the law courts of the of the royal forests sound a lot like Courts Leet. They still exist in Yorkshire mostly run by the farmers who let sheep roam on the hills. Adjudicate on numbers, rights holders, commoners' rights etc.

Dusty Springfield used to sing Lagan Love I have seen it as an archive on TV, she played guitar to it.

And just a thought but do beatles tap more slowly as the dusk turns to night? That would lull people to sleep gently, IMHO.