# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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the S^d Will^m Murrey in his life time being Conscious that
~~appell~~ ~~owed~~ ~~the D~~ Will^m
Demand ~~s~~ them no money on acc^t of the rent of S^d Mill, made no
~~the~~ ~~power~~ or Charge of your appell^t; though your appell^t ~~had~~
the poffeffion of S^d Mill for upwards of three Years before the S^d
~~that~~ Murreys Demise —

That your appellant being Charged by Will^m Toar of Do[obscured]
~~by for~~ Exec^r of the last will and Testament of the S^d W^m Murrey
before your Reverence on the 19^th Day of June 1761, your Reco[obscured]
was pleased on the same Day, to order and Decree that y^r appell[obscured]
should pay unto the S^d Will^m Toar as Exec^r to the S^d W^m Murrey the
sum of Twelve Shillings and Three pence, though your appell^t did
not owe the S^d M^r Murray at the time of his Decease on account of
his agency for the S^d Sir Quayle Summersvile or otherwise the sum
of one Shilling; and your appell^t Humbly conceives and is well
advised, that if he had been never so much indebted unto the S^d W^m
Murray at his ~~disease~~ Decease as agent to M^r Summervile afores^d (which
your appell^t doth not in any wise admitt) that the S^d W^m Toar as
Exec^r to the S^d W^m Murray hath no Right or is Cloathed with any
suffiwient authority to Levy or Demand the same of your appell^t
as S^d agency ceased and became null and void on the Demise of the
S^d W^m Murray, nor could the S^d W^m Toar as Exec^r to the S^d W^m Mu[obscured]
give your appell^t any Legal Discharge for any such rents Due on
ac^t of the S^d M^r Summervile, as your appell^t might afterwards be
made accountable by the S^d Sir Quayle Summervile for the same —

That Matters having thus Rested for upwards of a whole Year
the S^d W^m Toar under some pretext that he was greatly injured &
aggrived by y^r Reverences S^d order Summoned your appell^t a Second
time before y^r Rev^ce, and y^r Rev^ce under some Colour or pretence of
Rehearing the matter; (though your appell^t Repeatedly offered to the
Tryal and begin the suit De novo with the S^d W^m Toar without any
regard had to your Reverences S^d order of the 19^th June 1761) ~~and your~~
Rev^ce was pleased on S^d Tryal being the 22 Day of July 1762 being
upwards of thirteen months afterwards (to your appell^ts Great Surprize)
to order and Decree a Second time ag^t your appell^t the sum of Twelve
pounds and three pence, alledging that there had been some mistake
in S^d former order, though your ~~R~~everence as your appell^t apprehends
at this Distance of time had no Jurisdiction to Entertain Cognizance
or Determine such matter; — as may appear by a Statute Law made
in the Year 1730 in these following words. viz^t And that all other suits
Controversies and matters of Contention of what nature soever for or ag^t
Exec^rs Adm^rs or others which hereafter shall be sued or brought in the
Spiritual Court, shall be Commenced and Effectually prosecuted within one [obscured]