Attorney General's Legal Opinion on Fisheries Rights post-Revestment (1766)
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T_1_455_357_2.txt
- Name
- Attorney General's Legal Opinion on Fisheries Rights post-Revestment (1766)
- Description
- A legal opinion from William de Grey (Attorney General) dated October 1766, addressing the ownership of fishing rights in Manx waters following the 1765 Revestment Act. The opinion clarifies that sea fisheries (including bay fisheries) belong to the Crown, not to the Duke of Atholl, despite the Duke's reservation of inland waters and fisheries in the Revestment Act. This document is directly relevant to disputes over revenue collection and property rights immediately after the Revestment.
- Date
- 27 October 1766
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Legal Opinion
- Date Created
- 1766-10-27
- Creator
- William de Grey, Attorney General
- Audience
- Treasury (received 13 November 1766; read 14 November 1766)
- Identifier
- T 1/455/357
- Language
- English