Name

Tynwald Codification of Laws

Description

The codification of Manx law at Tynwald in 1417 preserved the Island's legal tradition in written form. The breast law — customary law carried in the memory of the Deemsters — was recorded. This was not an imposition of new law but the writing down of what the Deemsters already knew and applied.

Date

1417

Place

Tynwald Hill, St John's

People Involved

Chapter 3

Type

Constitutional / Legal