The findspot of a Heavy Blade type "missile-head" which measures 44mm overall. It is held in the Cowley Collection at the Manx Museum (Accession No. 1954-1148/3).
The site of a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It was converted for use as a private dwelling in the 20th century but retains its external character.
Letter from the Penn proprietors to Benjamin Franklin explaining delays in obtaining opinions from the Attorney and Solicitor General on matters in dispute between the Proprietors and the Pennsylvania Assembly. Discusses the procedural obstacles and expresses desire for speedy resolution, relevant to understanding the political and legal dynamics of colonial governance during Franklin's agency in England.
Thomas Christian is recorded in the Chickahominy Patent in Virginia in 1657. He was a member of the Christian family of Manx origin who settled in colonial Virginia, forming part of the broader pattern of Manx emigration to the American colonies during the seventeenth century.
Thomas Crellin of Peel was a Manx sailor captured from the ship Hamilton in 1806 and held as a prisoner of war at Longwy in France. From captivity, he managed the distribution of forty pounds raised by the Bishop of Sodor and Man for the relief of twenty-seven Manx soldiers held in French prisoner-of-war depots across the continent.
Correspondence between Thomas Gawne (Acting Attorney General) and Treasury officials regarding unpaid salary for performing the duties of Attorney General in the Isle of Man from July 1813. Gawne requests remuneration from the official salary allocated to the absent Attorney General John Frankland. The letters illustrate administrative and constitutional issues in Manx governance post-Revestment, including the relationship between Manx officials and the Home Office/Treasury.
Correspondence from Thomas Gawne, Acting Attorney General of the Isle of Man, to Home Office officials requesting remuneration for two years of service (from 31 July 1813). Gawne argues that the nominal Attorney General, Mr Frankland, is incapacitated and cannot pay him, and requests the Treasury authorize payment from Frankland's £300 annual salary. Includes follow-up letter of 3 February 1816 to John Beckett (Under-Secretary of State) with marginal note indicating Treasury approval.
Thomas Kelly emigrated from the Isle of Man to Ohio and wrote home in 1827. His letter, published in the *Manx Sun* on 18 March 1828, described the better conditions in America and named the Duke of Atholl's chief tithe proctor James McCrone as one of those the emigrants were glad to leave behind.
In 1827, Thomas Kelly wrote home from Ohio. His letter, published in the Manx Sun on 18 March 1828, was both an invitation and an indictment. He reported that a labouring man could earn in two days enough to keep a family of seven or eight for a week, and that the girls did not work in dunghills like slaves as they did on the Island. He named names — McCrone, the Duke of Atholl's chief tithe proctor. Every comparison between Ohio and Mann was a silent accusation of what Mann had become. Kelly dropped into Manx twice in the letter, the habits of a bilingual mind writing to people who would understand both languages. He recorded that on the first night thirty-three Manx people were in his house, and that Manx was spoken in plenty. The letter was read aloud, as such letters always were, and published in the newspaper — read again in homes and chapels across the northern parishes.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from 'Thomas Liza's' by CH Cowley.
This description relates to the western part of the former OS Field no. 1006, whuich was subdivided following the construction of the railway line. The field is centred at the grid reference provided. Thomas Liza lived in the cottage which formerly stood at the most westerly corner of the field next to the main road.
The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.
Thomas Lutwidge (c. 1670-?) of Whitehaven was an extensive merchant and ship-owner who served as high-sheriff of Cumberland. He was the father of Charles Lutwidge, the Treasury's anti-smuggling enforcer on the Isle of Man, and the grandfather of Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge, who was a friend of Nelson. The Lutwidge family's commercial and official connections linked Whitehaven closely to the Isle of Man.
Thomas Moore, youngest son of Deemster Thomas Moore of the Abbey, served as a captain in the 59th Regiment and fought in the Peninsular War. He was connected to the Moore family, one of the most prominent families in Manx public life.
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693-1768), served twice as Prime Minister. His governments were closely involved in the political discussions about the Isle of Man's smuggling trade that led to the Revestment of 1765, though the Act itself was passed under his successor George Grenville.
Thomas Radcliffe was one of seventeen named Manx merchants who signed a petition to the Governor in 1769 documenting the economic devastation caused by the Revestment of 1765.
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435-1504), was Lord of Mann and one of the most powerful magnates in England. His decision to intervene on the side of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 was decisive in securing the Tudor victory. He was rewarded with the Earldom of Derby and the confirmation of his family's lordship of Mann.
Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (1485-1521), was Lord of Mann and son of the 1st Earl. He continued the Stanley family's governance of the Isle of Man, maintaining the traditions of the lordship established by his father and grandfather.
Thomas Stowell compiled the statutes and ordinances of the Isle of Man, producing an important legal reference work published in 1792 that documented the Island's legislative history.
