Cornish Stannary Parliament

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The Cornish Stannary Parliament (officially The Convocation of the Tinners of Cornwall)[1] was the representative body of the Cornish stannaries, which were chartered in 1201 by King John.[2] In spite of the name, the Parliament was not a Cornish national assembly, instead representing the interests of the tin industry; however, due to the significant proportion of Cornwall's population involved in the tin trade, it wielded considerable power.[1][3]

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  2. ^ Rod Lyon (2012). "Cornwall's Historical Wars: A Brief Introduction". The Cornovia Press. pp. 15–19. ISBN 9781908878052. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. ^ Paul March-Russell (2017). "The abcanny politics of landscape in Lucy Wood's Diving Belles" (PDF). Short Fiction in Theory & Practice. 7 (1): 56. doi:10.1386/fict.7.1.53_1. ISSN 2043-0701. Retrieved 21 June 2021.