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ctflmefticlt Servants, and are fworn by the Lord Chamber- lain : Their Duty is to attend Prifoners of State, and wait at the Gates. See Tower.

Ten of 'em are ufuaily upon the Day's-wait, to take an account of all Perfons who come into the Tower j to enter their Names, and the Names of the Perfons they go to, in a Book to be perufed by the Conftable or Lieutenant.

WARDFEOH, or Warefegh, of the Saxon Weard, a Ward, and feoh, Fee $ denotes the Value of a Ward, or Heir under Age 5 or the Money paid to the Lord of the Fee for his Redemption.

WARDMOTE, in London, is a Court fo call'd, which is ■ kept in every Ward of the City. / See Mote.

WARD-PENNY, Warpen, Warthpenny, was former- ly a cuftomary Due, antiently paid to the Sheriff, and other Officers, for maintaining Watch and Ward. See Penny.

It was payable at the Feaft of St. Martin j and is ftill paid within the Manor of Sutton Colfield in Warwickjbire ; and with fome very lingular Ceremonies.

WARDROBE, a Clofet, or little Room, adjoining to a Bed-Chamber ; ferving to difpofe and keep a Perfbu's Appa- rel in j or for a Servant to lodgein, to be at hand to waitjC'vc. Wardrobe, in a Prince's Court, is an Apartment where- in his Robes, wearing Apparel, and other Neceffarics, are preferv'd ■ under the Care and Direction of proper Officers.

His Majefty has a Great Wardrobe ; a Removing Ward- robe $ and divers Standing Wardrobes, belonging to his Bed- chambers in each of his Palaces, \ viz. at Whitehall, Ken- flngton, Wind/or, Hampton-Court, and the Tower j each under its refpective Keeper.

The Removing Wardrobe always attends on the King's Per ion 5 as alfo on Embaffadors, at Chriftemngs, Mafques, Plays, <i£c. — It is under the Command of the Lord Cham- berlain : The under-Officers are, a Yeoman, two Grooms, and three Pages.

The Great .Wardrobe, is of great Antiquity — Antient- ly, it was kept near Cuddle-Wharf, in a Houfe purchas'd for chat purpofe by King Edward III. but fince the Fire of London, it has been kept in Tcrk-Suildings.

The Mafter or Keeper thereof, is an Officer of great Dig- nity : high Privileges were confer'd on him by Henry VI. King James I. enlarg'd the fame, and ereftedthe Office into a Corporation.

The Officers are, the Majler or Keeper, his Deputy, and his Clerk ^ befide feveral undcr-Officers ; and above fixty Tradefmen, all fworn Servants to the King.

This Office is to provide for Coronations, Marriages, and Funerals of the Royal Family ; to furnifli the Court with Beds, Hangings, Carpets, £5?c.to furnifh Houfes for Embaf- fadors, at their firft arrival here j Pre fen ts for foreign Princes and Embaffidors : Furniture for the Lord Lieutenant of Ire- land, and our Embaffadors abroad ; Robes for the Knights and Officers of the Garter, Herald, Purfuivants, Minilters of State, Liveries for the Officers of the Bedchamber, and other Servants ; Liveries for the Lord Chief Justices, and Barons of the Exchequer; and other Officers in thofe Courts: As aifo Yeomen, Warders, Trumpets, Kettledrums, Mcf- fengers, Coachmen, Grooms, ££c. with Coaches, Har- neffes, Saddles, &c. The Watermen, Game-keepers j Li- nen and Lace for the King's Perfon 5 Tilts, gsfc. for his Bar- ges tfd.

WARDS and Liveries, a Court firft erected by King Henry VIII. and after augmented by him with the Office of Liveries : But it is now abfolutely taken away and abo- lifh'd, by a Statute made 12 Car. II. cap. 24. See Livery, WARD-staff.' — The Manor of Lambourn in Ejfex, is held by Service of the Ward-fiajf] viz. the carrying a Load of Straw in a Cart with fix Horles, two Ropes, two Men in Harnefs, to watch the faid Ward-flo.ff, when it is brought to the Town of Ai bridge, &c. Cam. tit. Ejfex.

WARD-wite, is-defined by Fleta, as fignifying a being exempted from the Duty of Watching. — Others rather take it for a Duty paid towards the Charge thereof.

The Word is compounded of the Saxon Weard, Vigilia, Watch ; and Wite, Mulft.

WARECTUM, and "Terra Warecta, in antient Wri- ters, fignifies Land that has lain long negle£led, and untill'd. In antient Records we meet with Lempus Warecli, for the Time wherein Land lies fallow, the following Year j or elfe she Seafon of Fallowing. See Fallow. WAREN. See Warren. WARMTH. See Heat.

WARN, in Law, to fummon a Perfon to appear in a Court of Juftice. See Summons.

WARNING Wheel, in a Clock, is the third or fourth, according to its diftance from the firil Wheel. See Clock.

