[from Mills' Statutes, 1821]

Act of Settlement

Anno 1703.

Whereas severall Disputes, Questions, and Differences have heretofore arisen and been contested between the Lords of the said Isle and their Tennants, touching: their Estates, Tenures, Fines, Rents, Suites, and Services, to. the, great Prejudice of the Lords, and Impoverishment of the Tennants and People there, who, by that Means have been discouraged from making such Improvements as their Estates were and are capable of; for the absolute and perpetual ascertaining whereof, and the avoiding all Ambiguitys, Doubts, and Questions, that may or might at any Time hereafter arise or grow touching or concerning the same, Proposals were made unto the said James Earl of Derby, now Lord of the said Isle, at Lathome, the 18th Day of September last past by Ewan Christian of Unerigg, in the County of Cumberland, Esquire, John Stevenson of Balladoole, and Ewan Christian of Lewaige within the said Isle, Gentlemen, who, by an Instrument under the Hands of the 24 Keyes now remaining upon Record, were impowered to treat concerning the same, as well for and on the Behalf of themselves as all and every the Tennants within the said Isle, in Manner following:

First, That in case his Lordship would be pleased to declare and confirm unto his Tennants their antient customary Estates of Inheritance in their respective Tenements, descendable from Ancestor to Heir according to the Laws and Customes of the said Isle, that then the said Tennants should in consideration thereof advance and pay unto his said Lordship the same Fines which they severally and respectively paid for their several and respective Tenements at the Generall Fining, which was in or about the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred fourty and three; (except where any Tennant or Tennants have or hath one or more Life or Lives in being, and that then and in such Case he or they should severally and respectively pay Two-thirds only of the said generall Fine for their respective Tenements.

Secondly, That upon the change of any Tennant by Death or Alienation, the next and succeeding Heir or Alienee should pay unto the Lord of the said Isle for the Time the third Part of the said intire Sum which was paid for a Fine at the said Generall Fineing in Manner following; that is to say, in case of the change of a Tennant by Death, then the said Fine should be paid within twelve Months after the Death of such Tennant; and in case of the change or removal of a Tennant by Alienation, then the same should be paid imediately after such Alienation made, proportionably to the Lands and Tenements which should descend or be aliened, and this to continue for ever hereafter as a fixed and certain Fine, upon every Descent and Alienation; pro- [165] vided nevertheless, that all Intacks, Cottages, and Milnes, which by the Laws and Customes of the said Isle were and are reputed Chattles, might be chargeable with Debts, and devisable by Gift, Grant, Will or Assignment, as formerly accustomed, paying such Fines respectively as were paid at the Generall Fineing afforesaid, to wit, the whole Fine where there were no Lives in being, and two Parts thereof only where there were, and still are one or two Lives in being, and a third Part of the said Generall Fine for ever hereafter upon every Descent or Alienation as afforesaid.

Thirdly, That the Tennants of the Abbey Lands, as well as the Lord's Tennants, should be included in the said Proposals, they and every one of them paying the same Fines that were agreed for upon their late Compositions or Leases made in or about the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty and six, (except such as have one or more Life or Lives yet in being to pay two Parts only of the said Fine now, and a third Part thereof always afterwards, upon the Admittance of any new Tennant, either upon Death or Alienation, as afforesaid:) and also yielding paying, performing and doing the annuall Rents, Customes, Suites, and Servises as formerly and anciently accustomed: And that the Tythes arising out of the Abbey Demeasnes, and reserved by James late Earle of Derby, upon the Composition by him made in the Year one thousand six hundred fourty and three, and, afterwards by Charles late Earle of Derby, granted to Bishop Barrow (since deceased) and his Successors for the Use of the Clergy of the said Isle, should be reserved and for ever hereafter payable to them.

Fourthly, That the double Rents of the Quarterlands as they were then payable, together with all other Rents, Suites, and Servises, payable out of those, or any other Estates within the said Isle, should be reserved and payable for ever hereafter as formerly to the said James Earle of Derby, his Heirs and Assignes, or to such other Person or Persons for the Time being should be Lord of the said Isle; and that the antient Boons and Carriages payable by the respective Tennants should be considered at a Tynwald Court.

