stannary noun. ['stan(ǝ)ri] Also Stannary. LME.
[medieval Latin stannaria pl. from late Latin STANNUM: see -ARY¹.]
1. Any of a number of tin-mining districts in Cornwall and Devon, formerly having their own customs and privileges and regulating legal body (usu. in pl. with the). Also, a tin-mine. LME.
2. Tin; tinware; a locality in a market or fair for the sale of this. obsolete exc. Hist. M17.

Comb.:
stannary court a legal body for the regulation of tin-miners in the stannaries.

■ stannator [sta'neɪtǝ] noun (obsolete exc. Hist.) [medieval Latin stannator, stagnator irreg. from late Latin STANNUM] a member of the assembly or parliament established for the stannaries (cf. CONVOCATION 5) L17.

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