Wapentake courts continued to play an important role in the administration of the West Riding throughout the early-modern period and for much of the nineteenth century. This can be demonstrated from the surviving court records of the six wapentake courts of the honour of Pontefract. These show that wapentake courts, acting as sheriff's tourns, performed a central function in early-modern local administration. All the township officers within their jurisdictions, including constables, sworn men (bye-law men) and pinders, were sworn into office at sittings of these courts. The roles of these different township officers are made clear. These courts and the seigneurial courts with jurisdiction over civil suits were inter-dependant, as were the wapentake courts and the courts of quarter sessions. Evolutionary changes in the sittings and functions of these courts are described. The wapentake courts were undermined by nineteenth century reforms of policing and to courts for debt litigation, which eventually led to the final abandonment of these courts despite local support for their continuation.

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庞蒂弗拉克特荣誉的瓦彭塔克法院，1427 年至 1877 年

在整个早期现代时期和 19 世纪的大部分时间里，Wapentake 法院继续在西部骑马的管理中发挥重要作用。这可以从 Pontefract 荣誉的六个 wapentake 法院的幸存法院记录中得到证明。这些表明，作为治安官的巡回法庭，wapentake 法院在早期现代地方行政管理中发挥着核心作用。其管辖范围内的所有乡镇官员，包括警察、宣誓官（bye-law men）和pinders，都在这些法院的开庭中宣誓就职。明确了这些不同乡镇官员的作用。这些法院和对民事诉讼具有管辖权的领主法院是相互依赖的，wapentake 法院和季度会议法院也是如此。描述了这些法院的开庭和职能的演变。wapentake 法院受到 19 世纪警察改革和债务诉讼法院改革的破坏，最终导致这些法院最终被放弃，尽管当地支持它们的延续。