Legal Definitions - warth

Definition: Warth is a type of payment made in the past for different purposes.

• Money paidin lieu of military service.
• Money paid to the sheriff or castellains in exchange for watching and warding a castle.

For example, in medieval times, some people who did not want to serve in the military could pay a warth instead. This money would be used to hire someone else to take their place. Additionally, people who owned castles would sometimes pay a warth to the sheriff or castellains to ensure that their castle was protected and guarded.

These examples illustrate how warth was used as a form of payment for different services in the past.