Paul Bridson served as the principal revenue officer at Douglas, the first port of the Isle of Man, before the Revestment of 1765. He was paid three pounds Manx per year for the role, a salary that illustrates the informal nature of the Atholl lordship's customs system.
Extract from Paulus Orosius's historical account (Historiae adversum Paganos, Book I), describing the geography of Britain and surrounding islands including Mevania (the Isle of Man). Presented in both English translation and original Latin, with editorial annotations. A foundational classical source for early references to the Isle of Man by name.
Classical Roman geographer Paulus Orosius's description of the British Isles, including the first known written reference to the Isle of Man under its Latin name 'Mevania'. This passage provides early geographical and ethnographic context for the island's settlement by Scots. Included in Manx Society vol. IV as foundational background to Manx history.
Extract from the Rotuli Litterarum Patentium (Patent Rolls) of 1212, recording a payment of ten marks by King John to Stephen de Oxford for conducting the King of Mann (Reginald) into his own country. The annotation clarifies this relates to Reginald's fealty visit to London. Provides early evidence of the vassalic relationship between Mann's rulers and the English crown.
A brief entry from the Rotuli Litterarum Patentium (Patent Rolls) of King John, recording a payment of ten marks to Stephen de Oxford for escorting the King of Mann (Reginald) back to the Isle of Man following his homage to King John in London. The footnote clarifies the monetary value and historical context.
Peel is a town on the west coast of the Isle of Man, dominated by the ruins of Peel Castle on St Patrick's Isle. Historically a fishing port and the ecclesiastical centre of the Island (as the site of the Cathedral of St German), it was also the home of several prominent Manx families including the Moores of Ballamoore and the Cannons who emigrated to join the Latter Day Saints in Utah.
A socket stone, 14 cm overall, and brown glazed sherds, probably 18th century in date, found during demolition of buildings marked on the 1868 25 inch survey.
The finds were deposited at the Manx Museum in 1971, but no further information regarding the location of the findspot is recorded. The grid reference is centred on the core of the town for indicative purposes only.
The site of the Glenfaba brickworks, now demolished. The company operated a quarry for raw materials at SC23888344 - PRN 1854.00 from which clay was at one time hauled via a horse-drawn tramway.
The brickworks site is now occupied by a power station.
Peel Castle is a ruined medieval fortress on St Patrick's Isle, connected to the town of Peel by a causeway. It was one of the two principal garrisons of the Isle of Man and the site of the Cathedral of St German. Edward Christian was held prisoner within its walls for approximately eighteen years, and during the 1651 rebellion the northern companies besieged the castle while Charlotte de la Tremoille negotiated her own surrender terms with the Parliamentary commissioners.
