1780 and 1781 Bills to Parliament
Date(s): c 1780-1781
Creator(s): Various
Scope & Content: A variety of printed material relating to Bills submitted to Parliament by the Duke of Atholl, in 1780 and 1781, which sought to clarify what manorial rights the family held on the Isle of Man, which had remained unclear since the Revestment in 1765, and return those rights that His Grace regarded as having been unlawfully seized by Crown officials; these Bills were opposed by the House of Keys and ultimately rejected.
Language: English
Extent: 7 items
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: SUB-SUB-SERIES
ID number: MS 09707/10/816-822
Record class: Private
Access conditions: No regulations or restrictions are implemented on this material.
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- An address to the people of the Isle of Man, introductory to the report of the Attorney and Solicitor-General of England, upon the late Bill of the Most Noble John Duke of Athol[l], respecting the said isle
- The Evidence taken at the Bar of the House of Lords, on the 18th. 22d. and 26th Days of June, 1781, on the part of the petitioners, against His Grace the Duke of Atholl's Bill respecting the Isle of Man
- A Bill to explain and amend an Act made in the fifth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled [sic], 'An Act for carrying into execution a contract made pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the twelfth of his late majesty King George the First….'
- Observations on the Duke's right to the herring customs, salmon fisheries, wrecks of the sea, and derelict lands
- Copy of the report of the Deemster, Clerk of the Rolls, and Attorney General of the Isle of Man
- An issue of 'The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser' newspaper
- An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the fifth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled [sic], 'An Act for carrying into execution a contract made pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the twelfth of his late majesty King George the First….'