Regional institutions

Châtellenie of Warneton, XVI^e-XVIII^e century (2936 items).
Former seigneury of high justice detached from the châtellenie of Ypres and erected during the XIIIth century^e It was reorganised in 1771 and abolished in 1794. This seigneurial origin imposed a specific territorial constitution and internal organisation on the institution.
Its territory comprised two distinct parts:
1. parishes of Warneton, Kemmel and Wulvergem
2. nine enclaves scattered throughout the neighbouring castellanies; the reorganisation of 1771 created a single block made up of the three parishes mentioned above plus the neighbouring villages of Dranouter and Nieuwkerke.
Administratively, this group of territories did not constitute a constituency, but a group of eight constituencies (five in 1771) administered by autonomous local colleges:
1. The town of Warnetonadministered by a solicitor, seven aldermen, seven councillors, a treasurer, a bailiff and a messenger.
2. The fairground parishalso known as Warneton-dehors or Sept Gildes, comprising the territory of the parish outside the town; managed by seven aldermen, fourteen pointers and a collector. The town and the parish were united in 1605.
3. The parishesbranches and territories forming the remainder of the châtellenie.
The collection was transferred by the State Archives in Bruges in 1970, with the exception of around one hundred items relating to Dranouter, Kemmel, Nieuwkerke, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. It also contains the archives of the feudal court of the Bourg de Warneton, as well as contemporary documents relating to the town.
Main series :
Châtellenie, town, parish foraine
Administration, XVI^e-XVIII^e century
Court cases, 16th-18th century
Feudal court, XV^e-XVIII^e century
Town of Warneton, late 18th century^e-XIX^e century
E. VANDEN BUSSCHE, Inventaire des archives de la châtellenie de Warnelon (1877), with Supplements and additions by E.SÂNDERS and A.VAN ZUYLEN VAN NYEVELT (1877-1911), 1 vol.in-4°.See also F,13.