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Donald does not deal with anything after 1605. In any event, I doubt that tin was within their monopoly. Hammersley is an important work, but I do not think it goes into specifics. I think the problem is that the relevant minute book does not survive. One of the Mines Royal's minute books and two of those for the Company of Mineral and Battery Works are in British Library Loan MSS (about Loan 15 or Loan 16), but I do not think there is much else in the way of sources. The elephant in the room (which I do not think Hammersley refers to) is copper production in Sweden, which glutted the northern European market in this period. Peter King 49, Stourbridge Road, Hagley, Stourbridge West Midlands DY9 0QS 01562-720368 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Phil Newman Sent: 17 December 2009 15:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mines Royal Hello Robert, I assume you've tried these two, though very few individuals are mentioned. The material for Devon is very thin on the ground, particularly after 1600. Donald, M B 1955 /Elizabethan Copper: The History of The Company of Mines Royal, 1568-1605/. London: Pergamon Hammersley, G 1973 'Technique or Economy?: the Rise and Decline of the Early English Copper Industry, /c/.1550 -- 1660' /Business History/ *15*, 1-31 Phil Newman Robert Waterhouse wrote: > Dear List, > > > > Does anyone know anything about the leasing of tin mines to private individuals by the Society of Mines Royal in Devon & Cornwall in the 1620s? Some book references would be handy. > > > > Robert Waterhouse > > _________________________________________________________________ > Got more than one Hotmail account? Save time by linking them together > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394591/direct/01/ > >