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Privy Council Orders on Illiam Dhone

Event
1663

The Privy Council — the King-in-Council, not Parliament — intervened after Illiam Dhone's execution. The Deemsters were committed, the Christian estates restored, Edward Christian reinstated to his judicial office. This was an exercise of the Crown's personal authority over a feudal subordinate, not Parliament's legislative reach. The distinction would prove crucial a century later when Parliament assumed legislative authority over the Island during the Revestment.

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