Barcamp Brighton talk

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The Duchy of Cornwall: “THERE can be few institutions which have so successfully eluded the serious historian as the Duchy of Cornwall, for only one aspect of its history and administration, that of its jurisdiction of the tin mines, has been adequately treated; its curious legal relation to the Crown, and to common law, its political importance in reference to Council and Parliament, and its economic significance as one of the largest landowners in England, all await detailed investigation.” — Mary Coate M.A. F.R.Hist.S., 1927

Nothing much has changed in the last 80 years that I can see. The Duchy was created by Edward III for his son the Black Prince.

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