| Administrative institutions such as kin, hundred, borough, and witan figure prominently, as do feast, fast day, religiosity, and language. |
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| And the witan spent days cleaning up the yard and preparing appreciation gifts. |
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| Whereas the earlier Saxon witan, or king's council, dealt only with great affairs of state, the new Norman court assumed wide judicial powers. |
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| Succession to the throne was not guaranteed as the witan, or council of leaders, had the right to choose the best successor from the members of the royal house. |
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| In a general sense, Parliament may be traced back to the Saxon witan and the Norman Council, each of which included the chief men of the realm, lay and clerical. |
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| A council called the Witan elected who they considered the best from a group of powerful men. |
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| On Wednesday, Titan made the 35-mile journey from the Thames Valley Police stables at Witan Gate, Milton Keynes, to the sanctuary. |
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| We heard about Witan from friends who were involved because it supported Tommy, the charity which looks into pre-birth conditions. |
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| Andrew Bell, CEO of the Witan Trust and the current Chairman of the Association of Investment Companies, will be the Trust's Chairman. |
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| Investment trust group Witan will accept just £25 per quarter. |
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| If this chronology is correct, he probably went from Canterbury to the Witan at Oxford, with Archbishop Wulfstan of York in attendance, to record the event. |
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| His son succeeded him after being chosen king by the citizens of London and a part of the Witan, despite ongoing Danish efforts in wresting the crown from the West Saxons. |
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