[from Mills' Statutes, 1821]

[Grant by James I of Island to Earl of Salisbury]

The Twenty-first Part of PATENTS in the Seventh Year of the Reign of KING JAMES.

The King, to whom, &c. greeting. Whereas we by our Letters Patent, under our great Seal of England, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth Day of June, in the Seventh Year of our Reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the Forty-second, for the Considerations therein expressed and contained, have given, granted, and demised, to our well beloved and faithful Cousin and Councillor Robert Earl of Salisbury, our Treasurer of England, and Thomas Earl of Suffolk, Chamberlain of our Houshold, all that Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, with all their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, and all our Isles, Lordships, Peels, Castles, Monasteries, Abbys, Priorys, Farms, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, to the said Isle of Mann belonging or appertaining, or in or near the same, situate, lying, or being, with all and singular its Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, and also all and singular our Royalties, Regalities, Franchises, Liberties, Ports of the Sea, and all Things to Ports properly and of Right belonging, Lands heretofore overflowed by the Water of the Sea, and which have since been gained from the Sea and reduced to dry Ground, Lands which are now overflowed by the Water of the Sea, and which shall hereafter be gained and reduced to dry Ground, Homages, Failties, Knights, Fees, Wardships, Marriages, Reliefs, Escheates, Forfeitures, Goods and Chattels strayed, Goods and Chattels of Felons, as well of themselves as of all other Felons, Fugitives, Persons attainted, condemned and put in Exigent, and outlawed, Deodands, Services as of free as customary Tenants, Works of Tenants, Estovers, Courts Leet, View of Frankpledge, Courts Baron, Courts Admiral, Courts Portmote, Leet, Hundred, Wapentake, and all Fees, Perquisites, and Profits of Courts Leet, View of Frankpledge, Courts Baron, Courts Admiral, Courts Portmote and Leet, and all other Things which do belong or hereafter can or ought to appertain to Courts Leet, View of Frankpledge, Courts Baron, Courts Admiral, and Courts Portmote, Wrecks of the Sea, Mines of Lead and Iron Quarries, Fairs, Tolls, Markets, Customes and Imposts, Free Customes, Rights, Jurisdictions, Franchises, Priviledges, Manors, Villages, Towns, Castles, Granges, Messuages, Houses, Edifices, Milns., Barns, Stables, Dovehouses, Gardens, Orchards, Crofts, Cottages, Courts, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Demesne Lands, Glebe Lands, Leasaws, Wasts, with Furze and Heath Moors, Marshes, Waste Grounds, Paths, Easements, Woods, Underwoods and Woodlands, and Trees whatsoever, and the Soil and Ground of such Woods, Underwoods, and Trees, and our Tythes and the Tythes of Sheaf Corn and Grain, and of Hay, Wool, Flax, Hemp, and Lambs, and all other Tythes whatsoever, as well great as small, and also Rectories, Advowsons, Donations, and Right of Patronage of all and singular Hospitals, Churches, Vicarages, Chappels, and all other Ecclesiastical Benefices whatsoever, and [515] also Oblations, Obventions, Fruits, Profits, Waters, Watercourses. Streams, and Pools of Water, Suit, Soken, and Grist of Milns, and also all and singular Forests, Parks, Chases, Lawns, Warens, Asserts, Purprestures, and Tolls payable for passing through the same, Fishings, Fishing Places, Rents, Pensions, Portions, Free Foldings, and Turberys, Pools, Ponds. Ways, Passages, Commons, Rents, Reversions and Services, Rents Charge, Rents Seck, Rents of Assize, and Rents and Services, as well of the free, as the customary Tenants, Work of Tenants, Annual Rents of Farms, Fee Farm Rents, Annuities, Herriots, Fines and Amercements,Tolls and freedom of Toll, Anchorages, Grooundage, Profits, Commoditys, Advantages, Emoluments, Hereditaments and Apurtenances whatsoever, as well Spiritual as Temporal, with all their Appurtenances whatsoever, of what Sort, Nature, or Kind soever, or by whatsoever Names or Name they are known, esteemed, called, or distinguished; situate, lying or being, coming, growing, renewing, or arising, in or within the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, or within the Sea to the said Isle, belonging and adjacent, or in or within any other Isles, Lordships, Peels, Castles, Farms or Lands to the said Isle of Mann, or to the same, or any of them belonging, incident, adjoining, or appertaining, or at any Time heretofore had known, accepted, occupied, used, demised, taken, or reputed as Member, Part or Parcel of the said Isles, Castles, Peels, Lordships, Lands, Tenements, or