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The King's Head in Chigwell was built in the 17th Century, this is where the Verderers heald their Courts until 1850.
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The Court of Attachments could only proceed judicially with minor offences against the vert - illegal felling or cutting of trees or underwood - to a maximum value of 4d. 
The Warren House was originally a small Tudor Hunt Standing.
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More serious offences against the vert or any trespass against the deer had to be referred to a higher court. By the beginning of the fourteenth century the Swainmote, which originally had been a gathering to count cattle and pigs on the forest and to collect fees during the pannage month, had become a court, at which the Verderers presided, but this time with a jury. However, its powers were also limited and final judgment on most cases had to be referred to the Forest Eyre or as it became known, the Court of Justice Seat. The difficulty here was that this court only met every three years, and even this was extended in many forests to seven years.
Words: Richard Morris OBE
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