CHAPTER XIX.

THE MOORES OF MAN, THEIR DUTYE.

BESIDES y^e coroners there are other officers (both in every sheeding and in every parish) w~’ they call Moores. These are not only the lord’s bayliffs, to gather up y^e lord’s rents and dutyes in that sheeding where they reside, and every Munday to bring up all monys (wch they had gathered up y^e week before) unto Castletowne, and there to deliver it to y^e receiver-generall, but he hath many other imploym^ts besides, both for y^e execution in cases of justice concerning y^e governm^t of y^e Island in generall, as for ye sheeding in pticular whereof he is y^e moore ifor.

The Sunday before y^e sheeding courts are to be kept, y^e moores for ye north and south are to give notice to all y^t y^e courts are to be kept such a day, to y^e intent y~ jf any

of y^t sheeding have cause to complain, he may come to y^e moore to suffion his adversary to answer him at y^e court.

The moores and y^e coroner are to p"sent in their places what bloodshed hath been in y^t sheeding since y^e last sheeding court ye last halfe year before.

In common law cases, a moor of y^e parish, upon y^e token Of ye deemster, may execute a recovery as a coroner may in chancery.

The moores doe ifence in y^e court of a Tinwald, sheedings, etc.

As I conceive, those moores have not any pension from y^e lord of ye Island, for I finde amongst their customary law,

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ye moores of every sheeding doe pay two marks of office silver (as they call it) to y^e lord of y^e Island. Besides, they have divers fees and proffits ~ cometh to them by vertue of their office, as out of their goods, of a feb cle se he hath four shillings (wch is as much as y^e deemster hath), as likewise out of every felon’s goods (wch y^e coroner is to have) he is to pay four shillings to ye moor, and y^e deemster hath no more; and soe I conceive he hath a share out of all the forfeitures of any goods y^t fall to y^e lord of ye Islande.

Whosoever resisteth or molesteth y^e moor in doing of his office he shall forfett an amercem^t of six shillings and eight pence, w’~’ is more than y^e double amercem^t for resisting of a coroner.