Case and Complaint of Madam Horne against Spiritual Court proceedings, 1721
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- Sources
- Name
- Case and Complaint of Madam Horne against Spiritual Court proceedings, 1721
- Description
- Complaint filed by Madam Horne against the Spiritual Court at Kirk Michell, contesting her treatment as a witness/defendant in an ecclesiastical case involving Archdeacon Horrobin and others. The document, extracted from the Exchequer-Book of 1722, was submitted to Lieutenant-Governor Shaw in 1792 as part of Commissioners of Inquiry proceedings. It illustrates jurisdictional disputes, the powers of spiritual courts, and due process concerns in early 18th-century Isle of Man governance.
- Date
- 10 February 1721
- Related To
- John Quayle
- Collection
- The Trading Era
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1721-02-10
- Creator
- Madam Horne
- Audience
- Governor and Council of the Isle of Man; Spiritual Court at Kirk Michell
- Identifier
- Liber Scaccar. 1722; Advocates Notebook p465
- Language
- English