» This article is about the ancient English council. For information about the council of wizards in the Harry Potter stories, see paragraph on Wizengamot in Ministry of Magic. The Witenagemot (also called the Witan, more properly the title of its members) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated between approximately the 7th century and 11th century. The name witenagemot derives from the Old English for "meeting of wise men" (wita, wise man or counsellor, nominative pl… (More on Witenagemot)