WARP, in the Manufactures, is the Threads, whether of Silk, Wool, Linen, Hemp, Cotton, or the like, that are ex- tended lengthwife on the Weaver's Loom 5 and acrofs which the Workman, by means of his Shuttle, paffes the Threads of the Woof, 10 form a Cloth, Ribband, Fuitian, or other Matter. See Weaving.

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For a woollen Stuff, &c. to have the necefTary Qualities, 'tis requir'd that the Threads of the Warp be of the fame kind of Wool, and of the lame Finenefs throughout ; that they be fized with Flanders or Parchment Size, well pre- paid 5 and that they be in fufficient Number, with regard to the Breadth of the Stuff to be wrought. See Woof, Cloth, &c.

To Warp a Ship, is to hale her to a Place, when the Wind is wanting, by means of a Hawfer, a Cable, and an Anchor fix'd thereto.

WARRANT, an Act, Inflrument, or Obligation, where- by a Perfon authorizes another to do fomcthing, which he had not otherwife a right to do. See Warranty, and Guaranty; fee alfo Voucher.

Warrant of Attorney, is that whereby a Man appoints another to do fomething in his Name, and warrants his Aclion. See Attorney.

It feems to differ from a Letter of Attorney, which paffes under Hand and Seal of him that makes it, before creditable Witnefles ; whereas Warrant of 'Attorney, in perfonal, mix'd and fome real Actions, is put in of courfe by the Attornies for the Plaintiffs, or Defendants.

Tho, a Warrant of Attorney, to fuffer a common Reco- very by the Tenant or Vouchee, is acknowledged before fucli Perfons, as a Commiffion for the doing thereof directs. Sea Recovery, &c.

In the Court of Common Pleas there is a Clerk of the Warrants, who enters all Warrants of Attorney for Plaintiff and Defendant. See Clerk.

WARRANTY, Warrantia, a Prnmife, or Covenant by Deed, made by the Bargainer for himfelf and his Heirs, to -warrant and fecure the other Party and his Heirs, againit all Men, for the enjoying of the Thing agreed on between them.

This Warranty paffeth from the Seller to the Buyer ; from the Feoffer to the Feoffee ; from him that releafeth, 10 him that is releafed from an Acfion real.

The form of it is thus : Et ego vero prafatus A. & ha- redes mei pradi&as quinque acras terra cum pertinentiis fit is prafato %. haredibus & afjignatis fins contra omnes gentes Warrantizabamus, in ferpetuum per prafentes.

Note, under Haredes, Heirs, are compris'd all fuch as the firit Warranters Lands come to, whether by Defcent, Pur- chafe, or the like.

Warranty is either Real, or 'Perfonal. — Real, when it is

annex'd to Lands and Tenements granted for Life, £$c.

which, again, is either in 'Deed, or in Law. See Facto, ££?c.

'Perfonal, either refpects the Property of the Thing fold, or

the Quality of it. See Personal, £S?c.

Real Vv r arranty, again, in refpect of the Eftate, is either Lineal, Collateral, or commencing by Tiijfeijin.

Warrantia Charts, a Writ that lies for a Perfon who is infeoffed in Lands and Tenements, with Claufe of War- ranty ; and is impleaded in an Affize, or Writ of Entry, wherein he cannot Vouch, or call to Warranty.

Warrantia Diei, a Writ which lies in Cafe where a Man having a Day affign'd perfonally to appear in Court to an Action wherein he is fued, is, in the mean time, by Com- mandment employ'd in the King's Service ; fo that he can- not come at the Day aflign'd.

WARREN, or Waren, a Franchife or Place privileg'd, either by Prefcription, or Grant from the King, to keep Beaits and Fowl of Warren in 5 as Rabbits, Hares, Car- tridges, Pheafants, See. See Beast, Game, Hunting,^. By a Statute 21 Edw. III. a Warren may lie open, and there is no need of doling it in 3 as there is of a Park. See Park, &c.

If any Perfon be found an Offender in any fuch Fee -War- ren, he is punifhable for the fame at Common Law. Seajls of Warren. See Beasts of Warren. WART, Verruca, a little round, hard Excrefcence, ari- fing on the Flefh, like a Pea.

Warts are more frequent on the Hands than any other Part. — There are divers forts : The molt ufual are call'd Porracea ; as having Heads like Leeks, and confining of little Threads, refembling the Roots thereof.

Another fort is called Myrraecia, which is a little round, callous Eminence on the Hands of young Children 5 rifing fuddenly, and difappearing again.

Some Phyficians alfo rank the Corns growing on the Toes under the Clafs of Warts : which the Latins call Clavi ; becaufe occasioning Ihooting Pains, as if one were pricked with the Point of a Nail. See Clavus.

Warts, if only rooted in the Cutis, are eafily taken away ; but if they arife from the Tendons underneath, there is fcarce any extirpating 'em without great danger. — The Juice of Chelidon. Maf. or Efttla, or Dens Leonis, or Tithymal, frequently applied, takes off Warts.

Sorelli commends Water wherein Sal Arraoniac has been diffolv'd ; which Dr. Mapletoft, late ProfefTor of Phyfick at Grejham College, makes no fcruple to fay, is the only fure Remedy he knows of in all Medicine.

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