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stagnaria, ~gnarium, ~nnaria, ~nnarium [CL stagnum, stannum+-aria, -arium] 1 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. b (curia ~ae) stannary court, court of law for the administration of justice in the stannaries. 1177 idem redd' comp' de v s. et vij d. de consuetudine ~inerie in terra ejusdem comitis Pipe 9; 1178 idem redd' comp' de iij s. de ~inaria de Plumton' Ib. 16; 1202 mandamus ‥ quod ‥ protegatis ‥ ~nnariam nostram et stannatores nostros Pat 21b; 1203 quod nullus presumat capere quindecimam vel aliquam consuetudinem de stagno preterquam marcam novi redditus in ~gnariis EEC 220; 1216 per manus ‥ illorum qui ~ngnariam habuerint in custodia Rec. Stan. 11; 1217 habere faciatis ‥ ~cnariam comitatus Devonie, cum cucneo Pat 83; 1220 eidem assignavimus ~nnarias nostras de Cornubia et Devonia, cum omnibus exitibus qui ex eis provenient Foed. I 243; 1227 ~nneria KR Mem 9 m. 18 (v. stagminaria); commissarii nostri decimam ~gnarii Peckham Ep. 293; 1497 [cum] opere stanni in ~nnerio CatAncD VI 108.  b 1337 cum ‥ proficuis et perquisitis curie ~nnarie et minere in eodem com' [Cornw] (Cl) Foed. IV 736. 2 mine. 1553 communias vias, chimina, vasta, vacua, funda miner' et stagn' carbonum et metallorum quorumcumque Pat 863 m. 36.

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