WIn the New Forest, an agister (/ˈadʒɪstə/) is a local official whose role is to assist the Verderers with their duty to manage the free-roaming animals that the local commoners are allowed to release onto the forest. Several thousand semi-wild ponies run free, along with several thousand cattle and lesser numbers of donkeys, sheep and pigs. These are owned by the commoners who pay an annual grazing fee known as the ‘marking fee’. There are currently five New Forest agisters employed by the Court of Verderers, each with responsibility for a specific forest area.
WThe Charter of the Forest of 1217 is a charter that re-established for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs. Many of its provisions were in force for centuries afterwards. It was originally sealed in England by the young King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke. It was in many ways a companion document to Magna Carta. The Charter redressed some applications of the Anglo-Norman Forest Law that had been extended and abused by William Rufus.
WThe Dean Forest (Encroachments) Act 1838 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
WThe Dean Forest Act 1667 was an Act of the Parliament of England, concerning the place of forests in English land law.
WThe Dean Forest Act 1819 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
WThe Dean Forest Act 1842, sometimes referred to as the Ecclesiastical Districts in Forest of Dean Act 1842, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
WThe Dean Forest Act 1861 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a public general Act. It was omitted from the third revised edition of the statutes because of its local and personal nature.
WThe Delimitation of Forests Act 1640 was an Act of the Parliament of England.
WThe New Forest Act 1697 was an Act of the Parliament of England which provided that "Waste Lands" in the New Forest be enclosed and planted with trees to supply timber for the ships of the Royal Navy.
WThe New Forest Act 1800 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
WPannage is the practice of releasing livestock-pigs in a forest, so that they can feed on fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts or other nuts. Historically, it was a right or privilege granted to local people on common land or in royal forests.
WA royal forest, occasionally "Kingswood", is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The term forest in the ordinary modern understanding refers to an area of wooded land; however, the original medieval sense was closer to the modern idea of a "preserve" – i.e. land legally set aside for specific purposes such as royal hunting – with less emphasis on its composition. There are also differing and contextual interpretations in Continental Europe derived from the Carolingian and Merovingian legal systems.
WThe Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act implemented recommendations contained in the second report on statute law revision, by the Law Commission.