Fifthly, That if any Tennant should then after pass away any Part of his Estate, either to any of his Children, or other Person whatsoever, by Gift, Grant, Assignment, or any other Deed or Contract whatsoever, whereby to divest himself of the Premises, that the same should be esteemed [166] and accounted as an Alienation within the Intendment of the said Proposals; or if any Tennant who then had mortgaged, or should thenceafter mortgage, all or any Part of his Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Milns, Cottages, Intacks, or other Heredittaments, unto any Person, and should not actually redeem the same to his own proper Use within the Space of five Years, next after the Commencement of the said Mortgage, that then such Mortgage should be likewise looked upon and reputed as an Alienation, and the Mortgagee should be admitted Tennant, and his Name entered into the Court Rolls, and should pay the third Part of the general Fine charged and chargeable upon the said Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Milns, Cottages, Intacks, and Heredittaments, so mortgaged or to be mortgaged as afforesaid: Provided nevertheless, that the Mortgagor shall have the Power or Liberty of Redemption still remaining in him, and is to be restored to the Possession of the Premises by Law or Order of the Court of Chancery as the Matter will appear in Equity, so that the same be done in the Space of one-and-twenty Years from the Date of the said Mortgage, and not otherwise: And that all Bills of Mortgage already made, or hereafter to be made, shall be entered into the Records within six Months after the passing of the said Proposals into a Law, or within six Months next after such Bills of Mortgage were executed, otherwise such Bills to be of no Effect in the Law.

Sixthly, That all new Intacks or Inclosures taken out of the Commons, and all Milns erected since the Year one thousand six hundred fourty and three, that had not paid any Fines, should have a reasonable Fine set upon them by the Governor, three of the Lord's Officers, and three of the twenty-four Keyes, to be appointed for that Purpose; and that the Fines so set by them should be paid within six Months next after the setting thereof; and that the third Part of the said Fine so to be set as afforesaid should for ever hereafter be paid upon the Change of every Tennant by Death, Alienation, or Mortgage, as afforesaid.

Seventhly, That all Intacks or Milns which should then after be enclosed or erected should pay such Fine and Fines as should be agreed on by the Governor and Lord's Officers, and that to be likewise a fixed and certain Fine to be for ever hereafter paid by the Tennants of the same upon every Descent or Alienation in Manner as afforesaid.

Eighthly, And that all such Intacks and Cottages as had [167] been taken out of the Highways adjoining to the Quarterlands, or other Estates, but not belonging to the same, should not, nor were not, intended to be included in the said Proposals; but at such Intacks and Cottages (being complained of as great Nusances) should be referred to the consideration of a Tynwald Court to determine where the Rents and Fines of and for such Intacks and Cottages might most conveniently be fixed.

Ninthly, That whereas the Fine lately paid out of the Estate called Loughmollo and dry Closes was not comprized in the Generall Fining in the said Year one thousand six hundred fourty and three, the same being since that Time leased by the Right Honourable Charles late Earl of Derby; it was, therefore (upon special consideration had) proposed, that the said Estate should only pay one hundred and twenty Pounds for the present Fine; but if any of the Lives nominated in the last Lease made thereof by the said late Earl Charles should be found to be still in being, then only two third Parts of the said one hundred and twenty Pounds should be paid as a present Fine; and a third Part of the said one hundred and twenty Pounds should for ever after be paid as a fixed and certain Fine upon the Change of any Tennant by Death, Alienation, or Mortgage as afforesaid.

Tenthly, That the present Fines should be accepted and received according to the Currency of Money then within the said Isle, and that one third Part thereof should be paid within six Months next after the passing of this Act, another third Part should be paid at the end of twelve Months now next ensuing, and the last Payment to be made within six Months then next following; so that the whole should be paid within eighteen Months next after the passing of this Act.

Eleventhly, That the antient Rents (except only of such Lands as were then in the Lord's Hands) should for the future be preserved by the Setting Quest, and that the Tennants Names should be entered in the Court Rolls as formerly; and that when any Tennant should come to any Estate by Death, Alienation, or Mortgage, such Tennant should be obliged to give Notice thereof to the Setting Quest of the Parish where such Estate lay some Time before the next Sheading Court that should be holden after he became Tennant to the said Estate, to the Intent that the said Enquest might present the said Tennant's Name to the Court, (which they should upon Oath be obliged to [168] do at every Sheading Court as oft as any such should happen,) to the End that such Tennant's Name might be entered upon Record either by himself, or some other Person in his Behalf, whereby the Lord's Fines might be had and received at such Time and in such Manner as are hereinbefore for that Purpose limitted and appointed, without Fraud or Concealment; and if the said Tennant should refuse or faile to have his Name entered accordingly at the said Court, that then such Tennant so refusing or neglecting should be fined in three Pounds to the Lord for the Time being; and that upon the Change of any Tennant by Death, Alienation, or Mortgage, one single Person, and no more, should be admitted, unless he became Tennant in the Right of his Wife, and not otherwise.

And lastly, That all the before-mentioned Proposals, and every Matter and Thing therein contained, should forthwith be passed into a Law, and confirmed by the Authority of a Tynwald Court, (saving always to the Lord all such Royaltys and Regalitys in and concerning the Premisses as were invested by his Lordship by virtue of his Prerogatives within the said Isle;) and the said James Earl of Derby, our of his great Zeal and Care for the Welfare and Quiet of his People, and to the End that such an Establishment might be treated and agreed upon as might compleat and for ever confirm a constant Mutual Love and Friendship between the Lords of the said Isle and their People, did nominate and appoint the afforenamed Robert Mawdesley, Thomas Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann, and Nicholas Starkie Esquire, Commissioners, to treat and consult with the said Ewan Christian, John Stevenson, and Ewan Christian of Lewaige, concerning the said Proposals which were consented and agreed unto by all Partys commissionated for that Purpose, in and by the such Proposals inrolled and remaining on Record in the Comptroller's Office within the said Isle, more at large it doth and may appear: And the said Right Honourable James Earl of Derby, and all and singular the Tennants and Inhabitants within the said Isle, and Members of the same, are contented and well pleased that the said Proposals, and all Things therein contained, should be ratified and confirmed by an Act of Tynwald Court: May it therefore please your Lordship that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the said James Earl of Derby, now Lord of the said Isle, (by and with the Advice and Consent of the said Governor, and the rest of [169] his said Lordship's Officers, and by the twenty-four Keyes, in this present Tynwald Court assembled, and by the Authority of the same,) That the said Proposals, and every Clause, Article, Sentence, Matter, and Thing in the same contained, shall stand and be ratifyed, allowed, approved off, and confirmed by the Authority of this present Tynwald Court; and that the said Proposals shall stand and be of force to bind and conclude as well as the said James Earl of Derby his Heirs and Assignes, and all Persons claiming, or to claime, from, by, or under him or them, or to his Use, or in Trust for him, as the said Ewan Christian, John Stevenson, and Ewan Christian of Lewaige, and all and singular other the Tennants and Inhabitants within the said Isle, their and every of their Heirs and Assigns, and all Persons claiming, or to claime, from, by or under them, or any of them, or to or for their Use, or in Trust for them, or any of them, in all Things, according to the Purport, Effect, and true Meaning of the said Proposals; and that every Clause, Article, Sentence, Matter, and Thing in the said Proposals contained, shall for ever hereafter stand, be, and remain, and be adjudged and taken to be of such and the same Force and Effect to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Proposals, and every Clause, Article, Sentence, Matter, and Thing therein contained, were especially and particularly herein again expressed and repeated, and by the Authority of this present Court enacted. And be it further enacted, ordained, and declared by the Authority afforesaid, That all Estates made or to be made of any Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Heredittaments within the said Isle, or Members of the same, to any Person or Persons, and his and their Heirs, shall be, and shall be adjudged, esteemed, and taken, from the making or granting of such Estates, to be good and perfect customary Estates of Inheritance, descendable from Ancestor to Heir according to the Laws and Customs of the said Isle, (except such as are reputed Chattles as is before mentioned;) and that all and every such Person and Persons to whom any such customary Lands, Tenements, or Heredittaments are or shall be granted to him and his Heirs according to the Laws and Customs of the said Isle, shall be, and shall be adjudged, esteemed and taken and are hereby declared to be seized, thereof as of good and perfect customary Estates of Inheritance to them and their Heirs, descendable from Ancestor to Heir according to the Customes of the said Isle.

[170] And that all and every the said Tennants of and within the said Isle, and Members of the same, as well all Tennants in Possession as in Reversion and Remainder, particularly or generally named, mentioned, or intended to be Partys to the said Proposals, and not thereby excluded, their and every of their respective Heirs and Assignes, shall and may from henceforth for ever quietly and peaceably have, hold, and enjoy all their several and respective Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Heredittaments, with their and every of their Appurtenances, to them and their Heirs severally and respectively, as customary Tennants of and within the said Isle, against the said James Earl of Derby, his Heires and Assignes, and against all and every other Person or Persons claiming, or to claime, from, by, or under him, them, or any of them, all and singular the Tennants within the said Isle, and Members of the same. their Heirs and Assignes, and all and every other Person and Persons claiming, or to claime, from, by, or under him, them, or any of them, respectively and severally yielding, paying, performing, and doing unto the said James Earl of Derby, his Heires and Assignes, and all and every other the Lords of the said Isle for the Time being, such yearly Rents, Boons, Suites, and Services, as herein-before are mentioned, and which now are or heretofore have been usually paid and performed and also paying unto the said James Earl of Derby, his Heirs and Assignes, such generall and other Fines certaine, as in the said Proposals are also, for that Purpose particularly mentioned and expressed, (saving always unto the said James, Earl of Derby, his Heirs and Assigns, and unto all and every other Person and Persons that shall at any Time hereafter become Lords of the said Isle, all such Royaltys, Regalia, Prerogatives, Homages. Fealtys, Escheats, Forfeitures, Seizures, Mines and Mineralls of what Kind and Nature soever, Quarrys and Delfs of Flagg, Slate or Stone, Franchises, Libertys, Priviledges, and Jurisdictions whatsoever, as now are or at any Time heretofore have been invested in the said James Earl of Derby, or in any of his Ancestors Lords of the said Isle; and saving nevertheless to all and every Person and Persons, Bodys Politick and Corporate, their Heirs and Successors, (other than the said James, Earl of Derby, his Heires and Assignes,) all such Action, Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Use, Trust, Claime, and Demand whatsoever, in Law or Equity as they or any of them have, may, should, or ought to have, of, in, to, [171] or out of the said Isle or any Part thereof, (and in such Sort and Manner as if this Act had never been made;) provided that such Person or Persons, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, do yield, pay, perform, and do unto the said James Earl of Derby, his Heyrs and Assigns, and to all and every other the Lords of the said Isle for the Time being, the severall yearly Rents, Boons, Suits, and Services, that have been accustomary and usually paid for the Estates which they, or any of them, shall or may make any Claime or Title, and do also pay unto the said Lord, and Lords of the said Isle for the Time being all such Fines certain for the same, and in such Manner and Form as in the said Proposals are particularly mentioned and agreed unto, and not otherwise: And it is further provided, That nothing in the said Saving shall impeach, or be prejudiciall to, or be construed or taken to impeach or be prejudicial to the Settlement of the Nature and Quality of the Estates, Tenures, Fines, Rents, Suits, and Servises, which hereby and by the said Proposals are agreed upon and intended to be enacted, granted, and confirmed any Thing in the said Saving to the contrary notwithstanding.

Note, The Words (Law or) interlined in the 31st Line in the first Sheet, and the Word (named) in the third Line of this Sheet, and the Words (or be construed or taken to be impeach or be prejudicial to) in the nineteenth Line, were inserted before the Signed hereof.^*

Note further, That it is agreed and consented unto by the Governor, Officers, and twenty-four Keyes aforesaid, at the Signing hereof, that this Act shall be no way construed and taken to free and discharge the Tennants and Inhabitants of this Isle from giving their best Assistance or Supply for the Defence of the Isle in Time of Warr, or iminent Danger, in such Manner as shall be agreed upon by the Governor, Officers and twenty-four Keys of the Island for the Time being, as Occasion and Necessity will require.

