Editing Verderer (section)

==New Forest Verderers==

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[[File:The Queen's House, Lyndhurst - geograph.org.uk - 2621118.jpg|thumb|right|King's House, [[Lyndhurst, Hampshire|Lyndhurst]], where the Court meets in open session]]
In the [[New Forest]] the Verderers are a group of unpaid individuals whose primary objective is to regulate and protect the interests of the [[New Forest Commoner]]s, and to preserve the natural beauty and good traditional character of the [[New Forest|Forest]].<ref name="VerderersPamphlet">{{Cite book |title=Verderers of the New Forest: who are they? what do they do? |publisher=The Verderers of the New Forest |year=nd}}</ref> Together they constitute the Court of Verderers (or Court of Swainmote).<ref name="VerderersWebsite">{{Cite web |url=http://www.verderers.org.uk/court.html |title= Verderers' Court |website=Verderers of the New Forest |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> Established sometime prior to the 12th century, the verderers initially represented the interest of the Crown, until the 19th century when they were reconstituted to represent the interests of the Commoners. The Court has the same status as a [[Magistrates Court]], and acting under its authority the Verderers are responsible for regulating commoning within the Forest, for dealing with unlawful [[enclosure|inclosures]], and for a wide range of other matters relating to development control and conservation such as proposals for new roads, car parks, camping sites, recreational facilities, playing fields and so on.<ref name="VerderersPamphlet">{{Cite book |title=Verderers of the New Forest: who are they? what do they do? |publisher=The Verderers of the New Forest |year=nd}}</ref>