A detailed calendar/finding aid to Home Office papers (HO 98/77) covering Isle of Man from 1830 to 1834. Topics include Bishop Barrow's Educational Foundation, King William's College establishment, church livings, ecclesiastical appointments (including Archdeacon succession), copper coinage, harbour infrastructure, gaol conditions, wreck reports, and various administrative complaints and petitions. Compiled by F. Coakley and published on Manx Notebook.
A calendar/finding aid listing 105 items from Home Office file HO 98/77 (1830-1834). The papers cover Isle of Man administration under Lieutenant Governor Smelt, including ecclesiastical matters (Bishop Barrow's education fund, King William's College establishment, church establishment returns), harbour and coinage issues, building maintenance, and various petitions and administrative correspondence with the Home Office and Colonial Office.
A detailed calendar/finding aid listing 108 items of Home Office correspondence (HO 98/76) covering 1829-1830, focusing on Isle of Man administrative matters including tithes disputes, academic endowments (Barrow's foundation), coroners' reform, police reform, charitable institutions, and gaol administration. This is a post-Revestment document showing how the Crown managed the Island after purchasing sovereignty from the Duke of Atholl.
A calendar/finding aid listing the contents of Home Office file HO 98/76 covering 1829–1830. It catalogues 108 items of official correspondence concerning Isle of Man governance, including disputes over tithes and the Barrow academic fund, coroners' reform, police reform, insolvent debtors, ecclesiastical appointments, and reaction to the recent purchase of the island's sovereignty from the Duke of Atholl. The file reflects post-Revestment administrative challenges.
A finding aid calendar listing 61 papers from Home Office record HO 98/75, covering 1827-1828 Isle of Man administration. Documents concern the Fines Fund, magistrate appointments, Castle Rushen gaol repairs, ecclesiastical matters (Vicars General, tithes, church patronage), customs enforcement, military stationing, and governance issues. Includes correspondence between Isle of Man Lieutenant Governor Smelt and Home Office officials.
A finding aid / calendar listing of 61 items from Home Office file HO 98/75, covering administrative and political correspondence relating to Isle of Man governance in 1827–1828. Includes letters on the Fines Fund, magistrates, convicts, gaol alterations at Castle Rushen, ecclesiastical appointments, customs regulation, military stations, and church patronage following the 1765 Revestment. Provides brief summaries of authors, recipients, dates, and topics, with archival references.
A calendar/finding aid listing 87 documents from Home Office archive HO 98/74, spanning 1826 (with some earlier references). The papers document administrative and political affairs on the Isle of Man during the final years before the Revestment, including tithe disputes with Bishop Murray, legal proceedings, questions of attorney regulation, arson investigations, and negotiations regarding the Duke of Atholl's property and rights. Key figures include Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Smelt, Attorney General James Clarke, Home Secretary Henry Hobhouse, and Robert Peel.
A detailed calendar/finding aid listing 87 documents from Home Office archive HO 98/74 covering 1826 Isle of Man affairs. Includes correspondence between Lt Governor Smelt, Attorney General Clarke, Home Office Under Secretary Hobhouse, and others regarding the tithe dispute with Bishop Murray, riots, arson, legal appointments, the ongoing treaty with the Duke of Atholl, and police bill reforms. Documents span January–December 1826 with some earlier references.
A detailed calendar (finding aid) listing 163 documents from Home Office papers HO 98/73, covering administrative, legal, and political correspondence relating to Isle of Man governance during 1824–1825. The calendar documents disputes over tithes, Court of Gaol Delivery jurisdiction, freedom of speech for the Keys (House of Keys), legal appointments, convict transportation, and civil unrest. Key figures include Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), Lt Governor Smelt, Bishop Murray, Attorney General Clarke, and Home Secretary Peel.
A detailed calendar/finding aid listing 163 administrative and legal documents from Home Office file HO 98/73, covering correspondence between Westminster officials (Peel, Hobhouse), Isle of Man governors (Atholl, Smelt), and island officials. Key topics include tithe disputes, freedom of speech in Tynwald, Court of Gaol Delivery jurisdiction, the Roper disbarring controversy, convict transfers, and civil unrest. Directly relevant to understanding constitutional tensions and governance during the post-Revestment period.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to Home Office files HO 98/72 covering 1823 Isle of Man governance. Documents include correspondence between the Duke of Atholl (Governor), James Clarke (Attorney General), Robert Peel, and Henry Hobhouse concerning judicial corruption (Deemster Gawne), constitutional questions about the Keys' role in courts, charitable trusts, tithe commutation, and administrative reform. Highly relevant to the post-Revestment period showing English oversight and Manx governance tensions.
A detailed calendar listing of 1823 Home Office correspondence and administrative papers concerning Isle of Man governance, including disputes over judicial authority, the dismissal of Deemster Gawne, constitutional questions about the House of Keys' role in courts, charitable funds, and legislative measures (tithe commutation, poor rates). Key figures include Duke of Atholl (Governor), James Clarke (Attorney General), and Henry Hobhouse (permanent Under Secretary).