any other, the Premises, or any of them, or any Part or Parcel thereof, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of the said Isle of Mann, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, and also the Temporalities of the said Bishoprick of the Isle of Mann, and the Bishoprick of Sodor and the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, as often as it shall happen that the said. Bishopricks become vacant; and our Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders whatsoever of all and singular, the aforesaid Isles, Castles, Peels, Lordships, Patronages of Bishopricks, Rectories, Parks, Farms, Granges, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, and other the Premises herein-before by these Presents, granted, or any other Parcel, dependant or belonging from, in, or upon any Gift or Gifts, Demise or Demises, Grant or Grants, for any Term or Terms of Life or Lives or Years, or in Fee Tail or otherwise concerning the Premises by these Presents before granted, or concerning any other Parcel in any wise entered upon Record or remaining of Record; and also all and singular Rents, Revenues, Services, and Profits whatsoever reserved upon any Gifts, Demises or Grants soever of the Premises herein-before by these Presents granted, or of any Parcel thereof howsoever entered upon Record, or remaining of Record (except and always reserved to us, our Heirs, and Successors, all those our Houses, Scites, Circuits and Precincts, formerly to the Monastery and Priory of Rushen and Douglas and the Fryers Minor, commonly called the Gray Fryers of Brimaken otherwise Bimaken, with all their Appurtenances in the said Isle of Mann, and all our Rectories, and Churches of Kirk Christ in Shelding, and Kirk Lovan with all their Appurtenances in the Isle of Mann aforesaid, formerly belonging to the Monastery of Rushen, and Parcel of the Possessions thereof, with all our Houses, Edifices, Barns, Stables, Dove-Houses,. Orchards, Gardens, Pools and Ponds of Water, Lands, Ground and Soil, with all their Appurtenances within the said Scite, Circuit and Precinct of the said late Monastery and Priory; or either of them, or any Parcel of them, and also all and singular our Messuages, Milns, Granges, Houses, Edifices, Buildings, Crofts, Cottages, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Commons, Waste Lands [516] covered with Furze and Heath, Moors, Marshes, Waters, Water Courses, Streams of Water, and the Banks thereof, Pools, Ponds, Fishings, Fishing Places, Rents. Reversions, and Services; and also the Tythes of Sheaf; Corn and Grain, and of Hay, and all other our Tythes whatsoever, as well great as small, and all Oblations, Obventions, Fruits, Profits, Commoditys, Advantages, Emoluments, and Hereditaments whatsoever, as well Spiritual as Temporal, with all their Appurtenances in the said Isle of Mann, which to the said late Monastery and Priory of Rushen and Douglas, and Fryers Minor of Brimaken otherwise Bimaken, and the Rectorys of Kirk Christ in Shelding, and Kirk Lovan or either of them, or any Parcel of them, in any wise belonging or appertaining, or had known, excepted, used, demised, lett, or reputed, to be as Member Part or Parcel of the said late Monasteries, Priorys, Rectorys, or any of them heretofore held for or under the annual Rent of One Hundred and One Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Eleven-pence, with their Appurtenances, and all Manner of Woods, Underwoods, Wardships, Marriages, Mines, and Quarries, before within the Premises before excepted, and the Revertion and Revertions of all and singular the Premises before excepted; and all Manner of Rents reserved and to be reserved to us our Heirs and Successors, from and out of the said Premises before excepted, and every Part and Parcel thereof, to have and to hold the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and all Islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, and also all and Singular Royalties, Regalities, Franchises, Liberties, Ports of the Sea, and every Thing to Ports properly and of Right belonging, Homages, Failtys, Wardships, Marriages, Reliefs, Escheats, Forfeitures, Goods and Chattles strayed, Goods and Chattles of Felons, as well of themselves as all other Felons, Fugitives, Outlaws, attained, condemned, and put in Exigent, and outlawed, Courts Baron, View of Frankpledge, Leet, Hundred, Wapentake, Wrecks of the Sea, Mines of Lead and Iron, Quaries, Fairs, Markets, Free Customes, Messuages, Houses, Edifices, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Woods, Underwoods, Forests, Chaces, Parks, Lawns, Warens, Asserts, Purprestures, Tolls, Fishervs, Moors, Marshes, Turberys, Waters, Pools, Ponds, Ways, Passages, and