[From Manx Note Book, vol iii, 1887]

MARRIAGES 1682 - Jo: Parre of Kk Arborie & Jane Tunman of Mallew were married at K^k Arborie May 15^th.
William Taggart (goefree) cum Cathrin Quincy Novem7:^th

cf, Eliz: Postle (goefind .)' See 'The Manx Note Book,Vol. ii, P. 76.

BURIALS-.

1682-Ginnett Bridson buried June 20^th poore had not j^d
August 12°82° Matthew Cesar Martine Moore Robt Shimin John Quiddie and Henrie Sampsburie perished in a new boat of Edward Moores of Douglas within the point of the said towne the day above said in the forenoone beinge Sathurday beinge overloaden w^th lime stones.

Robt: Quirke drum buried Decembr 19^th he was found dead ten of the clock the night before beinge faln down the staires that goes to the Walles below the Chapple in the Castle at the house of Office.

Issable Shimin the distracted wooman and criple Jan: 3d.

BAPTISMS

1683-Richard Norris son to Mr Tho: Norris Atturney and Dorothie his wife baptized August 21^th 83.
Thomas Tayler son to Tho: (Mananagh) bapt: Aug 24th
William Woods son to Tho: (all traid¹) bapt 7ber 4^th.
Cathrin Watterson daughter to Jo: (roy²) 9ber 25^th.

MARRIAGES-

1683-Tho: Quackin (downs) and Issable Bell married jan: 29°. And before they were married he tooke his oath upon the holy Evangilists that he heard not of his former wife who went out of the Isle for theft for eight yeeres that he went some yeeres agoe into Ireland to looke after her & was in her fathers house in Ireland lookinge & enquireing for her and that her father tould him (and soe did his son whom he had by her) that his son went for Dublin to beg her pdon beinge condemn by law for stealinge & could not p'vaile for her and that she suffered ; Jo: Harrison, hill.³ & his father Jo: Bell became bound for him to discharge the office.

BURIALS-

1683-Major Rich: Stevenson was buried in the Chancle of Kk Arbory Aprill 20.

Cathrin Haywood daughter to Governor Haywood Esquire buried September the first.

John Hudson owner, Gowen Singleton, and Robt: Adderson perished; themselves and Ship were castaway Octo: 7 ^th aft the point of Langnos found and buried in the Church yard of Kk Mallew Octo: 15^th by Jo: Kelly Ro: Moore etc. they were found where the ship was wrackd. Lancellott Dolton who perished in the said vessell was found Octtob: 21^th and buried the same day with Singleton and Adderson. The name of the vessell was the Zebulon. Thomas Pickerin and Henry Crostid who perished with the above men were found on the 22^th October and buried the said Day by [i.e. beside] the three last men.

Mrs Ellin Calcott als Woodwort buried Novr 4^th.
William Kaukin neere Belfast buried in the Church yard of K^k Mallew neere the other Strangers aft the west stile Novr V^th.
Receiver Stevenson buried Aprill 20^th 1683.
John Huddleston son to W^m of Ballacott buried with his forefathers in the Chancle of Kk Mallew Novem: xj^th ano predicto.
Robt: Crosstead honnor Died at Tho: Ottiwells house and was buried in the Church yard betwixt the nooke of the Chancle and ye place where Jo: Hudson was buried close by the Chancle wall November 26^th 1683.
James Rensha servant to Governor Haywood Esquire beinge in a high feaver, gott out in the darke night & was found perished upon the rockes under the towne and was buried with the men that perished aft Langnos December 9^th.

BAPTISMS-

1684-Baster:-Jo: Quiney fathered on Jo: Quiney of the miln in Kk St Ann deceased fathered upon him by Jane Tunman and bapt: Easter day March 30^th.

Christo: Bridson son to Christ: (baruain⁴) Aprill 13 ^th.

