Stannaries
Britishnoun
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An interesting light is shed, by a speech of Sir Walter Raleigh's in Parliament, when Lord Warden of the Stannaries, on the men and their earnings.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
This is the particular town where the Lord-Warden of the Stannaries always holds his famous Parliament of miners, and for stamping of tin.
From From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman" by Morley, Henry
Apparently in the early part of the same year he was knighted; for in his colonizing patent of March, 1584, he is styled 'Mr. The Stannaries and the Guard.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
In 1198 appears a letter from the Warden of the Stannaries to the Justiciar.
From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Raleigh was promised letters of continuance for the Stannaries, but was warned to take no measures with regard to the woods and parks of the Duchy of Cornwall until further orders.
From Raleigh by Lang, Andrew
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