Act of Parliament confirming the Grant of the Isle of Mann to William, Earl of Derby (1610)
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- Name
- Act of Parliament confirming the Grant of the Isle of Mann to William, Earl of Derby (1610)
- Description
- A 1610 Act of Parliament under James I confirming William, Earl of Derby's hereditary possession of the Isle of Man, its castle, lordship, and all associated rights, franchises, and revenues. The act extinguishes competing claims from the heirs of Ferdinando, late Earl of Derby, and establishes strict entailment to the male line. This document is fundamental to understanding the constitutional and property basis of the Earls of Derby's sovereignty over Man before the 1765 Revestment.
- Date
- 1610
- Related To
- King James I
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- The Stanley Lordship
- Type
- Parliamentary Record
- Date Created
- 1610
- Creator
- Parliament of England (Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Commons)
- Audience
- William, Earl of Derby; Lady Elizabeth his wife; James Lord Stanley; Robert Stanley
- Language
- English