James the 2^th was proclamed Kinge of Great Brittaine ffrance and Ireland Defender of the faith on the 12^th day of March 1684. In Castletowne att the Cross by the Right Worp^ll Ro: Heywood Esqr Governor of the Isle and all the officers Spi^all and temp^all Clergie, and 24 keyes Captaines & officers of Every p^ish in the Isle with great congratulacons and repeated acclamacons. Crowned at London April 3^th 1685.

MARRIAGES-

1684-John Christian cum Issable Parre 7ber 10^th.

BURIALS-

1684-May 22^th 84.
This day the clarke and myselfe have recconed for buriall moneys that is past corn tythes and offerrings and all cleere betweene us.
Jonie Kellie carnlea buried June first.
Ann Lesquire wife of Hen: Lesquire, buried June the 20^th in K^k Arborie.
Thos: Shaw, physitian, buried 7^ber the last.
Humph: Cowley a begger buried October 25 ^th.
Sr Charles Parre⁵ buried in Ballaugh 9^ber 23 ^th.
Robt: Cultree died att Castletowne December the 17^th att night, and carried to Douglas the 18^th to be lodged at home.
Margrett Halsall buried Jan: 22^th.
Antho: Halsall buried ffebruarie first.

BAPTISMS

1685-Ellin Bridson daughter to Xpt^o. Veasie.
i.e., Christopher, the son of Bessie. Any Castletown man who can look back same forty years will be reminded of a well-known character, poor Dick Quayle, Vessie.

BURIALS 1685

105 burials are registered this year, which must have been at least 8 per cent. for the population! The small-pox seems to have visited the parish in the first month of the year, March; and during the next six months 71 deaths are marked as having been caused by this disease, whereas during the same period there are only 13 other entries, three of the latter being prefaced by the words 'spotted fever,' and one by 'kings evil.' The list of burials breaks off in the middle of one page and is resumed in the middle of the next; and in the spaces thus left are the two following notes

This papire beinge soe bad soakinge Ink and not very legible have turned over as followeth.

The Right Reverend Baptist Leavens Lord Bp of Mann was instald by proxie in his Cathedrall in Peele the 6^th of April, 1685.
His second was June 4^th 1686.

Does this mean that he was installed in Person at the latter date ?

Tho: Ratclife son to Will: celpman.
i.e. the Kelp-burner. (See burials, 1687.)

Marg^tt Heywood daughter to the Right Worp^ll Robt: Esquire Governor of the Isle buried by [beside] her uncle Capt: Peter⁶ in the Chancle of K^k Mallew June 19^th.
Jaine Haywood, infant, daughter to Governor Haywood Esquire buried Novemb: 5^th.
This 12^th of July1685.

Tho: Parre and John ffargher clarke have this day com to a recconinge for buriall moneyes & for corn tyth and offerings and all is cleere betweene us to this day as witness our names ye day and yeere abovesaid.

BAPTISMS

1686-Marie Ottiwell daughter to Tho: and Marie (wch was christened the same houre ye mother was buried) May 21^th.
William Earle of Derby Lo: of Mann and Thisles [sic] landed att Duglas by ten of the clocke in the morninge on mid summer day as the Governor and officers with the people were at the ffaire Anno Domj 1686.

"The Fair"-so the Tynwald Court on S. John Baptist's Day is still commonly called.

Eliz: Quirke daughter to Tho : padice July 17^th.

Most probably Tho: Quirk, of Paradise, the old name of the property, now known as " Ellerslie," at the north-end of Malew Street, Castletown. A family named "Saint" formerly lived there, and so the house got its name "Paradise," the abode of the Saints The adjacent land is still called Saint's Croft. Throughout the Register we find appellations which at first sight appear to be nicknames, but which are really meant to denote occupations or places of abode : e.g., breeke, for brickmaker; drum, for drummer; salley, for Ballasalla ; vaize, for Ballavarvane ; trollag, nank, and croke, for Ballatrollag, Ballanank, and Ballacroak; &c.

