单词 | stannary |
释义 | stannaryn. 1. a. the Stannaries: The districts comprising the tin mines and smelting works of Cornwall and Devon formerly under the jurisdiction of the Stannary courts; also, the customs and privileges attached to the mines. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > rights attached to Cornish tin mines the Stannaries1455 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England wealdOE Oxon.c1439 the Stannaries1455 Midland1555 Home Counties1695 Islandshire1705 lakes1774 file1775 potteries1795 the Shires1796 Tyneside1824 lakeland1829 Lake District1835 lake country1842 Wessex1868 Shakespeare country1900 Geordieland1901 cherry country1902 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 293/2 Delyvered to the said Prynce..the said Duchie of Cornewayll, and all..Cunage of Tynne, Stannaries, Marlsettes, [etc.]. 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 382/1 The Office of Wardeyn of the Stannaries in the said Countie of Devynshire. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §91 88 Steward of the Stanneries. 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 12 The King for advancement of the Stannaries in Cornwall frees the Tinners from all pleas of the Natives touching the Court. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 212 Vice-warden of the stannaries . View more context for this quotation 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xx. 228 He came as the captain of a gang from one of the Cornish stannaries. 1908 J. Martineau Life H. Pelham x. 330 In February 1862, the office of Lord Warden of the Stannaries was conferred upon him. b. singular. (a) collective = plural; (b) rarely an individual district in the Stannaries. ΚΠ 1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 610 Th' office of Baillif of oure Stannarie of Penwith and Kerye. 1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 140 b Yf any person be indyted..in hys tyn workes goodes or cattels by any minister of the court of Stanery. 1565 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge xiii. 139 They may not vnfittely be likened to a Judge of the Stemerie [? read Steinerie] at Lidford in Deuonshire, who [etc.]. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 673/1 The title of Duke of Cornwal..is reputed vnto the Kings eldest sonne..he..hauing his roialties in the Stannary, wrackes at Sea, Customes &c. 2. Tin; tin-ware; a locality in a mart or fair appropriated to the sale of tin-ware. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > parts of market-place stannary1668 butter cross1677 pit1932 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > tin > tinware stannary1668 tin-ware1758 tin-pottery1850 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iii. 65 Tinn, Stannery. 1864 Times 16 Sept. 8/4 The fair formed a kind of temporary city..consisting of whole streets appropriate to the sale of particular commodities, and distinguished..as the drapery, the pottery, the spicery, the stannary, &c. 1864 Times 16 Sept. 8/4 In the reign of Henry VI. this celebrated mart appeared to be on the decline, the lands appropriated to those who brought articles of stannary from Cornwall not being fully occupied. 3. stannary courts n. The courts of law for the administration of justice in the Stannaries.Stannaria curia occurs 1337 in a charter of Edward III: see Du Cange. By the Stannaries Courts Abolition Act of 1896 the jurisdiction of these courts was transferred to the County Court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > local or town court > in Stannaries stannary courts1602 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 18 They are termed Stannery Courts, of the latine word Stannum, in English Tynne. 1641 (title) An Act against diverse incroachments and oppressions in the Stannarie Courts. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. vi. 80 The stannary courts in Devonshire and Cornwall for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 426/1 By ancient charters, the tinners of Cornwall were exempt from all other jurisdiction than that of the stannary courts, except in cases affecting land, life, and limb. Compounds General attributive. stannary artillery n. ΚΠ 1812 Examiner 7 Sept. 570/1 Lieut. Moyle, of the Royal Stannary Artillery. stannery castle n. ΚΠ 1811 Risdon's Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) Addit. 405 The Stannary Castle, containing the room where the courts were held,..is at Lydford. stannery cause n. ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 18 The Gayle for stannery causes is kept at Lostwithiel. stannery charter n. ΚΠ 1856 J. Allen Hist. Borough Liskeard iii. 32 Many of the old stannary charters were destroyed in the revolutionary war. stannery district n. ΚΠ 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 193 The four principal towns of the stannary districts. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. v. 59 The Danish freebooters..carried fire and sword through the stannary districts of Devon. stannery law n. ΚΠ 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 3) 470 That old scandall of the Stanneries Law; that hanged a man in the forenoone, and sate in judgement on him in the afternoone. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 103 Those tin-works are under..the stannary laws. stannery man n. ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 196 The Stannarie men of Cornwall and Denshire. stannery parliament n. ΚΠ 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 426 1 The last Cornish stannary parliament was held at Truro in 1752. stannery town n. ΚΠ 1705 Addr. Lostwithiel in London Gaz. No. 4087/1 We are Members of Your Majesty's Ancient and Chiefest Stannary Town. stannery troop n. ΚΠ 1690 London Gaz. No. 2579/3 The Lord Lansdowne..came hither on the 25th with the Stanary Troop. stannery weight n. ΚΠ 1703 London Gaz. No. 3951/1 Her Majesty is..pleased to offer..to take Sixteen hundred Tuns of Tinn at the Price of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Cent. Stannary Weight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1455 |
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