VERDERERS COURT NEW FOREST LYNDHURST HAMPSHIRE 1970S

Verderers Court, New Forest, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. 1977. A member of the Court being sworn in. Verderers were originally a court within the Forest, authorised by the Crown and elected by the County. They sat to hear cases of offences within the Sovereign's Forest. They could deal with minor offences directly (by fines) but more serious cases were referred to higher courts - ultimately the Forest Eyre. ( An Eyre or iter, sometimes called a general eyre, was the name of a circuit travelled by...
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Verderers Court, New Forest, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. 1977. A member of the Court being sworn in. Verderers were originally a court within the Forest, authorised by the Crown and elected by the County. They sat to hear cases of offences within the Sovereign's Forest. They could deal with minor offences directly (by fines) but more serious cases were referred to higher courts - ultimately the Forest Eyre. ( An Eyre or iter, sometimes called a general eyre, was the name of a circuit travelled by an itinerant justice in medieval England.)
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