The laws and customs of the stannaries in the counties of Cornwall and Devon. Revis'd and corrected according to the antient and modern practice. In two parts. The First, Containing the Charter of Edw. I. being the first Charter for erecting the Tinners of Cornwall and Devon into a Corporation, with an Exposition of the said Charter, by Parliament, 50 Ed. III. II. The several Laws and Constitutions, made by the several Parliaments of Tinners, in the Reigns of King James I. Charles I. James II. and Queen Anne, together with the Journals, Speeches, Addresses, and other Proceedings of the said Parliaments. III. A Compleat Treatise of the Laws of the Stannaries, and the Method of Proceeding in the several Courts of Stannaries; with the Judges Opinions on the Force of those Laws, by the King's special Direction. Also several Cases and Pleadings thereupon, in the Star-Chamber, touching Writs of Error. IV. The Power of the Lord Warden in Law and Equity, with two Remarkable Cases between the Lord Wa

People / Organizations

• Thomas Pearce (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for D. Browne, without Temple-Bar, and J. Newton, In Little-Britain, M.DCC.XXV. [1725]

Publication year

1725

ESTC No.

T95884

Grub Street ID

315373

Description

[4],xxiv,8,21-259,[1],xvip. ; 2°.

Note

With an index.

Uncontrolled note

Ht.31cms.G-m. 2.5cms