A Treasury Office report to Parliament detailing efforts by the Commissioners of the Treasury to negotiate the purchase of the Isle of Mann from its proprietor under powers granted by an Act of 1714. The document notes that while multiple attempts were made to initiate such a treaty, no records survive detailing the outcomes of these negotiations.
A revenue account document recording the settlement of accounts with a widow, including her claim for four years of salary (1746-1749) owed to her late husband who served as Receiver General at 40 shillings per annum. The document details outstanding debts and arrangements for collection.
This is page 8 of an Act of Parliament dealing with the disentailment of lands and estates. It establishes that parties relinquishing claims to lands in the second schedule shall receive equivalent claims and remedies regarding lands in the first schedule, with a saving clause preserving the King's and other parties' pre-existing rights and interests.
This is an excerpt from an Act of Parliament regulating the settlement and entail of Scottish lands belonging to John, Duke of Atholl. It outlines procedures for executing a Disposition or Deed of Settlement through the Court of Session in Scotland, registration requirements in the Register of Tailzies, and provisions for vesting lands in fee simple.
Preamble to a Parliamentary Act (regnal year 24, session 2) proposing to discontinue existing rates and duties on low wines and spirits made in Great Britain for home consumption for a two-year period commencing November 1, 1784, and to enact new regulations to prevent fraud and abuse in collection.
A comprehensive legislative act passed at Tynwald-Court in 1703 by James, Earl of Derby, establishing and confirming the customary tenure system, fines, rents, and services owed by Isle of Man tenants. The act codifies proposals negotiated between the Lord and tenant representatives (including Ewan Christian and John Stephenson) to resolve longstanding disputes over inheritance, alienation, mortgages, and land improvements. Accompanied by explanatory acts on carriages, mortgages, intacks, and quarries. Directly relevant to understanding pre-Revestment Manx constitutional and economic structures.
A comprehensive legislative act passed at Tynwald Court on 4 February 1703 by James, Earl of Derby, establishing customary tenures, inheritance rules, fines, rents, and services for Isle of Man tenants. Ratified by Derby's confirmation in 1704, it also includes supplementary acts addressing carriages, mortgages/alienations, intacks/cottages, and quarry rights. This is foundational documentation for understanding pre-Revestment Manx property law and lord-tenant relations.
The Act of 1709 was an Act of Tynwald passed to regulate the currency of the Isle of Man. It addressed the scarcity of small coinage that had resulted from the growth of trade following the Act of Settlement of 1704, ordering that the copper pence and halfpence coined by Earl James should be current and passable within the Island, and imposing severe penalties for counterfeiting.
The Act of General Pardon of 1660 was issued following the Restoration of Charles II and the return of the Stanley family to the Lordship of Mann. It pardoned those who had participated in the 1651 rebellion led by William Christian (Illiam Dhone), but specifically exempted four individuals from its terms, including Christian himself and William Qualtrough of Kentraugh. Christian was subsequently tried and executed at Hango Hill on 2 January 1663.
Sections IX-XI of Cap. 46 of an act under King George III regulating the rectification, compounding, and removal of British spirits. The text establishes procedures for charging stills, working them off within time limits, and issuing permits for removal of spirituous liquors for home consumption, with penalties for non-compliance.
This is an excerpt from a printed Act of Parliament under King George III (Cap. 46) regulating the distillation of spirits and establishing excise duties. It details credit allowances for spirits produced from various materials (malt, cyder, molasses, foreign wine, etc.) and establishes procedures for excise officers to gauge and account for wort, wash, and other liquor in distillation.
Extract from a printed Act of Parliament under King George III (Cap. 46) detailing excise duty regulations for spirits production and the management of revenue collection. Sections XXXVIII-XXXIX specify duties on wash distillation, administration by Excise Commissioners in England, Wales, Scotland, and Berwick upon Tweed, and application of collected revenues.
Title page and opening of a printed Act of Parliament from the first session of the sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain, dated May 18, 1784, during the reign of George III. References a section concerning the Lorentosh exemption to be purchased by Government for £23,500.
