Lord Warden of the Stannaries

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The Lord Warden of the Stannaries was a senior Crown official in Cornwall and Devon responsible for overseeing the tin-mining districts (stannaries), their courts, and related revenues.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown office
governmental position
historical office
appliesTo stannaries
tin miners
tin works
appliesToJurisdiction Cornwall
Devon
country Kingdom of England
endTime 19th century
fieldOfWork mining law
revenue administration
tin mining
hasAuthorityOver stannary convocation
stannary courts
stannary officials
stannary parliaments
hasDuty administration of stannary courts
collection of tin-related revenues
oversight of tin-mining districts
regulation of stannary laws
hasJurisdictionOver stannary towns
tin works in Cornwall
tin works in Devon
tinners
hasPart administrative authority over stannary officials
financial authority over tin duties
judicial authority in stannary courts
hasPrivilege appointment of stannary officials
presiding over stannary courts
summoning stannary parliaments
historicalRegion southwest England
surface form: West Country
inception medieval period
legalSystem stannary law
location Cornwall
Devon
partOf Duchy of Cornwall
surface form: Duchy of Cornwall administration

English Crown administration
seeAlso Duchy of Cornwall
stannary court
stannary law
tin mining in Cornwall
tin mining in Devon
subordinateTo Duke of Cornwall
the Crown
usedFor collection of coinage on tin
enforcement of mining privileges
regulation of tin production
settlement of disputes among tinners

Referenced by (3)

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Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin positionHeld Lord Warden of the Stannaries
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin positionHeld Lord Warden of the Stannaries
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire positionHeld Lord Warden of the Stannaries