stannary

The economy of Prideaux may have been based in part on the stannary.

Lydford Castle played an important part in stannary and forest administration until the 19th century.

These were taken on pack horses to the Stannary towns for assaying.

They were also the location for some of the institutions associated with the operation of the stannary.

There was at this period no definition of the districts of each stannary.

Blackmoor was the oldest stannary, with eight subdivisions called tithings.

Cornwall enjoyed a level of self-government until 1753 through its Stannary Parliament.

Reference will later be made to a "Second House", of Stannary Parliament.

Their contention is that the Stannary Parliament, whilst not in session, still exists.

The elected officers of the Cornish Stannary Parliament are not published.

From the 12th century onwards tin mining was regulated by a Stannary Parliament which had its own laws.

It has its own sovereign parliament – the Stannary – and its own language.

Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town within West Devon, England.

The word stannary is historically applied to:

On assembly the stannators elected a speaker, the meeting being termed a Stannary Parliament.

The duke had a ceremonial role in summoning the Cornish Stannary Parliament.

As the tin mines of Cornwall lost their economic importance during the 18th and 19th centuries, so the Stannary institutions lost political power.

The Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament has not been active since 2008.

Etymology of the word 'stannary'

This ratification will then raise the status of the Stannary Parliament, to that of full Convocation.

One of Devon's four Stannary towns, its last mining boom brought the Victorian buildings that distinguish the town today.

The Cornish Stannary Parliament's next large campaign was in 1989, and related to the introduction of the unpopular community charge or poll tax.

Under Cornish Stannary Laws cost book system, two monthly meetings were held at which the purser presented the accounts.

Devon is already making noises about its Celtic roots, its flag and its Stannary parliament.

Situated at the head of the Looe Valley, it has long been an important market centre, and was one of the four original Stannary towns.