"Wardmote" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wardmote, court, or inquest, consisting of all that are of the clothing or liveries of companies residing ...
— The Commonwealth of Oceana • James Harrington
... No. 56 (south side) that Lamb's friend, William Hone, the publisher of the delightful "Table Book" and "Every-day Book," commenced business about 1812. In 1815 he was brought before the Wardmote Inquest of St. Dunstan's for placarding his shop on Sundays, and for carrying on a retail trade as bookseller and stationer, not being a freeman. The Government had no doubt suggested the persecution of so troublesome an opponent, whose ...
— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury |
