p151- Manx Soc vol 9  'Monumenta de Insula Manniae - Vol 3'
From
Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX
Petition of Wm. Christian to Charles II.
A.D. 1660.
S
TATE
P
APER
O
FFICE
.
T
HE peticon of
William

Christian
sheweth, That yo
r
peticonr having some part

of his estate in Lancashire and other parts in the Isle of Man, about

Michaelmas last went into the s
d
Island and was soone

after there imprisoned by order of the Earle of Darby, where he soe

continews still and hath been lately called to a tryall there for his

life for Treason, upon pretence that in 1651 he assembled the

Inhabitants of the s
d
Island in opposition to the Countess

Dowager of Darby, (which if true) as the same is not, yet the same

being in relation to the warrs yo
r
pcticon
r
advised by councell that the same is pardoned by yo
r
Ma
tys
gracious Act of Indempnity, wherein yor peticoner is

not a parson excepted from pardon, nor hath at any time since the

24th of June, 1660, or before acted any thing against yo
r
Ma
ty
or governm
t
. That yo
r
pcticon
r
hath apeled to be tried by yo
r
Ma
tys
laws of England where hee many years lived and hath

an estate, but it was refused, and for as much as the s
d
proceedings are without presedent and contrary to the laws within the

s
d
Island.
Hee most humbly prayeth the henefitt of the lawes of England, and

in order thereunto that yo
r
Ma
ty
wil be

gratiously pleased to command his being brought before yo
r
Ma
ty
and hon
ble
Councell, and that if anything

can be objected against him which is not pardoned that he may have a

tryall according to the known lawes of this kingdome.
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