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the said proposals, and all things therein contained, shall be ratified and confirmed by an act of Tynwald

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May it therefore please your Lordship, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the said James, Earl of Derby, now lord of the said isle, by and with the advice and consent of the said governor, and the rest of his said lordship's officers, and by the Twenty-four Keys in this present Tynwald court assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the said proposals, and every clause, article, sentence, matter, and thing in the same contained, shall stand and be ratified, allowed, approved of and confirmed by the authority of this present Tynwald court; and that the said proposals shall stand and be of force to bind and conclude, as well the said James Earl of Derby, his heirs, and assigns, and all persons claiming, or to claim from, by, or under him or them, or to his use, or in trust for him, as the said Ewan Christian, John Stephenson, and Ewan Christian of Lewaige, and all and singular other the tenants and inhabitants within the said isle, their and every of their heirs and assigns, and all persons claiming, or to claim from, by, or under them, or any of them, or to or for their use, or in trust, for them or any of them, in all things, according to the purport, effect, and true meaning of the said proposals; and that every clause, article, sentence, matter, and thing in the said proposals contained, shall forever hereafter stand, be, and remain, and be adjudged and taken to be of such and the same force and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if the said proposals, and every clause, article, sentence, matter, and thing therein contained, were especially and particularly herein again expressed and repeated, and by the authority of this present court enacted.

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And be it further enacted, ordained, and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that all estates made, or to be made of any messuages, lands, tenements, and he

reditaments within the said isle, or members of the same, to any person or persons, and his and their heirs shall be, and shall be adjudged, esteemed, and taken from the making or granting of such estates, to be good and perfect customary estates of inheritance, descendable from ancestor to heir, according to the laws and customs of the said isle (except such as are reputed chattels, as is before mentioned); and that all and every such person and persons, to whom any such customary lands, tenements, or hereditaments are, or shall be granted to him and his heirs, according to the laws and customs of the said isle, shall be, and shall be adjudged, esteemed, and taken, and are hereby de clared to be seized thereof, as of good and perfect customary estates of inheritance, to them and their heirs, descendable from ancestor to heir, according to the customs of the said isle; and that all and every the said tenants of and within the said isle, and members of the same, as well all tenants in possession as in reversion, and remainder particularly or generally named, mentioned, or intended to be parties to the said proposals, and not hereby excluded, their and every of their respective heirs and assigns, shall, and may from henceforth forever, quietly and peaceably have, hold, and enjoy all their respective messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, with their and every of their appurtenances, to them and to their heirs severally and respectively, as customary tenants of and within the said isle, against the said James, Earl of Derby, his heirs and assigns, and against all and every other person, or persons, claiming, or to claim from, by, or under him, them, or any of them: All and singular the tenants within the said isle, and members of the same, their heirs and assigns, and all and every other person or persons claiming, or to claim from, by, or under them, or any of them, respectively yielding, paying, performing, and doing unto the said James, Earl of Der by, his heirs and assigns, and all and every other the

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lords of the said isle for the time being, such yearly rents, boons, suits, and services, as herein before are mentioned, and which now are or heretofore have been usually paid and performed; and also paying unto the said James, Earl of Derby, his heirs and assigns, such general and other fines certain, as in the said proposals are also for that purpose particularly mentioned and expressed: Saving always unto the said James, Earl of Derby, his heirs and assigns, and unto all and every other person and persons, that shall at any time hereafter become lords of the said isle, all such royalties, regalia, prerogatives, homages, fealties, escheats, forfeitures, seizures, mines, and minerals of what kind and nature soever, quarries, and delfs of flag, slate and stone, franchises, liberties, privileges, and jurisdictions whatsoever, as now are, or at any time heretofore have been invested in the said James, Earl of Derby, or in any of his ancestors, lords of the said isle; and saving, nevertheless, to all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their heirs and successors (other than the said James, Earl of Derby, his heirs and assigns), all such actions, estate, right, title, inte rest, use, trust, claim, and demand whatsoever, in law or equity, as they or any of them have, may, should, or ought to have of, into, or out of the said isle, or any part thereof, and in such sort and manner, as if this act had never been made: Provided that such person or persons, their heirs, executors, and administrators, do yield, pay, perform, and do unto the said James, Earl of Derby, his heirs and assigns, and to all and every other the lords of the said isle for the time being, the several yearly rents, boons, suits, and services, that have been accustomarily and usually paid for the estates, which they or any of them shall or may make any claim or title to, and do also pay unto the said lord and lords of the said isle for the time being, all such fines certain for the same, and in such manner and form as in the said proposals are particularly mentioned

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and agreed unto, and not otherwise. And it is further provided, that nothing in the said saving shall impeach or be prejudicial to, or be construed to impeach or be prejudicial to the settlement of the nature and quality of the estates, tenures, fines, rents, suits, and services which hereby, and by the said proposals, are agreed upon and intended to be enacted, granted, and confirmed, any thing in the said saving to the contrary notwithstanding.

Note. That it is agreed and consented unto by the governor, officers, and Twenty-four Keys aforesaid, at the signing hereof, that this act shall be no way construed and taken to free and discharge the tenants and inhabitants of this isle from giving their best assistance or supply for the defence of this isle in time of war or imminent danger, in such manner as shall be agreed upon by the governor, officers, and Twenty-four Keys of the island, for the time being, as occasion and necessity will require."

The assent of James, Earl of Derby, then lord of Man and the Isles, was given, in usual form, to the beforegoing act, excepting the clause therein contained respecting the tithes of the Abbey Demesnes; and the said act was promulged upon the Tynwald Hill, in usual form, the 6th of June 1704.

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Acts likewise passed by the Right Honourable JAMes, Earl of Derby, Lord of the said Isle, and by his Governor, Officers, and Twenty-four Keys, the Representatives thereof, at the before mentioned Court of Tynwald, holden the 4th day of February, Anno Domini 1703.

"WHEREAS by a clause in the before mentioned act of settlement, the respective tenants and inhabitants of the said isle, are obliged to pay (besides their rents and fines therein mentioned and expressed) all other their dues, duties, and carriages, as have been formerly accustomed, and that the fixing and ascertaining of the said carriages is, by the said act, left to the consideration of a Tynwald court. Be it therefore ordered, or dained, enacted, and declared, by the authority of the said court of Tynwald, that the tenants and inhabitants of this isle shall pay and do their carriages to the lord, as formerly accustomed: That is to say, Four carriages from every quarter of land; and one carriage from every cottage and intack holder within the said isle; and the same to be performed either by the labour of horses, or service of men, as the governor shall think fit to order, and as hath been formerly accustomed; and that these carriages shall be taken for the lord's use, as his lordship, or the governor for the time being, shall think fit to employ them; and that no tenant shall be exempt from doing of these carriages, but such as have been legally accustomed to be freed thereof. Also, whereas by another clause in the aforesaid act of settlement, all persons who then had mortgaged, or should thence after mortgage all or any part of his messuages, lands, tenements, mills, cottages, intacks, or other hereditaments, unto any per

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