I do hereby declare my full and free Consent to this Act of Settlement, (saving and except so much thereof as relates to the Tythes arising out of the Abbey Demeasnes mentioned, to be sold by Charles late Earl of Derby to Bishop Barrow, and the several Rectorys of Kirk Christ Lezayre, Kirk Marown, Kirk Lonnan, Kirk Conchan, Kirk Malew, Kirk Maughold, Kirk Arborey, Kirk Christ Rushen, Kirk Michael, and Kirk Santan, with their and every of their Appurtenances, and all Tenths and Tythes renewing, growing, within or belonging to the said Rectorys, and all Oblations, Obventions, Pentions, Rights, and Dutys thereunto belonging or appertaining which were by Indenture bearing Date the first Day of November one thousand six hundred sixty-six made between the said Charles Earl of Derby of the one Part and Isaac Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann, and Jonathan Fletcher, Archdeacon of the said Isle, of the other Part granted, bargained, and sold to the said Bishop and Archdeacon, their Executors and Assignes, for ten thousand Yeares, at the severall yearly Rents, upon, the Trusts therein mentioned, and such Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claime, and Demand, as I have, or may or can claime or demand of, into, or out of the same, as if this Act had never been made or passed: And I do hereby confirm this Act (save and except as afforesaid) according to my undoubted Prerogative within the said Isle, and require that the said Act be published at the next Tynwald Court in usual Manner.

DERBY.

[173] At a Tynwald Court holden at St John's Chappell the 6th

Day of June, Anno Domini 1704.

The beforegoing Act of Settlement being confirmed by our Honourable Lord in Manner as afforesaid, was this Day publickly proclaimed upon the Tynwald Hill according to antient Forme and Custome; as witness our Hands the Day, and, Year above written,

INSULA MONAE

Whereas by a Clause in the before-mentioned Act of Settlement, the respective Tennants and Inhabittants of the said Isle are obliged to pay (besides their Rents and Fines therein expressed and mentioned) all other Dues, Duties and Carriages, as have been formerly accustomed; and that the fixing and ascertaining of the said Carriages is by the said Act left to the Consideration of a Tynwald Court; be it therefore ordered, ordained, enacted, and declared by the [174] Authority of the said Court of Tynwald, That the Tennants and Inhabittants of this Isle shall pay and do their Carriages to the Lord as formerly accustomed that is to say, four Carriages from every Quarter of Land, and one Carriage from every Cottage and Intackholder within the said Isle; and the same to be performed either by the Labour of Horses, or Service of Men, as the Governor shall think fitt to order, and hath been formerly accustomed; and that these Carriages shall be taken for the Lord's Use, as his Lordship or the Governor for the Time being shall think fit to employ them; and that no Tennant shall be exempt from doing of these Carriages but such as have been already legally accustomed to be freed thereof.

And whereas by another Clause in the afforesaid Act or Settlement, all Persons who then had mortgaged, or should thereafter mortgage all or any Part of Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Milns, Cottages, Intacks, or other Heredittaments, unto any Person, and should not actually redeem the same to his own proper Use within the Space of five Years next after the Commencement of the said Mortgage, should be looked upon as an Alienation, and the Mortgagee admitted as Tennant to the same in such Manner and on such Terms as in and by the said Clause is fully mentioned and expressed: And forasmuch as it is conceived that severall fraudulent Bargains may be made for letting of Lands, Tenements, Milns, Cottages, Intacks, and other Heredittaments, for the Security of Money, under other Notions than that of Mortgage, to defraud our Honourable Lord of a Fine; be it therefore ordered, ordained and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all such Bargaines as shall hereafter be made and given for the Security of any Sum of Money upon Lands, Tenements, Milns, Cottages, Intacks, and other Heredittaments as afforesaid, longer than for the Term of five Years, shall be declared and taken to be a Mortgage within the Intendment of the said Act, unless the Court of Chancery within this Isle shall adjudge it otherwise, and that the Mortgagee shall be lyable to pay such Fine for the same as in and by the said Clause inserted in the said Act is mentioned and declared.

