• (pl. ) of Stannary
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Tin mines in Devon and Cornwall, England, which belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall. The workers had the right to have their cases heard in their own stannaries court and the administration of the...
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Stannaries was a term used for tin mines, especially those tin mines of Cornwall and Devon. For hundreds of years the tin mines of that region had their own laws, customs and organisation. They had a meeting on Hingston Down, and later had their own representative assembly or parliament, wherein laws were passed. This met for the last time at Truro...
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