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Royal letters patent granting Isle of Man to John Stanley, 1405
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4 October 1405
A royal grant (letters patent) from Henry IV to William Stanley (Knight, Lieutenant of Isle of Man) commanding delivery of the Island, Castle of Peel, and all dominions, royalties, franchises and profits to John Stanley for life. This document exemplifies early feudal-style governance of Man before the Revestment period, establishing the Stanley family's claim to the island and providing constitutional context for later 18th-century disputes over sovereignty.
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