Laws of the Stannaries of Cornwall, Made at the Convocation or...
The Powerful Tinners of Cornwall [Mining]. Convocation of Stannators. Laws of the Stannaries of Cornwall, Made at the Convocation or Parliament of Tinners, At Truro, Sept. 13, Anno 27? Geo. II. In Which the Laws Made 22? Jac. I. 12? Car. I. 4? Jac. II. Are Recited and Confirmed. To Which are Added, The Laws made at Truro, 2? Annae Reg. [London?: S.n., 1753]. [ii], 126 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary sprinkled calf with later sprinkled-calf rebacking, gilt rules to boards, lettering piece and gilt-edged raised bands to spine, hinges mended. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and worn. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing to a few leaves, faint staining and offsetting to endleaves. $450. * Only edition. Under customary law, confirmed by several royal charters since Edward I, the Convocation of Stannators (i.e. tinners) had rights of jurisdiction over much of Cornwall. This power was granted and confirmed in recognition of the tin industry's economic value. The successor to a collection issued in 1725, this volume is a codification and restatement of the Convocation's laws a tradition conjecturally predating Roman Britain and originally developed from Cornish, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman sources. The stannary laws are sometimes cited today as evidence of a unique political identity by Cornish Nationalists, who claim these laws were never formally repealed by the English crown. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library (Georgetown); The ESTC adds 3 more (Columbia, Harvard, UC-Davis). English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) T112915.
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