of felling each fnarihis owhiti%‘ unkfsthb King infifted on*lktying
r'f' : J' ' '
i A-farthfer explanation of the Cormfh: .privileges and lam . was
made by-tle fiftieth, dfi Ed ward III. (-Galew] page. 17) and «their
liberties confirmed-and enlarged b p parliament; in'i tihe *etghth :«of
Richard II. third'of Edward IV. firft ofe Edward P $ 6 i j 'and 2nd
o f Philip and Mary, and in the- and o f Elizabeth *, and thfewhoie.&
d e t y of the: tiimers trf'Ccffnwall) "till-then reckoned-as .one body S,=sws[fc
divided into«ftnrsparts, ;cahed#om the places.es&thi principal tin-
workings | of that time,
and Penwith. One ’general Warden was1, conftitutedto do jufticb
in law and equity with an appeal from his • decifion I to the Duke of
Cornwall in-Gouncil only, or' fepiWant of a Duke c#^aiftwafl. «>
the «town. M H *h ««»'«• te n& t+ jto ' *>* *'''
The Lord-warden appoints a Vibe-wardenk to. determme all rati*
nary difputes every month : he confhtutfcSs alfof fouri ftewards (one
for each of the four ftannary precin&s beforer-mentioiiedj wb©: hold
their courts every three weeks, ’and decide bytytiries # f das& jberfoik
with an appeal refcrved to the Vice^waxden, i3:henee.£0 the Lord-
warden, thence finally to-the iKirds of 'the Erincets; cotincil. .
Thus continued the tin eftabliihment till the reign of. Henry
when Arthur, eldeft ion of that King, and confequently .-Duke" of
Cornwall, made certain conftitutions^jrelating; -to the=^®:t^iiteSj
which-the: tinners refufed to aobfertre* and indulging tHemfelve-g ift
other irregularities not confident with their charters, Henry VII,
after his fon Arthur sdeath^&izecb thebt charter as; forfeited} but,
upon proper fubmiflion, by his own new charter ^reftbreePMlR their
former-privileges, 1 and enlarged:-themwitfbthiadkinQurable' "ahd;tijffit*
portant addition *, thafcTiofaW^' relking^tbr thejtfonCTs, <ihoQld be
enabled without the conferit off twentydoutf gantiemehtfinnersy, fifc
to be chofen b y a mayor and council; in each of thfe « ftannary
divifions. This charter was confirmed by the twentieth of Elizabeth*
and (it being found inconvenient that the confent of the whole twenty-
four fbould be required) it is declared at the meeting of every, convocation
or parliament of tinners, that the confent of fixteenftam*
nators fhall be fufficient to enadt any law* Accordingly, when any
more than ordinary difficulties occur, and either new laws for the
better direction of the tinners and their affairs, or a more explicit
declaration and inforcement of the old ones becomes neceflary, the
c By the charter of Edmund therefore it feems
as if there was but one coinage in a year, and the
tinner could not fell without leave firft obtained.
f Particularly recited in Plowden’s Commentaries,
page 327, Camden’s Annotat. page 4.
* Pearce, page 49. s Camden, page 4.
h Alias Tywamail.
* By thefe ancient charters (Carew. 18) j by Edward
III. Jays Camden, page 5. ■ .
k Not a Sub-warden over «very company, as
in Camden, page 5.
1 Camden, page ib. * .
■m By which charter [viz. of Pardon] be farther
granted, fays the editor of Camden, page 6.
Lord-
Lord-warden, by commiffion from the Düké of Cornwall* or from
the Crown, if there be no Duke », iffues his precept , to the four
principal-towns of thfe" ftanûà^ilffihiàs, viz. Lancéftôn for Fawy-
moor, Loftwythiel for Black-moor, Truro for Trewârnheyl, and Hel-
fton for Penwith. Each town chufes-fix members, and the twenty-»
four fo chofen, called Stannators, icônftitüüê thé parliament ..of tin-.,
ners. In the reign of Elizabeth* Sir Walter Raleigh being Lord-
warden, the tijir^rs;vperceivmg -that by the. charter of' Henry VII.
no law could be enacted, uiilfefs., the full number of twenty-four
ftannators concurred % propofed that twenty-four other ftannators
fhould be,chofen, fix at each of the tin-courts holden for, each ftannary,
returned by the fteward and added to the former number, if£
order to make? forty-eight' ihkïibefs; 'ând mat thp majority of that
number, - or- asdmany as fhoilld âffîmple jôr tirât )xumD^* mould be
enabled to make laws- This pfô|)ôfal did ‘nqUWke êfteÊt ; put in; the
îtwénty-fixth^of * Charles II. jôjA ijfôpië tefms add clqlrrt« infifted
lapon by, the Crown meeting tyith gréât tipjijdntiQn, the gannators,
being under difficulties, .named tb tnë then VîcérWârdèn iix periods
rot êdCh :ftanflaty, and aefiied fhdy might De' fujfàmônëü .,by the
Vletywarden to meet àhêt;eQà&k .with that 'convocation -f. Since
that time it is ufual, btiS- riot necefikty, for .every flannator tc^. flame
an affiftant, and the twenty*-four affiftahts aid a kind of1 Handing
council, .ând .afiêirfhfe 'ib a dffihsent i apartment^ and varélat hand
to inform their principals-©f cakallàtions, difficulties^ and >thejftate
of thihgs among.the lowertelafi^uf itiimerè^ firchîaéithè^Æaùnators
might i not ptherwifef;be ;ib well acquainted with* Thecftannators,
for the more orderly difpatch of bufineis, chufe their ipeaker, and
prefent him to- the Lord-warden to> be approved. Whatever is
enaifted' by this bodyyç^s tinners^; muft be figned by the »ftannators,
the Lord-warden, (or his deputy, the Vice-warden who prefid.es in
: his abfenèd^ and afterwards éfthëf by 'tH^ Dxikfe1 of Cornwall or the
Ifevereign ; and'when thus paflëd«,has all the ,authorityx. with-.regard
to tin-affairs, off an üttvô f the whole legiflatüre.
Thé prefent Lord Warden; is thé Right Honourable Earl of
Waldegfave.
Reverend Wàltër Bôirlafë, L L . D. Vidé-war den.
f ...The prefent ftannators of the tin-parliatrnent? continued by ad-,
journmeiit; and prorogation, are,' for the .. .
t ( ; I Stannary , <pjf .Fawy-moor, ;
Sir T. Molefworth of Pcncarrovv, Baronet. ..
Sir. J. St.. Aubyn of -Clowance^ Baronet. ,
» The eldéft .fon of the King idtiuke pf Corn- be Duke of Cornwall ^without grant, but the
W&îl* Without ; graat: or iiiVôftîCülë ^-but iF Ms tide remains- inïüh'ë ÇroWn-. .. t •]
ion» dies, and,leaves childrerij his eldeft fon cannot * See page preceding* f Mr. Hawkins’s MS>
D d d John