The lawes and statutes of the Stannarie of Deuon
Contributors: Simmes, Valentine, active 1585-1622, printer; Prime, Richard, 1784-1866, former owner; Dunn, George, 1864-1912, former owner
Publisher: By Valentine Simmes.
Published: 1600
Place of publication: Printed at London
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Mining law; Early works to 1800; Tin industry
Notes: Title within a woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 147β; Devices, no. 168β), with the mermaid (Henry Bynneman's sign) cut away. Typographical scroll piece below the title.

Cut of the royal arms on verso of first leaf.

Cut of the arms of Sir Walter Raleigh on verso of final leaf.

Collation: A-D⁶ E⁸ 2A⁶ 2B⁴ [$4 (-E5) signed; misprinting B2 as 2B2; B3 as 2B3; 2A2 as A2; 2B4 blank]

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman and italic type.

Initials (some historiated); head and tail pieces.

For an inquiry of 5 October 1601 regarding Simmes's right to print this see "Records of the court of the Stationers' Company 1502 to 1640", p. 82.

STC (2nd ed.) 6798

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T287

Most of text in English; some Latin.
Table of contents: title: The charter graunted to the tinners of the countie of Deuon, by King Edward the third, and since confirmed by diuers kings ...; title: The charter or first graunt, confirmed, from the time of King Henrie the eight, hitherto.; title: A true copie of the charter, or graunt, made by King Edward the first, Englished verbatim.; title: An acte for the preseruation of hauens in the countie of Deuon, decayed by rubble falling from tinne-workes.; title: An acte for the true weights and measures to be had in buying and selling of tinne.; title: An acte for registering of tinners ...; title: An acte for the working in the woodde grounds ...; title: An act for the punishment of false verdictes ...; title: An act against such as shall escape from musters, being tinners, and against alienations and sales of tinne-workes, vnder the age of xxi. yeeres.; title: An acte touching such as shall steale any blacke tinne.; title: An act, that no iuries shall proceede at any law courts, but for the Queene ...; title: An act against such as shall colourably depart with their tinne-works ...; title: An act for the true and orderly pitching and bounding of tinne-workes.; title: An act whereby the lorde warden of the Stannarie, is authorised to reforme the wantes and imperfections, of the statutes of the stannarie.; title: An act for the confirming of the auncient lawes and statutes of the Stannaries, in the countie of Deuon.; title: An act against the intailing of tinne-workes.; title: An act for the establishing of the titles of tinners to their tin-workes.; title: An act to reforme abuses in pitching of tinne-workes ...; title: An act that known owners may set a tin-worke in worke, if his part-owners ve vnknown ...; title: An act for the incouraging of tinners, to set their tinneworkes on worke.; title: An act for the trialls of rights to tinne-workes in the Stannaries, and for appeales to be made afterwardes.; title: An acte to preserue the iurisdiction of the Stannaries.; title: An act for the reformation of processes of the Stannarie courts.; title: An act to dispense with the personal appearance of such as are arrested with a capias, commonly called a nichil.; title: An acte against such, as vnder the colour of being tinners, defraud her Maiestie of their seruice.; title: An act for the getting in and preseruation of records.; title: An act for the drawing of water vnto tinne-mills.; title: An act for the taking away of delayes, and for the more speedy proceeding of suites in the Stannarie.; title: An act for the mittigating of the rigor of some of the actes now established in this great court.