Commons, and all other Profits, Commodities, Emoluments, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, situate, lying, and being within the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, or within the Sea to the said Isle, belonging and adjoining or within any other Islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann, or to the said Isle, Castle, Peel, or Lordship of Mann, in anywise belonging or appertaining. And the Patronage of the Bishoprick of the said Isle of Mann, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, and also the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of the said Isle of Mann, and the Bishoprick of Sodor, and the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, as often as it shall happen that the said Bishopricks be vacant, and also Knights, Fees, Advowsons, and Patronages of Hospitals, Churches, Vicarages, Chappels, and all other Ecclesiastical Benefices whatsoever, within the said Isle and Lordship of Mann, or within any other Isles and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, and to the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann appertaining, and all and singular other the Premises herein-before mentioned, to be in and by the said Letters Patent demised and granted with their and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, (except as in the said Letters Patent are excepted) to the said Robert Earl of Salisbury, and Thomas, Earl of Suffolke, their Executors and Assigns, from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel last past, before the Date of these Presents to the End [517] and Term, and for the Term of Twenty one Years from thence next ensuing, and fully to be compleat, yielding thereout yearly to us our Heirs and Successors, out of and for the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann and other the said Premises with their Appurtenances, Twenty Shillings of lawful Money of England, as by the said Letters Patent doth more fully and at large appear: Know ye that we for diverse good Causes and Considerations, us to these Presents especially moving, out of our special Favour, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents for ourself our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant, unto our well beloved and most faithful Cousin William Earl of Derby and Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley, Son and Heir apparent of the said Earl, all that Island, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and all the aforesaid Islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, and also all and singular Royalties, Regalitys, Franchises, Liberties, Ports of the Sea, and all Things to Ports properly and of Right belonging, Homages, Failtys, Wardships, Marriages, Reliefs, Escheats, Forfeitures, Goods and Chattels Estrayed, Goods and Chattels of Felons, as well of themselves as of other Felons, Fugitives, Outlaws, attainted, condemned, and put in Exigent, and outlawed, Courts Baron, View of Frankpledge, Leet, Hundred, Wapentake, Wrecks of the Sea, Mines of Lead and Iron, Quaries, Fairs, Markets, Free Customes, Messuages, Houses, Edifices, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Woods, Underwoods, Forests, Chaces, Parks, Lawns, Warens, Asserts, Purprestures, Tolls, Fisheries, Moors, Marshes, Turberys, Waters, Pools, Ponds, Ways, Passages, and Commons, and all other Profits, Commodities, Emoluments, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, situate, lying, or being within the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and within the Sea to the said Isle, belonging and adjacent, or within any other Isles and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann, in any wise appertaining and belonging; and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of the said Isle of Mann, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, and also the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of the said Isle of Mann, and the Bishoprick of Sodor and the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, as often as it shall happen, that the said Bishopricks be vacant, and also all Knights Fees, Advowsons, and the Patronage to all Hospitals, Churches, Vicarages, Chappels, and other Ecclesiastical Benefices whatsoever, within the said Isle and Lordship of Mann, or within any other Isles and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, or to the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, appertaining, and all and singular other the Premises in the said Letters Patent before mentioned, to be demised and granted with all their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, except and always, reserved to us our Heirs and Successors, all those our Houses, Scites, Circuits, and Precincts, formerly to the Monastery and Priory of Rushen and Douglas, and the Fryers Minor, commonly called the Gray Fryers of Brimaken otherwise Bimaken, with all their Appurtenances in the said Isle of Mann, and all those our Rectories and Churches of Kirk Christ in Shelding, and Kirk Lovan, with all their Appurtenances in the said Isle of Mann, formerly to the said Monastery of Rushen belonging and appertaining, and Parcell of the ancient Possessions thereof, with all our Houses, Edifices, Barns, Stables, Dove Houses, Orchards, Gardens, Waters, Ponds, Pools, Lands, Ground and Soil, with all their Appurtenances within the Scites, Circuits, and Precincts of the said late Monastery and Priory, or either of them, or any Parcell thereof, and also all and singular Messuages, Milns, [518] Granges, Houses, Edifices, Buildings, Crofts, Cottages, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Commons, Wastes, covered with Furze and Heaths, Moors, Marshes, Waters, Watercourses, Streams, Banks, Pools, Ponds, Fisheries, Fishing Places, Rents, Revertions, and Services: And also the Tyths of Sheaf Corn and Grain, and of Hay, and other our Tithes whatsoever, as well Great as Small, and our Oblations, Obventions, Fruits, Profits, Commoditys, Advantages, Emoluments, and Hereditaments whatsoever, as well spiritual as temporal with all their Appurtenances in the said Isle of Mann, which formerly to the said Monastery and Priory of Rushen and Douglas, and Friers Minor of Brimaken, otherwise Bimaken, and Rectorys of Kirk Christ in Shelding and Kirklovan, or any of them, or to any Parcel of them in any wise belonging or appertaining, or as Member, Part, or Parcel of the said late Monastery and Priory, Rectorys, or any of them, heretofore used for or under the annual Rent of One Hundred and One Pounds, Fifteen Shillings, and Eleven-pence, held, known, excepted, used, lett, demised, or reputed with all their Appurtenances, and all Manner of Woods, Underwoods, Wardships, Marriages, Mines, Quarys, of the Premises before excepted, and also the Revertion and Revertions, of all and singular the Premises before excepted and all Manner of Rents, to us, our Heirs and Successors, reserved, and to be reserved, out of and from the Premises before excepted, and every Part and Parcel thereof: And further, out of our gracious and special favour, and out of our certain Knowledge and mere Motion, have given, and granted, and by these Presents for Ourselves, our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant, to the said William Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley, Son and Heir apparent of the said Earl, their Heirs and Assigns, That they the said Earl of Derby and Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley, Son and Heir apparent of the said Earl, and the Heirs and Assigns of the said James may for ever hereafter have, hold, and enjoy, and shall have, hold, and enjoy the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and all and every and singular other the Premises, herein-before by these Presents granted, and every Parcel thereof, and all and singular such other and the like Courts Leet, Profits of Court Leet, View of Frankpledge, Courts Portmote, Courts Admiral, and all other Things, which to View of Frankpledge, Courts Admiral, and Courts Portmote, can or ought to appertain or belong ¾ Assizes and Assize of Bread, Wine and Beer, Goods and Chattels estrayed, ¾ Goods and Chattels of Felons and Fugitives, Felons of themselves of Clergy, convicted or attainted for Treason, or Misprison of Treason, Murder and Felony, or any other Offence, done or committed contrary to the Law and Custom of our Kingdom of England, or those who will not answer, or out of Malice stand mute, or will not stand Judgment to be pronounced upon their Offence, or any other Kind of Conviction or Damages, Deodands, Knights Fees, Wardships, Marriages, Reliefs, Escheats, Herriots, Forests, Chases, Free Warens, Parks, Free Parks, Wrecks of the Sea, Anchorages and Groundages, and all other Rights, Royalties, Regalities, Jurisdictions, Franchises, Libertys, Customes, Privileges, Profits, Commoditys, Advantages, Emoluments, and Hereditaments whatsoever, as well Spiritual as Temporal, or what Kind or Nature soever, and in so full, free, intire ample Manner and Form, as William Lescrope Knight, Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland, John Stanley, Knight, or any of them, or any other Person or Persons, the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and all