Obs. [ad. (? through some AF. form) of med.L. stannāria STANNARY.] = STANNARY; only in the title Warden of the Stanniers.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit. (1637), 185. A warden called L. Warden of the Stanniers [margin, L. Warden of the Stannary].
1611. Speed, Theat. Gt. Brit., xi. (1614), 21/1. The Common-weale of Tinne-workes from one body was divided into foure, and a Lord Warden of the Stanniers appointed their Judge.
