| It housed the Town Hall, magistrates and stannary courts, police offices and cells and the fire brigade. |
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| The Duke may rule on matters, but rulings by the stannary courts were independent to any powers held at Westminster. |
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| Chagford was made a Stannary town in 1305, and had a stannary court for regulating tin mining operations. |
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| It is to the tinners and their stannary courts that responsibility for this harsh justice lies. |
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| Tinners were required to take their metal to a stannary town, where the tin was weighed and stamped, and duty paid on it. |
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| Truro grew as a centre of trade from its port and then as a stannary town for the tin mining industry. |
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| The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record. |
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| Anyone who broke a stannary law could find himself imprisoned in the gaol at Lydford. |
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| From the 12th century onwards tin mining was regulated by a Stannary Parliament which had its own laws. |
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| Important historical institutions were the Duchy of Cornwall and the Cornish Stannary Courts and Parliaments. |
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| In addition to the political parties, there are various interest groups such as the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament and the Celtic League. |
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| Devon's tin miners enjoyed a substantial degree of independence through Devon's Stannary Parliament, which dates back to the 12th century. |
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| The duke had a ceremonial role in summoning the Cornish Stannary Parliament. |
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| As the tin mines of Cornwall lost their economic importance during the 18th and 19th centuries, so the Stannary institutions lost political power. |
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| The Stannary court administered equity, through special laws and legal exemptions, for all matters relating to the tin mines and tin trade in Cornwall. |
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| Types of franchise courts included Courts Baron, Courts Leet, merchant courts, and the Stannary Courts which dealt with disputes involving the tin miners of Cornwall. |
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