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176: 27: 149:(or bounder) to allow a miner or group of miners (known as adventurers) to work the ground within the bounds for tin. Setts were usually granted subject to conditions, such as the requirement to actually work the ground and were also often limited to a specified depth of ground. 152:
In return for the grant of a sett, the adventurers were required to pay a portion of the tin extracted to the bounders. This portion was known as
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in South West England to manage the exploitation of land for the extraction of
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were a legal arrangement used historically in the counties of
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duty on the refined tin before it could legally be sold.
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They were a form of licence by the holder of a set of
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