Appendix C(9) 1792 Report of Commissioners of Inquiry]

APPENDIX (C.) N° 9

COPY OF THE MOST ANCIENT RECORD IN THE ISLE OF MAN: ANNO DOMINI 1417.

HAEC Indentura facta intr Thurstanu De Tyldesley, Rogm Haysnap, Commissionan Dni Johis de Stanley Dni Manniae & Insulae, ex una Pte et Johem Clerk Judicem Manniae, Willm Skerf, Reginald Stevenson, Willm de Yvenowe, Johem Rede, Gilbtum M'Wanty, Patric M'Jon, Andrew Johem M'Renyn, Gilbtum M`Haughan, Patricm M'Cane, Willm M'Alisandre, Patric Tomelynson, Gilbtum M'Isak, Gilbtum M'Andras, Marcum M'Otter, Donald M'Croyne, Donald M'Brewe, Willm M'Crystyn, Willm Abelson, Doncan Abelson, Johem M'Fergus, Hug M'Knalytt, Johem M'Scaly, Patric M'Helly & Andr Raynelson xxiiij ^ol Claves Man ex alt a, Testat, q^d Pda xxiiijor Claves Legis cm Judice Man dicunt & Plege comuni judicant qd quicunq ligeus tenens vel ligei tenentes Dni Man foresfecit seu foresfecerint in aliqua causa feloniae & Pdiconis fugans, retrahens, vel removens a terra Dni Man in Libortates Baronu & inde requisitus fuerit seu fuerint requisiti. P Dnu Man, & ejus ministros, ad revertend ad terram & ad justificationem legis suae et si inde se excusat aut se excusant, non concensiendo revenire & aliquis illor Baronu infra Domin Man eum vel eos, earn vel eas, retineat seu retineant P textu libtatum suay vel libertatis suae feu aliqua alia causa emergente qd tune forisfaciet Dno P quoli Delicto retenconis P aliqua causa sup dict lx^s et de corpe P dica tnsgressoris in aliquib causis sup dicis delinquentis, respondeat aut respondeant, ad gaolam aut prisonam Dni Man et hoc sub peena forisforturae omm Libertatum Suay in Mann seisit, item dicunt & Plege communi judicant qd nullus ligeus tenens Dni neq vivens infra Domium Manniae, exeat, remaneat, neq retrahat a terra Dni ad terram aliquoy Baronu ad moram trahend sine licencia Dni sub poena supta P felonijs, In cujus rei Testioum tam P duet xxiiij Claves legis & Judex qua P dica Comissionarij Sigilla sua alternatum apposuerunt Dat spud Castru de Rushen due Martis xviij^o due Jauuarij anno Dni Millimo cccc^mo xvij & Regalitatis Dni Man Quinto.⁶⁵

Will. Reynold Johem

Skerf. Stevenson. Clerk. [Here follow the other names and seals.]

[the following is taken from Manx Soc vol XXXI]

65 The following is a translation of this document, given by the Rev. Wm. Mackenzie, in Vol. III. of the Manx Publication Society, p. 151

" This Indenture, made between Thurstan de Tyldesley and Roger Haysnap, Commissioners of Lord John de Stanley, lord of Man and the Isles, on the one part; and John Clerk, Deemster of Man, William Skerf, Reginald Stevenson, William de Yvenowe, [&c.,] the 24 Keys of Man, on the other part, witnesseth, That the said 24 Keys of the Law with the Deemsters of Man say, and for common law adjudge, that if any liege tenant or tenants of the Lord of Man shall have committed a crime, in any case of felony or treason, and shall have fled, withdrawn, or removed from the land of the Lord of Man into the liberties of the Barons, and shall have been required by the Lord of Man or his ministers to return to the land and to a lawful trial, and if excuses be offered and return be refused, and if any of those Barons under the Lord of Man shall retain him, her, or them, under pretext of liberty, liberties, or any other cause whatever, then he shall forfeit to the Lord for every such offence of retention forty shillings, and shall answer for the body of the fugitive transgressor at the prison of the Lord of Man, and this under penalty of forfeiting all his liberties possessed in Man. They also say, and for common law adjudge, that no liege tenant or subject of the Lord of Man shall go, remove, or withdraw from the Lord to the land of any of the Barons to spend any time there, without the Lord's licence, under the penalty above mentioned for felonies.

In testimony whereof the said 24 Keys of the law, and the Deemster, along with the said Commissioners, have alternately affixed their seals.

" Given at the Castle of Rushen on Tuesday, the 18th day of January, 1417, and in the fifth year of our Regality."