Islands, Lordships, Peels, Castles, Farms, Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments whatsoever, in or within the said Island, Peel, [519] or Lordship, or any of them, or within the Seas to the said Isle belonging and adjacent, or to the said Isle of Mann belonging and appertaining, and all and singular other the Premises herein before by these Presents granted, or any Parcell thereof heretofore held, possessed, or seized, or any Parcell having, possessing, or being seized thereof, ever had, or ought to have held, used enjoyed in the said Isle, Castle, Peel and Lordship, Farms, Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, and other the Premises herein-before by these Presents granted, or any Part or Pareell thereof, by Reason, or by Virtue of any Charter, Gift, Grant, or Confirmation, or any Letters Patent, by us, or by any of our Progenitors or Predecessors, Kings and Queens of England, or at any time heretofore had, done, granted, or confirmed, or by Reason, or by Virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament, or by Reason or by Virtue of any lawfull Prescription, Use or Custom heretofore had or used, or by any other Manner, Right, or Title in us, and in as full, free, and ample Manner and Form, as we or any of our Progenitors or Predecessors, Kings and Queens of England, the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, Farms, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and all and singular other the Premises herein-before by these Presents granted, or any Part or Parcel thereof, ever had or ought to have or enjoy; to have and to hold the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and all Islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, and also all and singular Royalties, Regalities, Franchises, Ports of the Sea, and all Things to Ports, properly and of Right belonging, Homages, Failtys, Wardships, Marriages, Reliefs, Escheats, Forfeitures, Goods and Chattels estrayed, Goods and Chattels of Felons, as well of themselves as other Felons, Fugitives, Outlaws attainted, condemned and put in exigent and outlawed, Courts Baron, View of Frankpledge, Leet, and Hundred, Courts Admiral, Portmote, Wapentake, Wrecks of the Sea, Mines of Lead and Iron, Quary's, Fairs, Markets, Free Customs, Messuages, Houses, Edifices, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Feedings, Woods, Underwoods, Forrests, Chases, Parks, Lawns, Warens, Asserts, Purprestures, Tolls, Fisherys, Moors, Marshes, Turberys, Waters, Pools, Ponds, Ways, Passages and Commons, and all other Profits, Commoditys, Emoluments, Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever, scituate, lying or being within the said Isle, Castle, Peel and Lordship of Mann, and the Sea to the said Isle belonging and adjacent, or within any other Isles and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, or to the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann in anywise belonging or appertaining, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of the said Isle of Mann, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor, and the Patronage of the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, and also the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of the said Isle of Mann, and the Bishoprick of Sodor and the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann, as often as it shall happen that the same Bishopricks become vacant; and also all Knights Fees, Advowsons, and Patronage of Hospitals, Churches, Vicarages, Chappels, and all other Ecclesiasticall Benefices whatsoever within the said Isle and Lordship of Mann, or within any other Islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, or to the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann appertaining, and all and singular other the Premises (except as before excepted) unto the said William, Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth, his Countess, for and during the Terms of their natural Lives, and the longer Liver of them, and after their Decease to the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, and the Heirs of the said James, to the sole and proper Use and Behoof of the said William Earl of Derby, and the said Elizabeth, for the Term of the Life of [520] them, and the longer Liver of them, and after their Decease to the Use and Behoof of the said James Lord Stanley and his Heirs for ever, to hold the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and all Islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, and also all and singular the Premises herein before by these Presents granted, with all their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, of us, our Heirs and Successors for ever, by Homage, and