This is an excerpt from a printed Act of Parliament during the reign of George III, specifically Chapter 46. It details legal provisions regarding compensation to be paid to Arthur Forbes (or his heirs/assigns) for the discharge of a lease or exemption on lands of Ferintoſh in Scotland. The document outlines the procedure for determining compensation amount through the Court of Exchequer in Scotland via special jury, and specifies that thereafter the lands shall be subject to excise duties like other parts of Scotland.
Sections XVIII and XIX of a printed Act of Parliament (George III) establishing excise regulations for distillers and spirits dealers. The sections detail mandatory accounting procedures for excise officers to monitor stock of spirits, enforce duty compliance, and prevent illicit practices. Officers must take stock accounts at least every 30 days.
This is an excerpt from a printed Act of Parliament under George III (Cap. 46), page 745. It details provisions regarding the recovery of excise fines and penalties, specifically addressing the liability of parish heritors (landholders) when an offender's effects prove insufficient to cover fines and charges. The text outlines procedures for collection, rights of recourse among heritors, and restrictions on prisoners' legal privileges.
This is a fragment of a printed Act of Parliament under the reign of George III, specifically Chapter 46. It details regulations for excise officers regarding the monitoring of spirits stocks, permits, and forfeiture procedures for excess quantities. The text addresses duties on worts, wash, and other liquors, with provisions for regular stock-taking by excise officers.
This is an excerpt from an Act of Parliament during the reign of George III, specifically Chapter 46. It deals with Treasury and Excise Commission procedures for accounting for repealed excise duties over a seven-year period (ending July 5, 1783) and establishing proportional distribution formulas for new excise monies to various funds and charges.
This is an excerpt from a parliamentary act concerning the entailed estates of John, Duke of Atholl. The document outlines provisions for exchanging certain discontiguous entailed lands in Perthshire (including Wester Kinnaird, Drumnacarff, Craignuisk, and other named properties) with lands belonging in fee to the Duke. The act establishes the legal framework and authority for these transactions while protecting the rights of heirs of entail.
A parliamentary act from 1610 (7 James I) confirming William, Earl of Derby's grant and ownership of the Isle of Mann, its castle, lordship, and all associated rights, properties, ecclesiastical patronage, and revenues. The act also settles the succession through James Lord Stanley and Robert Stanley, extinguishes competing claims from the heirs of Ferdinando, Earl of Derby, and includes saving clauses for existing leases and the Archbishop of York's metropolitan jurisdiction.
A 1610 Act of Parliament under James I confirming William, Earl of Derby's hereditary possession of the Isle of Man, its castle, lordship, and all associated rights, franchises, and revenues. The act extinguishes competing claims from the heirs of Ferdinando, late Earl of Derby, and establishes strict entailment to the male line. This document is fundamental to understanding the constitutional and property basis of the Earls of Derby's sovereignty over Man before the 1765 Revestment.
Fragment of legal text describing an Act of Parliament authorizing the purchase of the Isle of Man and its dependencies from the Duke and Duchess of Atholl for seventy thousand pounds. The document details the negotiation between the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and the proprietors, referencing earlier parliamentary acts and naming the parties involved in the transaction.
The Act of Settlement codified the relationship between lord and people, securing Manx land rights and defining the custodianship. It happened because the Lord needed his tenants to invest in land they believed was theirs — the alignment of interest producing constitutional settlement. This was the arrangement Parliament would purchase in 1765 without understanding what it was buying.
The Act of Settlement 1703 is a foundational Manx constitutional and property law document passed by Tynwald Court. It codifies the relationship between the Earl of Derby (Lord of Mann) and his tenants, establishing customary estates of inheritance, standardising fines on descent and alienation, and resolving long-standing disputes over tenancy terms. The act also addresses cottages, intacks, mortgages, and quarries. This document is central to understanding Manx landholding law, feudal relations, and governance structures before the 1765 Revestment.
The 1703 Act of Settlement, passed at Tynwald Court, formally codified and confirmed the estates, tenures, fines, rents, suits, and services owed by tenants to James, Earl of Derby, Lord of the Isle of Man. The Act resolved long-standing disputes between the Lords and tenants, established hereditary customary estates, fixed fine schedules for inheritance and alienation, and set terms for mortgages, cottages, intacks, and quarries. It is fundamental to understanding Manx land law and property rights on the eve of the 18th century.
