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In English law, the Justices in Eyre were the highest magistrates in forest law, and presided over the court of justice-seat, a triennial court held to punish offenders against the forest law and enquire into the state of the forest and its officers. A magistrate is a judicial officer In Common law systems a magistrate usually has limited authority to administer and enforce the Law. A royal forest is an area of land where certain rights are reserved for a Monarch or the Aristocracy, usually set aside for Hunting (see Medieval hunting (Eyre, meaning "circuit", refers to the movement of the court between the different royal forests. )

Technically, the two justices were referred to as circa and ultra Trent (on the same side or across the River Trent), depending on where the royal court was held at the time, but are usually referred to in absolute geographical terms north and south. The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire between Biddulph and Biddulph Moor. The holders were originally referred to as "justice of the forest" until the reign of Henry VIII, when the title of "justice in eyre" came into use, except from 1311–1397, when they were styled "warden of the forest".

With the decay of forest law and the lapse of the court of justice-seat, the post became a sinecure. A sinecure (from Latin sine, without and cura, care means an office which requires or involves little or no responsibility labour or active service A statute of 1817 abolished it after the decease of the current holders. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

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Early Justices

The arrangement of justices north and south of Trent did not become fixed until 1236.


Justices in Eyre north of the Trent

Justices in Eyre south of the Trent

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