Allegiance, and by the Service of presenting to us Two Falcons for once only; to wit, immediately after the making of their Homage, and presenting to our Heirs, Kings of England Two Falcons upon the Days of the Coronation of them our Heirs, for and in lieu of all other Services, Customes, and Demands: And further, out of our gracious and special Favour, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, have granted for ourselves our Heirs and Successors, to the said James Stanley Lord Stanley his Heirs and Assigns, that they and every of them shall be for ever free, quiet, discharged, and exonerated, so far as relates to the said Isle and all and singular other the Premises before granted of and from all Guardianships during the Minority of any of his Heirs, Marriages, or the Value of Marriages, Freedoms, Livery, and Seizen Releifs and all other Rights, Titles, Claims, and Demands of us, our Heirs and Successors (except as before excepted) by reason of the Tenure of the said Isle, and other the Premises, to us, our Heirs and Successors, by these Presents reserved or by Reason or Tenure by Knight Service in Capite or of any other Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, which to them or any of them shall hereafter descend or come; and we will and grant for ourselves, our Heirs and Successors, to the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, his Heirs and Assigns, that whenever it shall happen that the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, with or without Heirs or Assigns, or in case his Heir or Heirs shall be of full Age, or under Age, then the same Heir or Heirs shall immediately after the Death of the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, and after the Death of the Heirs or Assigns, or after the Death of the Heirs or Assigns of such Heirs or Assigns, from Time to Time for ever, shall succeed; to wit, whoever, immediately after the Death of him, her, or them, to whom by Right of Inheritance, or by any other Manner, shall succeed to the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, with the Appurtenances, and all islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann appertaining or belonging, and all and singular other the Premises herein-before by these Presents granted, with all their Appurtenances (except as before excepted) shall successively enter, and the same peaceably have, possess, and hold, to them, their Heirs and Assigns, of us, our Heirs and Successors, and against us, our Heirs and Successors, by Homage, Allegiance, and the said Service of presenting Two Falcons on the said Days of Coronation only, for and in lieu of all other Services, Customes, and Demands whatsoever, without any Seizure or Sequestration thereof into the Hands of us or our Heirs, or by any Livery General or Special, or by any Seizen or First had Reliefs thence to be prosecuted, done, or had by reason of the said Homage, or upon Account of any other Castle, Manour, Messuage, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments whatsoever, which the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, or his Heir or Heirs or Assigns, or any of them, hold, hath or have held, or which they shall for the future hold of us or our Heirs by Military Service, in capite or otherwise, or by Reason of the Minority of them, or any of them, or without any other Profits, Commoditys, Compositions, Exactions, Customes, or Demands, by us or our Heirs, from him the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, his Heir or Heirs or Assigns, to be required, taken, imposed, demanded, or challenged for ever; [521] And further, out of our gracious and special Favour, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, we do will and grant to the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, his Heirs and Assigns, that we or our Heirs shall not have, exact, take, nor receive, nor that we nor our Heirs shall not, nor will have, exact, take, or receive Marriage, or the Value of Marriage, of and from the Heir or Heirs of the said James Stanley Lord Stanley, or of the Heir or Heirs, Assignee or Assigns of him or any other Person or Persons who shall be seized of the said Isle, Castle, Peel, Lordship, and other the Premises or any of them, by reason, virtue, colour, or tytle of the said Isle, Castle, Peel, Lordship, Homage, Rent, or other the Premises or any Part or Parcell thereof: Know ye further, That we, out of our gracious and special Favour, have given and granted, and for us, our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant, unto the said William Earl of Derby, Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley, Lord Stanley, their Heirs, and Assigns, all, and