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Thomas Pearce. 'The Laws and Customs of the Stannaries in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon'. First edition, folio, 1725, printed for D. Browne, Without Temple-Bar and J. Newton, in Little Britain, London, in two parts, I. The first containing the Charter of Edward 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 Kings 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 Warden and the Sheriff of Devon, the one for felony and the other, for murder with the pleadings at large. V. The rights of the Prince as Duke of Cornwall. Also a compleat table of the fees of the stannary courts. VI. The customs of the stannary of Blackmore, set forth by way of preface. Part II- Containing the laws and customs of the stannaries of Devon. Pages 9-20 are deficient (misprinted) in all editions (see Boase and Courtney 'Mineralogia Cornubiensis). With the stamp of the Law Society, London. New endpapers, original full leather rebacked, a very good copy given its age.
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