Master Forester of the North

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The Master Forester of the North was a senior medieval English royal official responsible for overseeing and administering the king’s forests and hunting rights in the northern counties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf forest administration office
medieval English royal office
appliesToJurisdiction northern counties of England
country Kingdom of England
enforces restrictions on poaching in royal forests
royal rights over venison and vert in northern forests
governs use of woodland and pasture within royal forests in the north
hasAuthorityOver appointment and oversight of local forest officers in the north
implementation of royal forest policy in northern counties
hasDuty administering forest law in northern England
enforcing restrictions on hunting and wood-taking in royal forests
ensuring collection of forest-related fines and revenues
overseeing royal forests in northern England
protecting the king’s hunting rights in northern England
supervising local foresters and verderers in the north
hasJurisdictionOver royal forests in northern England
royal hunting preserves in northern England
hasRank senior royal official
hasResponsibility preservation of game for royal hunting in northern forests
protection of timber and woodland resources in royal forests
historicalPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
medieval England
location England
northern England
partOf English royal forest administration
royal household of the King of England
relatedTo forest eyre courts
verderers of the forest
wardens of the royal forests
scope regional, limited to northern counties rather than all of England
subordinateTo King of England NERFINISHED
chief officers of the royal forest administration
usedLegalSystem common law of medieval England
forest law of England

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Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland positionHeld Master Forester of the North