all Manner of Rents, Arrearages of Rent, Dues, Revenues, and Annual Profits of the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann, and all other Islands and Lordships to the said Isle of Mann belonging, and of all and singular other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, or any Parcel of the same (except as before excepted) due or unpaid to our late dearly beloved Sister Elizabeth Queen of England, or any of our Progenitor or Progenitors, or to ourself, to hold to them without any other Composition or any Thing further to be done, paid, or performed to us And further, out of our gracious and special Favour, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, we do by these Presents will and grant for us our Heirs and Successors, to the said William Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley, that these our Letters Patent, or an Enrollment thereof shall, upon all Occasions be firm, valid, good, sufficient, and effectual in Law, and shall stand and be accepted, reputed, and adjudged good, perfect, firm, valid, and effectual in Law, for and against us, our Heirs and Successors, as well in all our Courts as otherwise wheresoever, without any other Confirmation, Licence or Tolleration, from us, our Heirs or Successors, for ever hereafter, by the said William Earl of Derby and Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley, or any of them, their or any of their Heirs or Assigns, to be procured or obtained notwithstanding any Misnomer or Error in reciting, or not naming the said Isle, Castle, Peel and Lordship of Mann, and other the Premises or any Parcell thereof, and, notwithstanding their not having been, or any Office or Inquisition found, of the Premises or any Parcell thereof, by which our Title ought to be found before the passing of these our Letters Patent, and notwithstanding any Error in the reciting of Misnaming, or not reciting any Demise of Grant of the Premises or any Parcell thereof made and remaining on Record or not of Record: And notwithstanding any Error in naming or not naming any Vill, Hamlet, Parish, Place, or County, in which the said Premisses or any Parcell thereof, do lye or be, and notwithstanding full, true, and certain Mention, be not made of the Names of the Tenants, Farmers, or Occupiers of the said Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship, and other the Premises or any Parcell thereof, and notwithstanding any other Defect in the ascertaining, Computation, or Declaration, or Omission of the true yearly Value of the Premises, or any Part thereof, or the yearly reserved Rent of the said Premisses or any Parcell thereof in these our Letters Patent, and notwithstanding any other Defect, Attornment, or Seizur, or in not naming or Misnomer of any Tenant, Farmer, or Occupier of the Prernisses, or any Parcell thereof, and notwithstanding the naming, wrong Recital, or not reciting in whose Possession the said Premisses or [522] any Parcell thereof have been, and, notwithstanding our true State and Title in and unto the Premisses, or any part thereof, are not in these Presents fully expressed, and notwithstanding the Act of Parliament made in the First Year of the Reign of our Progenitor Henry the Fourth late King of England; and notwithstanding an Act made in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of our Predecessor Henry the Sixth late King of England; and notwithstanding any other Defect in not naming or not properly naming the Isle, Castle, Peel, and Lordship of Mann aforesaid, and other the Premisses or any Parcel thereof, or in not naming or not properly naming the Nature, Kind, Species, Quantity, or Quality of the Premisses, or any Parcel thereof. We will also and by these Presents grant to the said William, Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley, that they may and shall have these our Letters Patent in a proper Manner, made and sealed under our Great Seal of England, without Fine or Fee, Great or Small, to be rendered, paid, or done to us in our Hanaper or elsewhere, for our Use, because there is not express mention made or appears in any Statute, Act, Ordinance, Provision, Proclamation, or Restriction of the true Value or of any other Value or Certainty of the Premisses, or any part thereof, or any other Gifts or Grants by us or any of our Progenitors aforesaid, to the said William Earl of Derby, and Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley, or any of them, before this Time, or for any other Cause, Matter, or Thing whatsoever, in any wise notwithstanding. IN WITNESS whereof, &c. T. R. at Westminster, the Seventh Day of July.

By Writ under the Privy Seal, &c.

Hen. Rooke Clerk of the Rolls.