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Stannaries

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. the Stannaries
    a tin-mining district of Devon and Cornwall, formerly under the jurisdiction of special courts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He writes in despair to the Prince, and Frederick sends kindly and reassuring messages in reply; but he was now ruined, and his last prospects vanished with the Prince of Wales, on whose death he was superseded in the Stannaries; this perhaps marks the date of his final catastrophe.

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As a reward he was appointed in 1742 Warden of the Stannaries.

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In 1198 appears a letter from the Warden of the Stannaries to the Justiciar.

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In 1201 King John issued a charter to the Stannaries.

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In 1305 the Cornish Stannaries were in part dissociated from those in Devon.

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