4th Duke of Atholl-era dispute over custody of manorial records
Date(s): 1779-c 1792
Creator(s): Various
Scope & Content: A file containing various papers, both originals and copies, relating to the Duke of Atholl's dispute with the House of Keys over the transfer of title deeds and other manorial records from Castle Rushen to the custody of the Duke's Seneschal; there is also documentation relating to the previous dispute between the 3rd Duke and Duchess of Atholl with the Crown officials over the separation of manorial and Crown records; also present are papers relating to an unsuccessful Act/Bill of Tynwald, regarding the jurisdiction of the Duke's manorial courts and the regulation of his rights on the Isle of Man.
Language: English
Extent: 15 items
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: FILE
ID number: MS 09707/10/686-700
Retrieval number: AP 33A
Record class: Private
Access conditions: No regulations or restrictions are implemented on this material.
Comments
Archive catalogue
Linked Records
Archives:
- Copy letter from Lieutenant Governor Richard Dawson, Isle of Man to Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
- The memorial of Daniel Mylrea to Governor John Wood
- Letter from David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont, St. James' Palace to John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
- Abstract of an Act of Tynwald passed by a part of the Legislature of the Isle of Mann (the Duke of Atholl's tenants) for the establish[in]g the jurisdiction of his Courts Baron
- Copy memorial from the House of Keys to Lieutenant Governor Richard Dawson
- A schedule of the manorial records taken 30 July 1779
- An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the fifth year of the reign of His present Majesty
- Opinions of Attornies General and Solicitors General regarding custody of Manx manorial records and associated matters
- Letter from Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, St. James' Palace to John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
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