Witan

Immediately the Witan, that is, the assembly of the chief men of the nation, in accordance with the dying wish of the king, chose Harold, Earl of the West Saxons, son of the famous Godwin, and the best and strongest man in all England, to be his successor.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

I think the idea of what would in effect be a modern Chartist movement is excellent, timely, urgently required and very much more practical than my own of summoning the Witan for the first time these thousand or so years.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Echevins, nominated by the Graff, and who were divided into two classes: the ordinary, and the ‘Wissenden’ or ‘Witan,’ who were admitted under a strict and singular bond of secrecy.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

I got it on the first one, though I guess England was in my mind because I came here via the Witan club.

[mystery country] the ancient world 2008

It was only in this manner that one of the ‘Wissenden,’ or ‘Witan’, could be tried; and the privilege of being exempted from the summary process, or from the effects of the ‘Leumund,’ appears to have been one of the reasons which induced so many of those who did not tread the ‘red earth’ to seek to be included in the Vehmic bond.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

Witan assembly of nobles who advise the king and choose his successor = Council

Archive 2006-08-01 Carla 2006

Witan assembly of nobles who advise the king and choose his successor = Council

Archaic terminology in historical fiction Carla 2006

Mr Bint can be contacted by writing to him c/o British Waterways, Witan Gate House, 500–600 Witan Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1BW or by e-mail at john.bint@britishwaterways.co.uk.

Archive 2006-12-01 Thatsnews 2006

Mr Bint can be contacted by writing to him c/o British Waterways, Witan Gate House, 500–600 Witan Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1BW or by e-mail at john.bint@britishwaterways.co.uk.

Community Ideas Welcomed by Waterway Park Planners Thatsnews 2006

Crimes may rest on the name of Earl Godwin, despite his oath to the contrary and his formal acquittal by the Witan-gemot, and dark deeds are still affixed to his memory, but 'there was an instinctive and prophetic feeling throughout the English nation that with the house of

Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor