The Lord Warden of the Stannaries (from la, stannum for Tin, Sn) used to exercise judicial and military functions in

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, England, and is still the official who, upon the commission of the

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or Duke of Cornwall for the time being, has the function of calling a stannary parliament of tinners. The last such parliament sat in 1753. The first Lord Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon was William de Wrotham, who was appointed during the reign of

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on 20 November 1197. Until 1502 normally separate Lords Warden were appointed for Cornwall and Devon (as shown in brackets below) and these also acted as stewards for Duchy estates in those counties. In 1502, Robert, 2nd Lord Willoughby de Broke was appointed as Lord Steward for Duchy estates in Cornwall and Devon, Lord Warden of the Stannaries in both, Master Forester of Dartmoor, and the successors appointed since have been granted these offices/titles. The current holder of the post is Nicholas Bacon. A relevant Vice-Warden, frequently for one of the two counties for a warden who normally lived elsewhere, existed through many of the years 1386 to 1870. Other than being assigned roles connected to the occasional parliaments these had responsibilities as controller of the coinage and master of assay, working in concert with the Royal Mint which dominated high-value coinage end products through its jury system of

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Lord Steward and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon (1197–present)

* 1197 William de Wrotham (Cornwall & Devon) * 1215 Henry Fitz-Count, 1st Earl of Cornwall * 1220 William de Putot (Cornwall) * 1220 John FitzRichard (Cornwall & Devon) * 1220 Stephen du Croy (Cornwall) * 1221 Waleram Teutonicus (Devon) * 1234 Richard de Langford (Devon) * 1253 Adam Wymer (Devon) * 1262 Ralph de Oddiscumb (Devon) * 1264 Hugh Peverell (Devon) * 1289 Walter de Aylesbury (Cornwall) * 1306 Thomas de la Hyde (Cornwall) * 1312 John de Bedewynde (Cornwall) * 1314 Thomas Lercedekne (Cornwall) * 1318 Henry de Wylyngton (Cornwall) * 1321 Simon Belde (Devon) * 1321 Gilbert de la Forde (Devon) * 1328 Thomas de Shirygg (Devon) * 1328 Richard Caleware (Devon) * 1330 William de Montacute (Devon) * 1337 Thomas West (Cornwall) * 1346 Sir Edmund de Kendale (Cornwall) * 1350 Sir John Dabernon (Cornwall) * 1350 Bartholomew de Berghersh (Devon) * 1357 Robert de Elford (Cornwall) * 1359 Sir John Dabernon (Cornwall) * 1361 Bartholomew de Burghersh Jnr (Cornwall & Devon) * 1366 John de Skirbec (Cornwall) * 1375 John Cary (Devon) * 1376 Hugh de Segrave (Cornwall) * ? Robert Tresilian * 1378 Sir John de Kentwode (Cornwall) * 1384 Richard Ruyhale Jnr * 1386 Richard Breton (Cornwall) * 1388 Sir Philip de Courtenay (Cornwall) * 1388 John de Copplestone * 1389 Warin Waldegrave (Devon) * 1392 John Colshull (Cornwall) * 1397 Richard Chelmswyke (Cornwall) * 1398 Thomas Shelle (Cornwall & Devon) * 1399 John Wynter (Cornwall) * 1399 John de Waterton (Devon) * 1400 Sir John Arundell (Cornwall) * 1413 Thomas Tickhill (Cornwall & Devon) * 1413–1422:

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(Devon) * 1422: John Copplestone (Devon) (jointly) * 1422 Thomas Congreve (Devon) * 1423 Lewis John (Devon) * 1430 Sir Philip Courtenay (Cornwall) * 1437 Sir William Bonville, later 1st Lord Bonville (Cornwall) * 1439 Ralph Babthorpe (Cornwall) * 1441 Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon (Cornwall) * 1442 John Trevelyan (Devon) * 1452 William, Lord Bonville (Cornwall) * 1454

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(Cornwall & Devon) * 1457 John Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont (Cornwall & Devon) * 1461 Thomas Clemens (Cornwall) * 1461 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (Cornwall) * 1461 Roger Dinham (Devon) * 1465 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (Cornwall & Devon) * 1469 John, Lord Dinham (Devon) * 1469 Sir John Stafford (Cornwall & Devon) * 1473

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(Cornwall & Devon) * 1476 Sir Thomas Bourchier (Cornwall) * 1477 Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (Cornwall) * 1483

John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, KG (c. 1433–1501) of Nutwell in the parish of Woodbury and of Hartland, both in Devon, was an English peer and politician. He served as Lord High Treasurer of England and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was ...

