A volume entitled Customs of ye Stanarys & Journall of ye Convocators 1703 . It relates chiefly to the stannary of Blackmore, but also other Cornish stannaries. Concludes with a note that information used 'were copied out of a manuscript I had of Mr Thomas Hawkins. Signed John Hill.'
Hill, John
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- ReferenceGB 96 MS 673
- Dates of Creationc1703
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 volume
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Administrative / Biographical History
The Cornish tin industry became so important during the Middle Ages that the Cornish tin miners were granted special privileges and were placed by the crown under the separate legal jurisdiction of the stannary (tin mine) courts. Cormwall had four stannaries: Foymore, Blackmore, Tywarnhaile and Penwith and Kerrier.Thomas Pearce, in his work on The Laws and customes of the stannaries (1725) records a convocation of the stannators of Cornwall held at Truro in 1703. A Thomas Hawkins and a John Hill are both to be found in A list of all the Adventurers in the Mine Adventure , 1700.
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Bought, through Mrs. E. Finer, from the Par (Cornubia Hall) sale of October 1965.