A detailed calendar (finding aid) listing 124 documents from Home Office file HO 98/71 covering 1822 administrative, political, and legal correspondence relating to Isle of Man governance. Key issues include disputes between the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief) and the House of Keys, ecclesiastical precedence, charities, legal appointments, and military matters. Relevant to understanding post-Revestment institutional tensions and the functioning of Manx government under Westminster oversight.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to 124 papers in Home Office record HO 98/71 covering 1822 correspondence relating to Isle of Man administration, governance disputes between the Duke of Atholl and the House of Keys, military presence, salaries, legal appointments, and ecclesiastical precedence. Includes references to earlier documents dating back to 1665 and 1770.
A calendar listing (finding aid) of 74 documents held in the Home Office 98/70 archive box, covering Isle of Man administrative and governmental matters in 1821. Topics include census planning, judicial appointments (Clerk of Rolls, Deemster positions), revenue collection, food price disturbances in Peel and Douglas, military deployment of the 29th Regiment, and disputes over the composition of the Governor's Council. Key figures include Lord Sidmouth, Cornelius Smelt (Lieutenant Governor), the 4th Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), and James Clarke (Attorney General).
A detailed calendar/finding aid to 74 administrative papers from the Home Office (HO 98/70) for 1821, covering Isle of Man governance including census implementation, judicial appointments, civil establishment reform, food price riots, and troop deployment. The collection documents correspondence between the Duke of Atholl, Lieutenant Governor Smelt, the Keys (Manx parliament), and the Home Office under Lord Sidmouth during a period of social unrest and constitutional tension.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to a bound volume of Home Office correspondence (HO 98/69) covering 1818-1820. The papers document administrative, legal, and governance matters on the Isle of Man during a period of reform efforts, including deemster appointments, salary disputes, House of Keys rebuilding, fee reform, smuggling, and various constitutional issues. Key figures include Lord Sidmouth (Home Secretary), Cornelius Smelt (Lieutenant Governor), James Clarke (Attorney General), and the 4th Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief).
A calendar (finding aid) listing 233 documents from the National Archives' Home Office papers HO 98/69, covering the period 1818–1820. The calendar summarises correspondence between key Isle of Man officials (Smelt, Clarke, Hobhouse, Sidmouth) and Westminster, concerning deemster appointments, fees and salaries, House of Keys rebuilding, prison conditions, insolvent debtors, foreign grain imports, and enforcement of customs law. This is the first HO 98 file dealing with the Isle of Man and provides crucial insight into post-Revestment (1765) administrative and constitutional reform efforts.
A comprehensive calendar/finding aid to 303 documents in Home Office file HO 98/68, covering 1813-1817 correspondence between the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), Cornelius Smelt (Lieutenant Governor), James Clarke (Attorney General), Lord Sidmouth (Home Secretary), and other officials regarding Isle of Man administration. Topics include constitutional disputes over gubernatorial powers, legal opinions on the Duke's residual rights, appointments to office, public buildings and fortifications, smuggling cases (esp. Robert Quilliam), volunteer corps organisation, and relations between London and the Island authorities. Directly relevant to the Revestment project's coverage of post-1765 constitutional tensions and administrative practice.
A calendar/finding aid listing 303 documents from the National Archives Home Office series HO 98/68, covering Isle of Man administration 1813-1817. Documents concern disputes between the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief) and Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Smelt, legal appointments, constitutional authority, smuggling, prison conditions, revenue, fortifications, and legislative procedure. Highly relevant to understanding Westminster's post-Revestment oversight and tensions in Manx governance.
A calendar/finding aid listing the contents of Home Office file HO 98/67, covering administrative correspondence concerning the Isle of Man from 1806-1812. Documents include letters between the Lt Governor (Cornelius Smelt), the Governor-in-Chief (Duke of Atholl), and Home Office officials (Spencer, Ryder, Sidmouth, Beckett, and others) on matters including military, harbour administration, forgery, impressment, gaol conditions, deemster appointments, and conflicts between Smelt and the Duke over authority and accommodation.
A calendar index of the contents of Home Office file HO 98/67, covering administrative and official correspondence relating to Isle of Man governance between 1806 and 1812. The file contains letters between the Lieutenant Governor (Cornelius Smelt), the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), the Secretary of State for the Home Office, and various Island officials and residents, touching on military affairs, forgery prosecutions, impressment, harbour management, deemster appointments, and tensions between the Duke and the Lieutenant Governor.
A calendar (finding aid) listing 170 items of official correspondence between the Lieutenant Governor of Isle of Man, the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), and the Home Office during 1796-1805. Topics include defence, smuggling, impressment, fencibles, Irish strangers, salaries, governance disputes, and administrative matters. Directly relevant to understanding the post-Revestment governance structure and tensions between Atholl and the Crown.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to Home Office file HO 98/66, listing 170 documents spanning 1796–1805. The papers document correspondence between the Lt Governor (Alexander Shaw, later Cornelius Smelt), the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), and successive Home Secretaries regarding defence, smuggling, Irish strangers/refugees, impressment, military affairs, and constitutional disputes over gubernatorial succession. Highly relevant to understanding the post-Revestment governance of the Isle of Man and political tensions between Atholl and successive administrations.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to 61 documents in Home Office series HO 98/65, covering correspondence between Isle of Man officials (Duke of Atholl, Lt Governor Shaw, Keys/Tynwald) and the Home Office (Dundas, Nepean, Portland) during 1794-1795. Topics include herring fishery regulation, military presence, pier destruction, parliamentary privilege disputes, revenue assessments, and escalating tensions between the Duke and Lt Governor.
