Great book by J. R. Dickinson, covering pre 1700 Manx life including the legal system, overseas trade, agriculture, manufacture and fishing. Some great snippets of information on individuals from all sorts of sources.

I'm not sure whether I can post up lots of chunks of text without infringing his copyright, but maybe if you posted your email address up, or sent me an email to mellingbeccy@yahoo.co.uk I could have a look for you.