John Kneene was a Ramsey fisherman whose boat was illegally seized in Ramsey Bay in November 1765, just six months after the Revestment. He petitioned against the seizure alongside fellow fishermen John Sayle and John Wattleworth.

John Moore of "The Hills," Douglas, served as Speaker of the House of Keys on the Isle of Man and was the uncle of Edward Moore Gawne, who succeeded him in that role. He was a member of a prominent Manx family with deep roots in the Island's political life.

John Murray served as an agent for the Atholl family on the Isle of Man, managing the ducal interests and estates during the period surrounding the Revestment of 1765.

John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (1729-1774), became Lord of Mann through his wife Charlotte, daughter of the 2nd Duke. He was the nominal holder of the lordship at the time of the Revestment in 1765, receiving the £70,000 compensation from the Crown, though he and his wife retained certain manorial rights and revenues that became the subject of prolonged further negotiations.

John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (1755-1830), continued the Atholl family's protracted campaign for additional compensation from the Crown for the residual rights retained after the 1765 Revestment. He was an unpopular figure on the Island due to his attempts to recover ducal privileges, and the final settlement of the Atholl claims was reached in 1828.

John Quayle was a Manx political figure. The Quayle family was one of the most prominent on the Isle of Man, with members serving in the House of Keys and holding various public offices over several centuries.

Letter from John Quayle to Harrison (25 Sept 1761) reporting on the new Governor's arrival and planned circuit of Sheading Courts, discussing financial remittances, constitutional inquiry regarding coronation ceremony, and disputes over mill licensing — specifically Captain Moore's paper mill scheme and its impact on Lords' mill rents. Reflects governance and revenue issues on the Isle of Man in the years preceding the 1765 Revestment.

Letter from John Quayle (Manx revenue officer) to Mr Harrison regarding financial accounts with the Duke of Atholl, collection of customs revenue, and serious incidents of cruiser harassment and robbery in Manx ports. Documents tensions between revenue enforcement and smuggling trade, with specific incidents at Douglas and Ramsey involving seizures of brandy, tea, and correspondence.

Letter from John Quayle to Harrison (25 September 1761) discussing the arrival of the new Governor, financial remittances, constitutional matters relating to the Duke of Atholl's prerogatives, and concerns about Captain Moore's proposed paper mill and its impact on the Lords' mill rents. The letter reveals administrative and economic tensions on the Isle of Man in the pre-Revestment period.

John Sayle was a Manx emigrant who settled in Ohio during the nineteenth century, forming part of the significant wave of Manx emigration to the American Midwest, where communities of Manx settlers were established in the mining and industrial regions.

John Sayle was a fisherman from Ramsey on the Isle of Man whose boat was illegally seized in Ramsey Bay in November 1765, six months after the Revestment. He petitioned for its return alongside John Kneene and John Wattleworth.

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), served as Lord Chancellor of England. His connection to the Isle of Man relates to his involvement in the legal and parliamentary affairs concerning the Island's governance during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

John Stevenson of Balladoole (c. 1655-1737) was a Manx politician who served as Speaker of the House of Keys and was one of the commissioners who negotiated the Act of Settlement of 1704 with the Earl of Derby. This Act secured the land tenure rights of the Manx people and is sometimes called the Manx Magna Carta. Bishop Wilson styled him "The Father of his Country."

John Taggant was a Manx sailor who served at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. He was forty-one years old and was killed in action during the battle.

John Taubman served as Speaker of the House of Keys on the Isle of Man. The Taubman family was one of the most prominent on the Island, and his daughter Dorothy married Colonel Mark Wilks, the future Governor of St Helena.

John Wattleworth was a Ramsey fisherman whose boat was illegally seized in Ramsey Bay in November 1765, six months after the Revestment. He petitioned for its return alongside John Sayle and John Kneene.

Administrative letter from John Wetherall to the Irish Revenue Commissioners reporting on seized goods identified as coming from the Isle of Man. The document describes methodology for identifying smuggled goods (the 'Isle Man package' — tea in small casks, tobacco in trusses, brandy, geneva, and rum in ankers) and lists values of seized items. Directly relevant to understanding smuggling patterns and revenue operations immediately before the Revestment.

Letter from John Wood (likely Governor of Isle of Man) to the Treasury dated 27 June 1770, protesting that Revenue Officers issued orders to Civil and Military officers without gubernatorial authority or knowledge. Wood notes receipt of duplicate letters regarding potential plague vessels and raises constitutional concerns about the Treasury's direct exercise of power over island officials.

Letter from John Wood, Governor of the Isle of Man, to the Board of Customs acknowledging receipt of their letter of 23 May 1765 and confirming his readiness to execute orders. Wood notes he awaits formal directions from the Crown and the Duke of Atholl regarding necessary measures. This correspondence dates to the critical transition period immediately after the Revestment Act (1765) and reveals the administrative uncertainty during implementation.

The findspot of a Mesolithic flint scatter.

Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1883-1967) was a German-born physical fitness instructor who gave his name to the Pilates method of exercise. Living in England at the outbreak of the First World War, he was interned as an enemy alien and transferred from Lancaster to Knockaloe on 12 September 1915, where he is believed to have been held in Camp 4. He was repatriated to Germany in March 1919. The documented trace of his years at Knockaloe is slight. The one firm camp record is the Camp 4 newspaper, the Lager Zeitung of 25 January 1917, which names him as referee at a boxing match, disqualifying one contestant for ignoring his instructions. Beyond this, the record of his time on the Island rests largely on his own later recollections. Much of the popular Pilates origin story is legend rather than record. The founding tale of his equipment, that he worked as a hospital orderly and rigged springs from internees' bed frames, is unproven. The Knockaloe Charitable Trust finds no evidence of hospital work, and his biographer Javier Perez Pont found no such springs on the camp beds. The story that he took inspiration from watching cats comes from his own interview with Robert Wernick in Sports Illustrated in February 1962, which places the cats at the camp on the Isle of Man. That some of those cats would have been Manx is a reasonable inference, but the sources say only "cats", never "Manx cats", and the familiar claim that he copied his movements from Manx cats goes beyond anything the record supports.

A historical essay on the Dublin banker Richard McGwire and Liverpool merchant Josiah Poole, who farmed the Isle of Man customs from 1720 and became major operators in the contraband trade. Covers their customs lease, smuggling operations in tobacco, spirits, wine, and East India goods, disputes with Crown officers, and McGwire's death in 1727. Directly relevant to understanding the commercial interests and illicit trade networks that preceded the 1765 Revestment.