Stannaries
Britishnoun
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He writes in despair to the Prince, and Frederick sends kindly and reassuring messages in reply; but he was now ruined, and his last prospects vanished with the Prince of Wales, on whose death he was superseded in the Stannaries; this perhaps marks the date of his final catastrophe.
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As a reward he was appointed in 1742 Warden of the Stannaries.
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In 1198 appears a letter from the Warden of the Stannaries to the Justiciar.
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In 1201 King John issued a charter to the Stannaries.
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In 1305 the Cornish Stannaries were in part dissociated from those in Devon.
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