William Lowney sonn to Wm att the walk miln.
i.e., At the rope-walk.
Margret Cesar Daug: to Ro: and Lettice his wife. The first that was baptized by S^r John Parre.
Bapt: Heywood son to Ro: Heywood Esquire Governor of the Isle bapt: 7^ber 21^th.

MARRIAGES-

1686-John Kneel Barreys man cum Issab: Caveen July 12^th.
Mr Rich: Stevenson of Balley doole and M^rs Alice Haywood Daugh^tr to Robt Haywood Esqr Governr married Novemr y^e 7^th.

BURIALS-

1686-Margrett Quackin who was murthered by Iny Curlett of K^k Marrown a mad woman with her granchild and most part burnt of them by her were buried June 17^th 1686.
Note y^t Comptrowler Norris was buried about the 27^th. Oct: 86.
Wm Dawson son to Tho: Dawson Esquire (a presbyterian) out of Ireland buried in Skibricks seat in the body of the Church 7^ber 20^th.
Wm Cubon poor blind man buried Jan: y^e 27^th.

BAPTISMS-

1687-Tho: Parr his lott for the tythes for Castletown School is in Sorby at the rate of 4^£ 0^s 08 beinge w^th mutuall consent don by the undertakers of the free School and order from the Governor the 5th of febr. 1688.

MARRIAGES

1687-Sr John Parr and Margrett Patton weare married by Mr Richard Thompson ffebruarie 9^th.

BURIALS

1687- . . . Caine buried May 29^th got but 4d (!)
William Ratclife Kelpman buried June ye 23^th.
Ed: Scarfe (who died a sudden Death) buried Octobr 13^th.
Arthur Dawson son to Tho: Dawson Esquire and Aluma his wife was buried in the midest of the Church in ffargher. seat where his brother was buried and this was December the first 1687.
. . . Ruth daughter to Rich: Ruth Esquire and the Countess Jaine of Donagall his Ladie was buried under the Altar of St Maries Chapple in Castletown Januarie 13^th 1687.

BAPTISMS-

1688-This day the 19^th of June 1688 was celebratted solemnized and obserued in honnour of the Birth of the prince of Wailes, wi^th bonfires, ffiringe of Ornans & Drinkirige of the Kings queens and Prince of Wailes health and my Lord of Derbys.

June the 10^th being Trinity Sunday He was born.

Joseph White son to Arnell White a frenchman bapt Aug: 27^th.

Mr J: Parr went to Ramsey 7^ber 28^th 1688.

The prince of Oringe landed at Lime in the west of England with three thousand horse and foote the 5^th of November (the gunpouder treason day) 1688. King Will: and Queen Mary wear Crowned king and Queen of England Scotland &c on St Geo. day Aprill 23 after 1689.

Daniell (the mother fathers the child on Doctor Morrison but he denieth) bapt: ffebr 24.

BURIALS

1688-Richard Stevenson (ye naturall) buried July 9 ^th.
Jaine Cesar of Ballhick buried July 29^th.

This is the unfortunate lady who in 1659 was condemned to "acknowledge before the congregation" the Witchcraft, &c., of which she had been declared by a jury to be not guilty.

Mary Stevenson (ye natural) buried August ye 19^th.
Ann Stevenson the Naturall buried Novembr 6^th.

Strange that three idiots of the same name died in four months

Note that John Quaile Proctor Died suddenly att Knock Rushin the 13^th of October and was carried to Peele Church & ther buried the munday after.

John ffarrant Senir buried March 20^th. Note that this jo: was at Pecletown, came home, eat his Supper well, went to bed well, a caugh came upon him and suddenly dyed.

Qu: the "caugh" or the man ?

