stannary courts

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Stannary courts were specialized medieval and early modern English legal tribunals that governed and regulated tin mining districts, particularly in Cornwall and Devon.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
stannary courts canonical 5
Devon stannary courts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English court ⓘ
early modern court ⓘ
medieval court ⓘ
mining court ⓘ
specialized legal tribunal ⓘ
aimedTo protect interests of the tin industry ⓘ
provide speedy justice for miners ⓘ
appliedToActivity tin mining ⓘ
basedOn local custom ⓘ
royal charters ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
declinePeriod 18th century ⓘ
enforced royal prerogatives over mineral rights ⓘ
existedInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
governedBy warden of the stannaries ⓘ
governedCommunity tinners of Cornwall ⓘ
tinners of Devon ⓘ
grantedBy English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
hadAuthorityOver stannary parliaments ⓘ
hadParticipant local juries of miners ⓘ
tinners ⓘ
hadPrivilege exclusive jurisdiction over stannary matters ⓘ
exemption from some common law courts ⓘ
hasAssociatedLegalCode stannary law ⓘ
heardCasesOn contract disputes among tinners ⓘ
customs and dues on tin ⓘ
mining disputes ⓘ
property rights in tin works ⓘ
historicalRegion West Country ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
historicalSignificance illustration of separate legal privileges for mining communities in England ⓘ
jurisdiction Cornwall ⓘ
Devon ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalArea commercial law related to tin ⓘ
labour relations in mining ⓘ
taxation of tin ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
location stannary towns of Cornwall ⓘ
stannary towns of Devon ⓘ
partOf stannary law system ⓘ
regulated tin miners ⓘ
tin mining districts ⓘ
tin trade ⓘ
tin works ⓘ
subordinateTo royal courts of England ⓘ
typeOf special jurisdiction court ⓘ
usedProcedure summary procedure in many cases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stannary parliaments → relatedTo → stannary courts ⓘ
subject linked to: stannary parliaments
stannary law → enforcedBy → stannary courts ⓘ
stannary districts of Devon → governedBy → stannary courts ⓘ
Cornish stannaries → governedBy → stannary courts ⓘ
Devon tin trade → regulatedBy → Devon stannary courts ⓘ
linked to: stannary courts