stannary|stannaries in English
noun
[stan·na·ry || 'stænərɪ]
location or region where tin is mined (British)
Use "stannary|stannaries" in a sentence
1. Walter Raleigh, knight, vice admiral of the fleets, and warden of the stannary
2. Commission to Sir Thomas Wise, Sir Richard Butler, Sir Francis Vivian, John Mohun, Vice Warden of the Stannaries, Richard Eresy, and Thomas Gowen [?] and Peter Ball, auditors of the Duchy of Cornwall, to examine the tenures in villenage of the tenants of the King's Assessionary manors in co
3. To enforce the authority of the Stannary Courts a prison was constructed in the thirteenth century out of the keep or dungeon of Lydford Castle, about nine miles north of Tavistock; and in the sixteenth century this prison was described as "one of the most Annoyous, contagious, and detestable places in the realm."