BAPTISMS

1689-Issable Bridson filia Christopher barvane.
Will: Gellin son to Gellin beg Bap: July 4^th.
Cath: Halsall daughter to Mr Hen: and Margrett his wife baptized July 28^th.
Ellin Parr daughter to Sr John Parr & Margrett his wife was was born August the 11^th about 5 of ye Clock in the morninge, halfe floud, wind at south west, & Christened August 18^th.
Ellin Kneele daughter to Jo.. (hector) bapt September the 22^th.
William Watterson son to Jo : roy ⁷ November 15^th.

MARRIAGES

1689-Caesar Brew was maried to Cath: Richardson about the 18^th of ffebruarie by Mr. John Woods without licence.
See 28^th March, 1691.

BURIALS

1689-

71 burials are registered this year.

Jaine Speare a Scott buried Aprill the 9^th. June 27^th Chapter day.

Note yt the Executors of Alice Scotson Jaine Quaile Jane Taylor Ellin Quay Marg: Hick Issable Quaile Carter ffaile Jo: Kermott and Dan: Caveen appeared not at this Court ergo to appear at next.

Amelia Huddleston wife to Capt : Tho: Huddleston als Amelia Christian cut her own throat in her own bed August the 28^th and was buried in the night time unknown in the Chancle ye next night without the Knowledge of the Minister.

The Vicar does not seem to have been on very good terms with Captain Huddleston. There is something in the tone of the above entry which indicates, to say the least of it, a want of nice feeling and proper sympathy, and which augurs badly for the future relations between the clergyman and his parishioner. And so, when the Captain takes unto himself another wife in 1693, we are scarcely surprised to find the ceremony recorded in the Marriage Register in this way :-

Cap: Tho: Huddleston was married to Eliz: Calcott by Sr John Cosnahan clandestinly in my Church of Kk Mallew a little before sunsett on Septembr 10^th 93 wthout licence and banns beinge forbidden before not to marrie any wthout my licence on the South side (I having the power of giveinge the licences on the South side and Mr Jo: Woods the power of giveinge the Licences of the North side of this Isle) and he gave under his hand that he had the said warning as appeareth.

In the midst of the Burial Entries for 1689 occurs this curious note :-

Sept 19^th 1689. Tho: Parr Minister and John ffargher Clerk have recconed this day for all buriall moneys . . . ⁹ buriall of them at age since July 24^th 1686: for malt and barley that Tho: Parr had W^th Som cheese ann plowings and the Corn tytlh of the said John w^th the offerings of the said yeeres: all is paid and discharged to this present day to witt September 19^th 1689 as witness both our subscriptions but 6s 3d that Thomas Parr oweth to John ffargher w^ch is the overplus in ye accounts w^ch is to be stopped in his corn tyth and offeringe at Easter next if it be not paid before.

Tho: Parr
John ffargher.

Octo: 27. Jo. ffargher past his word 30d.b for his seryts licence to witt
Plinlo Canell & Alice Lowey.

Ocl:ob. 14.90. Jo. ffargher past his word for Wm Quine and Issable Callows⁹ licence 3s 4d¹⁰

The papire being nought I have turned to the other side¹¹.

BURIALS-

1689-Coonie Stockan als Quirke buried Novem: 15^th.
John Corrin moss buried 9^ber 20^th.
Mr Rich: Thompson Vicar of Kk Christ Rushin died December 31^th and was buried in his owne Church January 2^th in the Chancle.
John Tubman greene buried Jan: 7^th.
Ann Tubman buried ffebruarie 4^th 89.
Ellin Curlett that perished on the mountain ffeb 7^th.
Robt. Shimine gildow buried March v^th.

[TO BE CONTINUED]

1 "Jack of all trades?"
2 See Baptisms, March 1691
3 " The hill," i.e. Ballachrink, still the property of the Harrison family.
4 Ballavarvane.
5 Manx Note Book, Vol. i., p. 6o.
6 Burials. 1680.
8 Illegible
9 Note the difference in fees charged for these two marriage licences; perhaps on account of the circumstances of the applicants.
10 See Marriages 1690.
11 i.e., bad, worthless. Cf. 2 Kings, ii., 19, and Prov. xx., 14.