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[Appendix A(53) 1792 Report of Commissioners of Inquiry]
CUSTOM BOOK, 1761.
Inter alia An Accompt of Wrecks at Sea, anno 1761.
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| August 15, 1761. Received from William Clague, late Coroner of Middle Sheading, for a piece of wreck timber found at sea, salvage paid, clear to the Lord |
0 2 2½
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| Received from ditto for a beam and a piece of an oar, salvage paid, clear to the Lord |
0 6 5½
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| Received from Jo. Cannell, late Coroner of Garff Sheading, for an anchor, salvage paid, clear to the Lord |
2 5 9½
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| Received from ditto for a piece of an old cable, salvage paid, clear to the Lord |
0 1 8
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| Received from ditto for a keg of brandy, salvage paid, clear to the Lord |
0 11 3
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| Received from ditto an old keg with brandy, salvage paid, clear to the Lord |
0 1 9
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| Received from the Coroner of Rushen Sheading for wreck thrown in at Langrness |
0 1 10½
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| December 1. Received from John Kewley, Coroner of Michael Sheading, for a part of the hull of a ship found on the Strand of Ballaugh, salvage paid, clear |
0 4 3
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| Received from ditto for brandy, clear |
0 11 0
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| Received for an empty firkin and a piece of timber found on the Strand in Kirk Michael, clear |
0 4 8
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| Received from Jo. Christian, late Coroner of Garff Sheading, for an anchor, clear |
2 1 6½
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| Received from ditto. for a ship's mast, clear |
1 3 4
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| Received from ditto for an anchor, &c. clear |
4 1 8
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| Received from ditto for ditto, clear |
0 3 4
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| Received from ditto for a piece of timber, clear |
0 5 0
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| Received from ditto for ditto |
0 1 9
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| Received from ditto for ditto, clear |
1 6 8
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| Received from ditto for a piece of a cable, &c |
0 6 7½
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| Received from ditto for ditto |
0 1 7
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| Received from ditto for ropes |
0 4 8
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| Received from ditto for pieces of timber |
0 1 7
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| Received from ditto for ditto |
0 9 2
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| Received from ditto for ditto |
0 1 11
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Sum total of the said Wrecks is
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23 2 2½
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29 Sept 1791
The writing above contained within and above, purporting to be an account of the Wrecks at Sea anno 1760, hath been duly compared with the original upon the records of His Grace the Duke of Atholl, of Man and the Isles, &c.; and the same is a true copy of such said original, as certified by me
RICHARD. CLAGUE,
Clerk to the Commissioners of His Grace for the managing of his estate in the
Isle of Man.
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