Page:The Laws of the Stannaries of Cornwall.djvu/64

Sa . LAWS or THE 'STANNARIES • find that King John by his charter granted and confirmed to the church of St. Peter's in Exon, and Symon Bishop of Exon^ and bis successors bishops of Exon, the tithe of the ancient farm of the tin in the counties of Devon and Q)rnwaU with all libeiiies aad customs thereto belonging. Recital of the We likcwisc find that the tinners in Corn- oUi^ tin by * wiall havc time out of mind had and enjoyed !hurU^o^sahu d^^^^s ^^d siundry liberties and privileges, Peter in Exon, Which Edward the First by his charter under eIh 'and h^^ the great seal of England, dated at Westmin- successors. sjlcr thc tcuth of April, in the thirty-tbird year of his reign did confirm, and granted some warTr ^^ ^^' "^w privileges, as by that charter allowed in allowed 35 Ed- parliament in tke five and thirtieth year of "^ ' * the reign of Edward the First, and was again I Edward III.& confirmed in the first year of Edward the i7Edw.iii. & Tliird, and the seventeenth of Edward the Third, it doth and may appear. And we further find an exposition of the said charter of the three and thirtieth of Edward the First, that was made in the parliament holden in the fiftieth year of Edward the Third, irfikh said charter was likewise cojifirmed in the fifth 5 ^^^^j 1^ ^ year of the. reign of Richard the Second, in I Edw!'vi.and thc third year of Edward the Fourth, in the I & 2 Philip and f^ yeaj. of Edward the Sixth, in the first and Mary, and 2 of J /--rai -f i iv/r i i Qn. Elizabeth, second ycars of Fhilip and Mary, and the se^- cond year of Queen Elizabeth. And we like- charter of par- *ise find that Kiug Henry the Seventh panted don of Henry ^ charter of pardon, widi a new grant and declaration of liberties and privileges to the tinners of Cornwall, in the three and twentieth conErmed la of V^^ of his rcigu, which said charter was also £ii2abeth. Confirmed in the ^alftl^ y^ar of the reign of Queen