Obs. [f. WARNER1 + -SHIP.] ? The district of an official ‘warner.’
It is very doubtful whether these quots. do not belong to WARRENERSHIP.
1636. in G. Roberts, Soc. Hist. (1856), 290. [Precautions against infection of the plague] Thomas Stowell of the warnership of Pymperne,… innkeeper, hath divers times entertained carriers, travellers, and others that came from London. Ibid. The constables or other officers of the warnership of Pymperne.
