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stagminaria

stagminaria [stagmen+-aria; cf. stagnaria], ~gminarium, ~minaria, ~minarium [cf. 1 stamen], tin-mine or tin-mining area, stannary (esp. w. ref. to the district comprising the tin-mines and smelting works of Cornwall and Devon), (also transf.) the customs and privileges attached to tin-mines. c1168 quia fodierunt contra prohibitum in foresta regis in ~m'ia Pipe 138; 1185 de lxxiij s. et iiij d. de ij molendinis et j piscaria et ~minaria Ib. 203; 1198 committas Willelmo ‥ omnes ~marrias domini regis in balliva tua, et omnia que ipsas ~marias contingunt BBExch 360; 1199 in custo ducendi thesaurum R. de ~mmeria Devon' usque ad Lond' vj li. et xix s. per idem breve Pipe 243; 1201 fuerunt in Golclive de Trewreu quando fuit prostratus in ~meria Pl. K. or J. II 292; 1202 (1252) custos ~minariarum et ballivi ejus ‥ habeant super ‥ staminatores plenariam potestatem CalCh 380; 1227 firme ~menarii Cornub' ‥ stanneria Cornub' KR Mem 9 m. 18; 1242 de ~mnario [(Chanc.): ~minario] Devonie Pipe 345; c1291 compotus ‥ de exitibus ~ngminarie Devonie Rec. Stan. 43.

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