# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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Their Title has been ſtated to you; the
Charter has been read.
In the Nature and Extent of it, it contains
all that a Sovereign can grant, or a Subject
can take. It carries with it all the Flowers
of Prerogative, and all the Fruits of Revenue:
all the greater and leſſer Regalities. It gives
the Patronage of the Biſhoprick; it gives the
Dominion and Profits of the Land, the Shore,
the Ports and the Seas, belonging to this
Iſland: It gives the Superintendancy and Diſ-
tribution of all Civil, Criminal, Eccleſiaſ-
tical, and Naval Juſtice and Juriſdiction.
The Preamble of the Act which confirms
this Charter is very remarkable. " And to
" the End that the ſame may continue ſtill
" by his Majeſty's Princely Favor and gra-
" cious Allowance, in his Name and Blood,
" as long as it ſhall pleaſe Almighty God.
It is held in Liege Homage of the Crown
of England, as Normandy, Aquitaine, and
Bretagne were of the Crown of France: The
Right of the Crown is expreſsly and anxiouſly
barred.
This Iſland was an ancient independant
Kingdom. In different Ages it has been in
the Poſſeſſion of Kings Miniſters and Soldiers.
In