Wardency

[f. WARDEN sb.¹ + -CY.] The position of warden; also the sphere or district in which a warden exercises his functions.

1845.  New Statist. Acc. Scot., XII. 988. in 1412, Bishop Greenlaw erected the wardancy [sic] here into a prebend.

1867.  W. McDowall, Hist. Dumfries, xiv. 160. Douglas … accordingly called a meeting of the whole lords, freeholders [etc.] … within his wardency.

1892.  Sat. Rev., 30 April, 496/2. Heir-looms to go with the Wardency [of the Cinque Ports].