(Cornwall & Devon) * 1484 Sir James Tyrell (Cornwall) * 1485 Sir Robert Willoughby (Cornwall & Devon) * 1485 Sir Walter Courtenay (Devon) * 1486 Sir John Halliwell (Cornwall) * 1502

Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke and ''de jure'' 10th Baron Latimer, (1472 – 10 November 1521) was an English nobleman and soldier. Robert Willoughby was born about 1470–1472 (aged 30 in 1502, 36 in 1506), the son of Sir ...

(Cornwall & Devon) * 1509 Sir Henry Marney * 1523 Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter * 1539 John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford * 1553 Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford * 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh * 1604 William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke * 1630 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke * 1642–6 Interregnum * 1646–48 Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (Parliamentary) * 1660 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath * 1701 Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor * 1702

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* 1705 Francis Godolphin, Viscount Rialton * 1708

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth (pronounced "Boscowen") ( ; ca. 1680 – 25 October 1734), was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for Cornish constituencies from 1702 until 1720 when he was raised to the peerage ...

* 1734

Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, (23 April 168022 November 1758) of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1742 when he was raised to the peerage ...

* 1742

Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc Thomas Pitt (''c.'' 1705 – 17 July 1761), of Boconnoc, Cornwall, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1727 and 1761. He was Lord Warden of the Stannaries from 1742 to 1751. Pitt was the grandson an ...

, Esq. * 1751

James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, (4 March 171513 April 1763) was a British politician who is sometimes regarded as one of the shortest-serving British prime ministers in history. His brief tenure as First Lord of the Treasury is lent a mo ...

* 1763

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* 1783

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* 1798 Sir John Morshead, 1st Baronet * 1800 Rear-Admiral Sir John Willett Payne * 1803 Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt * 1812–1842:

Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford, (11 March 1777 – 1 March 1842), styled Viscount Beauchamp between 1793 and 1794 and Earl of Yarmouth between 1794 and 1822, of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire and of Sudbourne Hall in S ...

* 1842

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* 1862

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (22 May 181118 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician. Background Newcastle was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcast ...

* 1865

Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (9 July 1799 – 19 November 1888) was a British Whig politician. He was an active supporter of the Royal Agricultural Society of England from its commencement in 1838, and served as president in 184 ...

* 1888

Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie (25 June 1827 – 28 October 1921), styled Lord Moreton between 1840 and 1853, was a British courtier and Liberal Party politician. He notably served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1859 t ...

* 1908

Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, (13 January 1849 – 6 July 1921) was a Scottish Unionist politician, banker and statesman, who took a leading part in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. He was Secretary for Scotland betwe ...

* 1921

Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton (18 January 1863 – 5 July 1957) was a British peer. Trefusis was the eldest son of the 20th Baron Clinton and his wife, Harriet. Educated at Oxford he played polo with ...

* 1933

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, (18 December 1895 – 23 November 1968) was a British peer. Radnor was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour. His education was Harrow School ...

* 1965 Geoffrey Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave * 1977

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* 1983

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* 1985 Sir Nicholas Henderson * 1990 John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton * 1994

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* 2006

Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, 14th and 15th Baronet, (born 17 May 1953) is a British landowner, businessman and philanthropist. Sir Nicholas is also the Premier Baronet of England. Life and education Bacon is the only son of Sir Edmund ...

Vice-Warden (Deputy Lord Warden) of the Stannaries (Controllers of the Coinage and Masters of Assay) in Cornwall and Devon (1386–1870)

