[VICE-.] A deputy warden (esp. of the Stannaries or the Borders). Hence Vice-wardenry, -ship.
1536. in Priory of Hexham (Surtees), App. p. cxxxv. The lord Ogle beyng admytted as vice-warden. Ibid., p. cxxxvi. Sir Ingram Percy beyng dischargid of the vice-wardenry.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. IV., 17 b. In the returne he was encountered with therle of Northumberlandes vicewarden, and other gentilmen of the borders.
1640. Act 16 Chas. I., c. 15. The Warden, Vice Warden, or Steward of the said Stanaries.
1703. Ld. Granville, in Lond. Gaz., No. 3951/2. I refer to my Vice-Warden to lay before you the present State of the Stannaries.
c. 1790. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), V. 462/1 (Cornwall). The lord-warden appoints a vice-warden to determine all stannery disputes every month.
1836. Act 6–7 William IV., c. 106 § 1. The Court of Equity of the Vice Warden … of the said Stannaries.
1863. Rules for Appeals to Lord Warden of Stannaries, i. Any person desiring to appeal to the Lord Warden of the Stannaries from a … decision of the Vice-Warden.
1901. Westm. Gaz., 13 Dec., 2/3. Ejected from the Vice-wardenship of the Stannaries, he was again returned to the House of Commons.
