† wardcornn.
Feudal Law. Obsolete.
1. A periodical payment in corn to the superior in commutation of military service. Cf. wardpenny n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > payment in lieu of service > in lieu of military service
wardpenny?1087
ward-fee1241
ward-silver1314
wardcorn1415
taxed ward1603
wardage1672
1415 Foundation Charter, Shene, Surrey in W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum (1830) VI. i. 33/1 Et quod omnia bona..hominum..prædictorum quorumcunque, sint..quieta de omnimodo pavagio, passagio,..&c. et de omni scotto et geldo,..et wardepeny, wardecorne, averpeny, hundredpeny, et borthalpeny, [etc.].
1441 Court Rolls (P.R.O.) 1/3 Decennarius..presentat..j quarterium drageti vocati Wardecorne.
2. Du Cange wrongly identified wardcorn with cornagium, to which he gave an erroneous explanation: see cornage n. His error has been adopted in some English dictionaries.
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1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) Wardecorn, the Duty of keeping Watch and Ward with a Horn to blow, upon any occasion of surprize.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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