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17.1.1750
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Bishop Wilson to Duke asking him to press the case of the Clergy for the recovery of the Impropriate tithes,so that he may be repaid the advances he (the Duke) has made and the clergy have something on which to live. As things are men will not come forward for the Ministry,and there is already a shortage. (Original, signed - in a very shaky hand. N.M.) |
| AP_X19_2 |
10.3.1750
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W.Strode to Duke paying thet he has sold to Mr.Lamb the Fee Farm Rent. (see [AP_X19_3]) |
| AP_X19_3 |
27.3.1750
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M.Lamb to Duke saying that he has bought from Mr. Strode the Rent of £101.15.11 payable annualy to the Crown for the Island, and requesting that arrangements be made for prompt payment of it to him. |
| AP_X19_4 |
26.4.1750
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M.Lamb to Duke asking what arrangements have seen made for the payments now due. |
| AP_X19_5 |
24.5.1750
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M.Lamb to Duke again making application for payment. |
| AP_X19_6 |
12.6.1750
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M.Lamb to Duke Having shown his title to the rent to Mr.Sharp and Mr.Ross he reminds the Duke that the rent is payable under the grant from the Crown by which the Duke holds the Island. It has been purchased from the Crown so long ago as King Charles IInd's time and paid regularly by those who held the Island. |
| AP_X19_7 |
5.7.1750
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Mrs. Alice Stevenson to Duke. The legality of her marriage having been established she is about to go to the Island to claim her estate there,but is frightened to do so owing to the ill-treatment she received on her previous visit, particularly as Gov. Murray - who then helped her - is no longer in office. She now asks that the Duke,who has already befriended her,will give instructions for the protection of herself and her son. |
| AP_X19_8 |
5.7.1750
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Petition to Mylrea and Taubman (Dep.Governors) from W.Corry and others, prisoners in Castle Rushen. Having been put in prison until they could be taken to stand their trial in Ireland for abducting Carolina Elenor Mahon (now the wife of W.Corry) on a charge brought by her guardian John Campbell of Dublin, they have now been confined for four months,while Campbell - who is satisfied to know them to be in prison - makes no effort to have their trial brought on, They therefor pray for release, |
| AP_X19_9 |
7.7.1750
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Officers of I.O.M. to Duke complaining of the disturbance caused to the Island's trade by Revenue Cruisers during the past summer, (copy) Lists seizures by the Drogheda barge of a boat(on a coastwise trip) at Port St.Mary, Dow's taking a boat,and robbery from its passengers in Douglas, Dow's boarding of a Dutch ship at Ramsey. |
| AP_X19_10 | As AP_X19_9, with an addition by John Quayle to the effect that the master of the Drogheda barge - who applied for the condemnation of his prize before a Court in Ireland - was ordered to restore it to the owners,and was severely reprimanded for his action. Also copy of letter from D.Mylrea to Gov. Lindesay,in Edinburgh. In this it is related that on the 4th Aug. Dow induced Capt.M.Christian to go aboard his ship where,after threatening to shoot him,to demolish his house with gunfire,and to take him to England in irons;he forced him to sign a bond for £500,to which a Mr.Allen went surety, that he would appear at Carlisle Assizes. | |
| AP_X19_11 | - copy of AP_X19_10 - | |
| AP_X19_12 |
13.7.1750
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J. Quayle to Duke being the addition mentioned in the above - re the Master of the Drogheda barge. |
| AP_X19_13 |
19.7.1750
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Gov. Lindesay (in Edin.) to Duke sending No.10 above. He hopes soon to try if he can sit a horse,sut his doctors will not yet allow him to do so. |
| AP_X19_14 |
20.7.1750
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Commission (copy) of Dan.Mylrea to be Attorney-General. |
| AP_X19_15 |
21.7.1750
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Gov. Lindesay to Duke Having consulted with Capt. Murray, Mr. Stewart and Mr.Harrison they have decided that the best way to stop the Revenue cruiser's attacks in the Island is for the Duke to write to the Solicitor-General asking him to apply to the Commissioners of Customs in London for redress. For his use they enclose a memorial which he can use. (see below) |
| AP_X19_16 | Memorial as mentioned in AP_X19_15. | |
| AP_X19_17 | Details of Capt. Dow's actions,as complained of in AP_X19_16.. | |
| AP_X19_18 |
29.7.1750
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M.Christian to Harrison asking him to use his influence with the Duke to obtain a post in the Island for the writer's son, |
| AP_X19_19 |
2.8.1750
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J.Murray (Peel) to Gov. Lindesay (in Edin.) applying for the command of Derby Fort, Capt. Dow's men are still confined in Castle Rushen. |
| AP_X19_20 |
3.8.1750
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J.Taubman to M.Harrisson, asking that his nephew may be appointed Captain of Derby Fort or Steward. |
| AP_X19_21 |
3.8.1750
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D.Mylrea to Duke thanking him for his appointment as Attorney-General. |
| AP_X19_22 |
3.8.1750
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W.Christian to Duke with thanks for the appointment of Receiver-General. |
| AP_X19_23 |
7.8.1750
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Duke to Quayle Copy) Acknowledging No.12 atove. It is desirable that Mr.Read (whose money was stolen by Dow in Douglas) should apply for it to the Commissioners of Customs in London. If he cannot afford to do so he will be helped, but the action must be in his own name. |
| AP_X19_24 |
9.8.1750
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Petition of Mrs.Alice Stevenson to Duke,setting out her case and praying that the rents of Balladoole may be sequestrated,and damage being done to the property stopped,until her case is finally decided, |
| AP_X19_25 |
11.8.1750
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Lindesay to Duke suggesting that the Solicitor-General in England be informed about the seizures on the Manx coast. |
| AP_X19_26 |
15.8.1750
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Mrs.Stevenson to Alex.Ross (Solicitor) Enclosing No. 24 above,and saying that she is in fear for the lives of herself and her son if she has to go to the Island without being sure of the protection of the Deputy Governors. |
| AP_X19_27 |
16.8.1750
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D.Mylrea to Duke with thanks for the appointment of his son as Attorney-General. |
| AP_X19_28 |
16.8.1750
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Dep.Gov. & Officers. to Duke praying him to take some action to curb Capt.Dow,whose expressed wish it is to commit such acts of violence in the Island as will (he believes) procure his promotion. |
| AP_X19_29 |
18.8.1750
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D. Mylrea to Lindesay. Original of the letter which is copied in the second part of No.10 above |
| AP_X19_30 |
18.8.1750
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Gov. Lindesay (Edin.) to Duke The house at Mount Strange is in great disrepair,but the new Port Officer at Derbyhaven if allowed to live in it and have the use of the small garden around it would repair it at his own expense, He recommends this as it will be good for the house to have fires in it (so it must have been in reasonably good condition at that time N.M.) and an advantage for the Officer to have so good an office so near his business. |
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