| Short Title: | Stannaries Court Act 1640 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of England |
| Long Title: | An Act against divers Incroachments and Oppressions in the Stannary Courts. |
| Year: | 1640 |
| Citation: | 16 Cha. 1. c. 15 |
| Royal Assent: | 7 August 1641 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Stannaries Court (Abolition) Act 1896 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Collapsed: | yes |
| Short Title: | Stannaries Act 1855 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to amend and extend the Jurisdiction of the Stannary Court. |
| Year: | 1855 |
| Citation: | 18 & 19 Vict. c. 32 |
| Royal Assent: | 15 June 1855 |
| Status: | amended |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/18-19/32/contents/enacted |
| Uk-Leg Title: | Stannaries Act 1855 |
| Collapsed: | yes |
| Short Title: | Stannaries Court (Abolition) Act 1896 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act for abolishing the Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries. |
| Year: | 1896 |
| Citation: | 59 & 60 Vict. c. 45 |
| Royal Assent: | 14 August 1896 |
| Collapsed: | yes |
The courts of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries, commonly known as the stannary courts, were English courts in Cornwall and Devon that enforced the stannary law between the High Middle Ages and their abolition by the Stannaries Court (Abolition) Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 45). From 1201, tin miners in Devon and Cornwall were exempt from the jurisdiction of all English courts other than that of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries. The jurisdiction of the Cornwall stannary institutions covered the whole of the duchy, while the stannary courts of Devon had a reputation for harsh justice,[1] and once jailed a Westminster MP (Richard Strode).[2]
According to Thomas Pitt, judgements from the court could be appealed to the Vice-Warden of the Stanneries, then to the Warden, then finally to the Prince in Council.[3]