1metalstannary, tin-mining area of Devon and Cornwall (and the customs and privileges attached to it):
(
1323
)
touz les autres acountes, qi sount nomez foreins acomptes, soient oiz et renduz en autre meson, joignant de coste, a ceo purveue, cest assaver: les acountes [...] des mynes d’argent et d’esteymerie de Devenshire et de Cornewaille
iii 932
(
1328
)
graunté [...] a l’abbé [...] l’esteignerie en Deveneshire od l’eawe de Dernymuth
ii 19
(
1376
)
les esteymours overantz en les esteymeryes
ii 343
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