stannary
Americannoun
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a tin-mining region or district.
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a place where tin is mined or smelted.
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Etymology
Origin of stannary
1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin stannāria tin mine, equivalent to Late Latin stann ( um ) stannum + -āria -ary
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Through a dip in the woods presently peeped the ancient stannary town of Chagford, from the summit of its own little eminence on the eastern confines of Dartmoor.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
The miners of Devon had independent courts, known as stannary courts, for the regulation of mining affairs, the four stannary towns being Tavistock, Ashburton, Chagford, and Plympton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Henceforward the Devonshire miners were separated from the Cornish, and held stannary parliaments on the top of Crockern Tor.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
The stannary courts, which exercised jurisdiction over the miners, being liable to a like objection, underwent a like fate.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David
Ralegh had already started from Plymouth with his wife and Captain King when he met Stukeley, near the old stannary town of Ashburton on the edge of Dartmoor, twenty miles on his way to London.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
He was made by Henry VIII. lord warden of the stannaries, and lord admiral of England and Ireland, knight of the garter, and lord privy seal.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
In very early days the abbots were 'lessees of the Devonshire stannaries ... and controllers of the issues of royal mines in Devon and part of Cornwall,' says Dr. Oliver.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
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