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Swainmote courts of Exmoor, and the Devonshire portion and purlieus of the forest

Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. 39 (1907), pp. 156-178.

by

J.F. Chanter

Prepared by Michael Steer

Swainmote courts were constituted under Forest Law. They are said to have been "duly kept, although ineffectually to the preservation of the Forest, as they can only convict, but cannot punish". They were a type of Petty Session, held before the verders of the Forest of Exmoor as judges, by the steward of the court, with swains, or freeholders within the Forest as jurors. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the New York Public Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.