[Appendix A(39) 1792 Report of Commissioners of Inquiry]

N° 39.

The EXAMINATION of JOHN QUAYLE, Esquire, Clerk of the Rolls, taken; Douglas, in the Isle of Man, September 28th, 1791.

[Examined by His Grace the Duke of ATHOLL.]

THIS Examinant saith, That prior to the Revesting Act the right of Treasure Trove was in His Grace's family ; but since this act, has been claimed and possessed by the Crown; and refers to an order of the Court of Exchequer of this island in 1786. Upon a former occasion subsequent to the year 1765, a Treasure Trove, consisting of ancient coins, was demanded by the Receiver General from the Duke's Seneschal, who insisted that it was purely a manerial right. The Receiver General admitted this, but insisted that it was omitted in the exception of the Revesting Act, and therefore that it was under his care.

JOHN QUAY

Jn^o Spranger.
W^m Osgoode.
Will^m Roe.
David Reid.