Yeah, Cornwall has its own parliament (The Stannary Parliament) but that is only a Parliament for tin miners, and nothing to do with Cornwall being a "nation." And, anyway, Devon also has a Stannary Parliament -
Taken in the most literal sense, Stannary means simply 'something relating to tin'. It is more usually used to refer to a set of historic institutions in Devon and Cornwall in the south west of England which evolved to manage the tin mining industry there.
Devon Stannaries
Devon Stannaries are usually referred to by the names of Stannary Towns. These towns were the locations where refined tin (or white tin) was assessed, coined, and sold. They were also the location for some of the institutions associated with the operation of the stannary.
King Edward I's 1305 Stannary Charter established Tavistock, Ashburton and Chagford as Devon's stannary towns, with a monopoly on all tin mining in Devon, a right to representation in the Stannary Parliament and a right to the jurisdiction of the Stannary Courts. Plympton became the fourth Devon stannary town in 1307.
The Devon Stannary Towns are all on the fringes of Dartmoor, which is the Granite upland which bore the tin. No definition of the boundaries of the Devon Stannaries is known, if indeed one ever existed.
Cornish Stannaries
The four Cornish Stannaries were (from West to East):-
Penwith and Kerrier - Land's End and the Lizard peninsulas
Tywarnhaile - St Agnes & Carn Brea area
Blackmore - the Hensbarrow granite upland, now better known as the China Clay country
Foweymore - the historic name for Bodmin Moor
The geographical juristiction of each Cornish Stannary was more clearly demarcated from each other than was the case in Devon as each represented a separate tin-bearing area, but again, the boundaries were not precisely laid down.
The towns at which coinage was carried out in Cornwall varied over time. The Cornish coinage towns included at various times: Penzance,Truro,Helston,Saint Austell,Bodmin (probably) and Lostwithiel
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Taken in the most literal sense, Stannary means simply 'something relating to tin'. It is more usually used to refer to a set of historic institutions in Devon and Cornwall in the south west of England which evolved to manage the tin mining industry there.
Devon Stannaries
Devon Stannaries are usually referred to by the names of Stannary Towns. These towns were the locations where refined tin (or white tin) was assessed, coined, and sold. They were also the location for some of the institutions associated with the operation of the stannary.
King Edward I's 1305 Stannary Charter established Tavistock, Ashburton and Chagford as Devon's stannary towns, with a monopoly on all tin mining in Devon, a right to representation in the Stannary Parliament and a right to the jurisdiction of the Stannary Courts. Plympton became the fourth Devon stannary town in 1307.
The Devon Stannary Towns are all on the fringes of Dartmoor, which is the Granite upland which bore the tin. No definition of the boundaries of the Devon Stannaries is known, if indeed one ever existed.
Cornish Stannaries
The four Cornish Stannaries were (from West to East):-
Penwith and Kerrier - Land's End and the Lizard peninsulas
Tywarnhaile - St Agnes & Carn Brea area
Blackmore - the Hensbarrow granite upland, now better known as the China Clay country
Foweymore - the historic name for Bodmin Moor
The geographical juristiction of each Cornish Stannary was more clearly demarcated from each other than was the case in Devon as each represented a separate tin-bearing area, but again, the boundaries were not precisely laid down.
The towns at which coinage was carried out in Cornwall varied over time. The Cornish coinage towns included at various times: Penzance,Truro,Helston,Saint Austell,Bodmin (probably) and Lostwithiel
wikipedia.org