From Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX

IMPORTATIONS OF FRENCH WINES IN FOREIGN SHIPS INTO THE ISLE OF MAN.
A.D. 1562.

STATUTES OF THE REALM.

5 ELIZ. I

PROVIDED always, That yt shall and maye bee lawfull to and for any pson or psons being Strangers borne,to bring yerely in any Shippe Bottome or Vessel, whereof Stranger or Strangers borne ys or shal be Owner or Owners, into the Havens, Portes, and Townes of the Isle of Man, or into any of them, any of the Wynes made in any of the Domynions or Countreis belonging to the Crowne of France, and in the same Portes and Townes or any of them to dischargee the said Wines so to bee brought; so that there bee not brought and discharged by the same Strangers, in any suche Strangers Shippes, Bottoms or Vesseles in any one yere, in or at the said Havens, Portes or Townes, or any of them, above One Hundrethe Tunnes at the most; This Acte or any Thing therein conteyned to the contrary thereof notwithestanding.