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Barmote. The Great and Small Barmote Courts or inferior Courts dealing with rights of mining and mineral customs in certain parts of the High Peak, Derbyshire, belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster. There is an official of the Courts who is called the 'Barmaster.' See the High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 94); and Order of the Chancellor of the Duchy of May 30, 1859, Statutory Rules and Orders Revised, 1904, 'Inferior Court,' E., p. 63.