Boy Third Class. He was twelve years old. He was wounded at Trafalgar. The Navy's records note his wound and his age with the same flat precision they applied to everything.
Husbandman on the indicting jury at Illiam Dhone's trial. The Cottier family, 'probably from Lezayre,' would later accompany the Christian brothers to Virginia in 1655 — two Cottier daughters married the two brothers.
A confirmation charter issued by John de Stanley, lord of Mann and the Isles, reaffirming and extending the ecclesiastical privileges and territorial grants originally made by King Magnus to the bishops of Mann and Sodor. The document traces a chain of authority from Magnus through Thomas Randulph (Earl of Moravia) to Stanley, confirming liberties, judicial powers, fisheries, mines, and revenue rights granted to the Church. Relevant to understanding pre-Revestment Manx governance, feudal tenure, and ecclesiastical authority structures.
A nested charter document in which John de Stanley (Lord of Mann and the Isles, 1423) confirms a charter granted by Thomas Randulph (Earl of Moravia, Lord of Mann), who in turn had confirmed an earlier charter of King Magnus of Mann and the Isles to the Bishop of Mann and Sodor. The charter grants ecclesiastical liberties, lands (including the Island of St. Patrick), fisheries, customs rights, mining rights, and exemptions from secular service and exaction. This document provides evidence of medieval constitutional arrangements on the Isle of Man and the powers and property of the Church prior to the Revestment period.
Spoke in the 1805 Lords debate. His family had lost 60,000 acres as American loyalists and received £200 in compensation — a pointed contrast with the Duke of Atholl's claims.
Ramsey fisherman whose boat was seized alongside John Sayle and John Wattleworth in November 1765. The petition regarding the illegal seizure of a fishing boat in Ramsey Bay was filed 21 November 1765 — barely five months into Crown administration.
Agent and representative of the Duke of Atholl. Involved in correspondence regarding the Duke's Isle of Man interests. Distinct from John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl.
The Duke who sold the lordship of Mann to the Crown in 1765. Distinct from the 2nd Duke (who held the lordship through most of the mid-century period) and the 4th Duke (who pursued further compensation). He inherited a lordship under siege from Westminster and accepted the forced purchase rather than face confiscation.
Son of the 3rd Duke who signed the Revestment. Testified to the 1792 Commissioners that his father 'concluded a transaction, which, to the day of his death, he never thought upon but with the deepest regret and dejection.' Spent thirty years petitioning Parliament for additional compensation, producing accounts and estimates reaching £620,000. Appointed Governor in 1793 — Manx people drew his carriage and cheered, regarding him as 'a fellow-sufferer.' But he appointed Scots 'connected with or depending on his family' to most paid offices, and in 1822 told the Keys they were 'no more Representatives of the people of Man, than of the people of Peru.' The remark was 'loudly cheered by an assembled concourse of the most respectable natives.' The final settlement in 1829 paid £416,114 for all remaining rights.
Comptroller of customs and ubiquitous figure in the island's administrative records. Appears 78 times across the Manx Museum archive index — the most frequently named individual. As auditor on revenue abstracts from 1744 to 1762 and in House of Keys business, he represents the continuity of Manx administration through the crisis.
Letter from John Quayle to Harrison (25 Sept 1761) reporting on the new Governor's arrival and planned circuit of Sheading Courts, discussing financial remittances, constitutional inquiry regarding coronation ceremony, and disputes over mill licensing — specifically Captain Moore's paper mill scheme and its impact on Lords' mill rents. Reflects governance and revenue issues on the Isle of Man in the years preceding the 1765 Revestment.
Letter from John Quayle (Manx revenue officer) to Mr Harrison regarding financial accounts with the Duke of Atholl, collection of customs revenue, and serious incidents of cruiser harassment and robbery in Manx ports. Documents tensions between revenue enforcement and smuggling trade, with specific incidents at Douglas and Ramsey involving seizures of brandy, tea, and correspondence.
Letter from John Quayle to Harrison (25 September 1761) discussing the arrival of the new Governor, financial remittances, constitutional matters relating to the Duke of Atholl's prerogatives, and concerns about Captain Moore's proposed paper mill and its impact on the Lords' mill rents. The letter reveals administrative and economic tensions on the Isle of Man in the pre-Revestment period.
Sixty-seven years old, a Wesleyan Local Preacher who had helped produce the 1799 Manx hymn translation. Led the 1827 emigration on the ship Ocean, which carried roughly 129 Manx emigrants to Ohio. The Cleveland Herald reported 'about 200 immigrants from the Isle of Man.' Moore fixed 1824 as the lowest depth of Manx misery. The ships sailed three years later. Manx people leaving at the worst possible moment — which was also the only moment when leaving became easier than staying.
Ramsey fisherman whose boat was illegally seized in November 1765 — six months after the Revestment. He petitioned alongside John Kneene and John Wattleworth. Named fishermen, having their livelihoods destroyed. This is the human cost with names attached.
Filed a petition regarding illegal seizure of seas in November 1765, the same month as the Ramsey fishing boat seizure. Also advanced money alongside John Taubman for harbour repairs — still petitioning the Commissioners for repayment twenty-six years later in 1791.
Manx merchant and profiteer who exploited the Revestment for personal advantage. His name appears 41 times across the Manx Museum archive index, a measure of his entanglement in the island's affairs. Connected to both the old mercantile establishment and the new revenue system.
A poor labourer of Garff who won his case in the Manx courts — because the Deemster heard the case and the evidence was on his side. Then he lost, because the new system allowed his opponent to appeal to a jurisdiction in London that knew nothing about him, nothing about Garff, nothing about the Island. The appeal cost money John Tear did not have. The system that had worked — imperfect but accessible — had been replaced by something that served lawyers rather than litigants.
Ramsey fisherman, the third named petitioner in the November 1765 seizure of a fishing boat in Ramsey Bay. Three men, named in the archive, whose boat was taken by the new regime within months of the Revestment.
Administrative letter from John Wetherall to the Irish Revenue Commissioners reporting on seized goods identified as coming from the Isle of Man. The document describes methodology for identifying smuggled goods (the 'Isle Man package' — tea in small casks, tobacco in trusses, brandy, geneva, and rum in ankers) and lists values of seized items. Directly relevant to understanding smuggling patterns and revenue operations immediately before the Revestment.
First royal Governor of Mann after the Revestment, appointed by commission in 1765. His commission commanded obedience to 'the said Act of Parliament and his said Royal Commission' and required officers to attend to 'the laws of Great Britain as they respect this Island.' No mention of Manx constitution, Tynwald, Keys, or the island's own laws.