* ? Walter Reynold * 1386 Nicholas FitzHerbert * 1386 William Wyncelowe * 1387 Thomas Trewyn * ? John Skirbeck * 1389 Nicholas FitzHerbert * 1397 John Shelle * ? Thomas Frankelein * 1422 Richard Hore * 1423 John Smart * 1428 Richard Maumfield * 1430 John Fortescue * 1432 John Merston * 1455 Avery Cornburgh * 1461 John Wykes * 1471 Sir Thomas Vaughan * 1483 Avery Cornburgh * 1485 Thomas Hourde * 1485 William Treffry * 1490 John Sapcotes * 1504 Michael Vivian * 1508 Thomas Arundell * 1509 John Glyn * 1509 Sir Hugh Trevanyon * 1510? Sir Thomas Deneys (Devon) * 1520 Sir William Godolphin * 1520 John Godolphin * c.1529 Sir William Godolphin (Cornwall) * 1532 Sir Philip Champernown (Devon) * c.1540 William Beare (Cornwall) * 1548 Sir Thomas Smith (Cornwall) * 1551 Sir John Charles (Devon) * 1554 Sir William Godolphin (Cornwall) * 1555 William Isham * 1570 James Godolphin * 1578 Sir Richard Grenville (Cornwall) * 1580 William Carnsew (Cornwall) * 1584 John Bonython * 1586 Sir Francis Godolphin (Cornwall) * 1591 Christopher Harris (Cornwall) * 1601

Hannibal Vyvyan Hannibal Vyvyan, sometimes spelled Vivian (1545 – 4 February 1610), of Trelowarren in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). Vyvyan was the eldest son of John Vyvyan (died 1577), also an MP, and head of one of Cornwall's lead ...

* 1603

William Coryton William Coryton (1580–1651) of West Newton Ferrers, St Mellion, Cornwall, was a Cornish gentleman who served as MP for Cornwall in 1624, 1626 and 1628, for Liskeard in 1625, for Grampound in 1640 and for Launceston 1640–41. He was expelled ...

(Cornwall) (dismissed) * 1607 John Verdon * 1607 Edward Leech * 1608–1610:

* 1617 Richard Bonython * ? Sir Simon Harvey (appointed assayer 1625 for life) * 1620–1626:

(Cornwall) (dismissed 1626) * 1626–1629: John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton(Cornwall) * 1630–1640:

(Cornwall) (reinstated but re-dismissed 1640)) * 1641 John Trefusis (Cornwall) * 1660

William Scawen William Scawen (1600–1689) was one of the pioneers in the revival of the Cornish language. He was a politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Life Scawen was the son of Robe ...

(Cornwall) * 1678 Sir John Trelawney (Cornwall) * 1681 Sir Joseph Tredenham (Cornwall) * c.1688 Sir Nicholas Slanning (Devon) * 1689 John Waddon (Cornwall) * 1701 Hugh Tonkin (Cornwall) * 1702

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(Cornwall) * c.1704 Samuel Rolls (Devon) * 1708 Walter Moyle (Cornwall) * 1711 John Gregor (Cornwall) * 1723 Thomas Hearle (Cornwall) * 1740 John Hearle (Cornwall) * 1744 Christopher Hawkins (Cornwall) * 1747 Francis Gregor (Cornwall) * 1751 John Hearle (Cornwall) * 1756 Rev. Walter Borlase (Cornwall) * 1763 William Bickford (Devon) * 1776 Henry Rosewarne (Cornwall) (Mayor of Truro, 1774) * 1783 John Thomas (Cornwall) * 1784 Warwick Hele Tonkin (Devon) * 1812 Richard Gurney (Devon) * 1817 John Vivian (Cornwall) * 1818 John Parry (Devon) * 1824 John Farnham Cock (Devon) * 1826 John Wallis (Devon) * 1826 John Wallis (Cornwall) * 1827 Thomas Commins (Devon) * 1834 John Lucius Dampier (Cornwall) * 1850 John Lucius Dampier (Devon) * 1852

Edward Wynne-Pendarves Edward William Wynne Pendarves (6 April 1775 – 26 June 1853) was an English politician. Born Edward William Stackhouse, he was son of John Stackhouse and his wife Susanna Acton. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Cornwall fro ...

* 1853

Edward Smirke Sir Edward Smirke (1795–1875) was an English lawyer and antiquary. Life The third son of Robert Smirke, and brother of Sir Robert Smirke, and of Sydney Smirke, he was born at Marylebone. He was educated privately and at St. John's College, Ca ...

(Cornwall & Devon) * 1870 Herbert William Fisher (Cornwall & Devon)

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For list of Lords Steward and Lords Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon, and Vice-Wardens of the Stannaries (1197–1965): * . * . {{DEFAULTSORT:Lord Warden of the Stannaries Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom Cornish culture History of Cornwall

Lord Steward and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon (1197–present)

Vice-Warden (Deputy Lord Warden) of the Stannaries (Controllers of the Coinage and Masters of Assay) in Cornwall and Devon (1386–1870)

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