

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