Name

Act of Settlement

Description

The Act of Settlement codified the relationship between lord and people, securing Manx land rights and defining the custodianship. It happened because the Lord needed his tenants to invest in land they believed was theirs — the alignment of interest producing constitutional settlement. This was the arrangement Parliament would purchase in 1765 without understanding what it was buying.

Date

1704

Place

Isle of Man

People Involved

Chapter 4

Type

Constitutional / Legal