...from the gallows is a thing of the long past. There is a similar saying in England : — " I've often heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit ¡n judgment after." Another saying, "Justified at Jeddart," seems to be a variation of "Justified...

...arbitrary proceedings of the Stannary courts became proverbial, and a poet of Devon wrote in 1630 : I've ofttimes heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. The penalties of transgressing the laws of the courts were severe. A tinner who had defrauded the Duchy...

...Lidford, with its fabled prototype of lynch law, whereof Browne, the Tavistock poet, wrote : I 've ofttimes heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw. And sit in judgment after. Moreton Hampstead, Bovey Tracey with a church full of quaint epitaphs of Anglican martyrs, Holne, Ashburton...

...Tavistock, Lidford, with its fabled prototype of lynch law, whereof Browne, the Tavistock poet, wrote: I 've ofttimes heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw. And sit in judgment after. Moreton Hampstead, Bovey Tracey with a church full of quaint epitaphs of Anglican martyrs, Holne, Ashburton...

...not likely to be a prejudiced witness against a place which was so near his native ground. I oft have heard of Lydford law How in the morn they hang and draw And sit in judgment after. At first 1 wondered at it much, But since I find the reason such As it deserves no laughter. They have a castle...

...not likely to be a prejudiced witness against a place which was so near his native ground. I oft have heard of Lydford law How in the morn they hang and draw And sit in judgment after. At first I wondered at it much, But since I find the reason such As it deserves no laughter. They have a castle...

...not likely to be a prejudiced witness against a place which was so near his native ground. I oft have heard of Lydford law How in the morn they hang and draw And sit in judgment after. At first I wondered at it much, But since I find the reason such As it deserves no laughter. They have a castle...

...of that date which speak of it as such ; and William Browne, in 1644. wrote on it : — " I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : At first I wondered at it much, But soon I found the matter such As it deserves no laughter. " They have a castle...

...contagious and detestable places in this realm." Hence Brown's interesting reminiscences : I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : They have a castle on a hill I took it for some old wind-mill : The vanes blown off by weather. To...

...which is mentioned by William Browne as already proverbial in the seventeenth century : — I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. But the phrase 'law of Lydford,' for summary justice,1 has been traced as far back as the fourteenth...