And also whereas by another Clause in the said Act of Settlement, it is mentioned and expressed that all Intacks and Cottages, as had been taken out of the Highways adjoining to the Quarterlands or other Estates, but not belonging to the same, should not nor were not intended to be [175] included in the said Act, of Settlement, but that such Intacks and Cottages (being complained of as great Nusances) should be referred to the Consideration of a Tynwald Court to determine where the Rents and Fines of and for such Intacks and Cottages might most conveniently be fixed; be it therefore hereby ordered, ordained, and enacted by the Authority afforesaid, That the Rents and Fines of all such Cottages and Intacks taken out of the Highway adjoining to any Quarterlands or, other Estates, whether they belong to the Lord or Barrons, being taken to rent in or since, the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and ten, are to be paid by those Farmers and Tennants, or other Persons unto whose Lands and Tenements those Cottages and Intacks do adjoin, and they to be become Tennants thenceforward to the Lord for the said Cottages and Intacks; and that the said Tennants and Inhabittants dwelling in and possessing those Cottages and Intacks shall henceforward become Subtennants to the said Farmers, Tennants, and other Persons, upon such reasonable Terms as can be agreed upon betwixt them, or as shall be thought reasonable by the Court of Chancery of this Island: And if any such Cottage or Intackholder do not submit to such Terms as the Court shall order therein, then such Cottage or Intackholder is to be ejected out of the said Holding, and a Jury of four Men sworn to value what Improvements he has made on the same; which said Value being approved of by the Court, the said Farmer, Tennant, or other Person, is to pay and reimburse unto the said Cottage, or Intackholder, and thereupon to be immediately possessed of the same, and have Liberty to dispose of the said Cottage and Intack, to whom and to what Uses he shall think fitting; provided always, that such Farmer, Tennant, or other Persons, unto whose Lands such Cottages or Intacks adjoin, complaining of such to be a Nusance, shall be obliged to make the same appear to be so within eighteen Months next after the Date hereof otherwise and in Default thereof the said Cottage or Intackholder shall have and enjoy the same, on the like Terms that other Cottages and Intacks are held and enjoyed within this Isle by virtue of the said Act of Settlement, without any Disturbance of the said Farmer, Tennant, or other Person, at any Time after the said eighteen Months are determined and expired: And it is likewise provided and declared, That all, Highways, out of which any Intacks or Cottages have been taken, that shall be found not to be [176] eighteen Foot broad, according as the Statute provides, shall be enlarged out of the said Intacks or Cottages (when complained of) at any Time hereafter, any Thing herein mentioned to the contrary notwithstanding.

And whereas in the saving Part of the said Act of Settlement it is mentioned and declared, That all Quarrys and Delfs of Flagg, Slate, and Stone, are reserved to his Lordship and his Heirs as a Royalty and Prerogative belonging to them within this Isle; which Part of the said Act seems to restrain the Farmers and Tennants of' the said Isle from digging and getting such Sort of common Stone as might be necessary for building and making of other Improvements on their Estates and Tenements; be it therefore enacted, ordained, and declared by the Authority afforesaid, That notwithstanding the generall Words in the said Act of Settlement, that every Tennant and Farmer shall nevertheless have free Liberty of digging, raising, and disposing of all Sort of Stone and Slates upon their respective Tenements, and as has been formerly accustomed, so that they be imployed only for their own Use, and for the Improvement of their own and Neighbours' Estates and Tenements, and that they shall not dispose or make Merchandize of the same otherwise without the Lycence or Liberty of the Lord or Governor of the said Isle first had and obtained for the same: And if any Farmer or Inhabitant having a Quarry or Quarrys of Limestone, or other common Stone, on his or their Grounds, shall obstinately refuse or deny Liberty to any other Person or Persons to digg or get such Limestones or other Stones for the Improvement of his or their Lands or Tenements, or otherwise, without paying him a high and unreasonable Consideration for the same; then and in such Cases it shall and may be lawfull for the Governor of this Isle for the Time being, to interpose and order that such Person or Persons as stand in need of such Limestones or Stones may digg, raise, and carry away as much as will be necessary for his or their Use, paying unto the Farmer or Inhabitant on whose Lands the same shall be so gotten, such moderate and reasonable Satisfaction as the Governor shall think fit to order and allow.

These four Acts relating to the Settlement are likewise allowed of and confirmed by me, and ordered to be in like Manner published at the next Tynwald Court.

DERBY.

At a Tynwald Court holden at St. John's Chappell the 6th Day of June, Anno Domini, 1704.

The beforegoing four Acts relating to the Settlement; viz. an Act touching Carriages, &c.; an Act concerning Alienations and Mortgages; an Act touching Intacks and Cottages; and an Act concerning Quarrys and Delfs, &c. were this Day publicly proclaimed upon the Tynwald Hill according to antient Form and Custome; as witness our Hands the Day and Year above Written.