Illiam Dhone chose the Island over the Earl. The surrender, the Parliamentarian occupation, the Restoration, the trial, the execution at Hango Hill — and the parish register that recorded his death as a martyrdom. The Privy Council Orders and Derby correspondence revealed London's hand. Bishop Wilson arrived in 1698 and began the episcopate that would transform Manx education and church life. The Act of Settlement of 1704 codified the relationship between lord and people, defining the custodianship that Parliament would later purchase without understanding.