# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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At the Court at S^t. James's
the 26^th Day of June 1767.

Present.

The Kings Most Excellent Majesty

Archbishop of Canterbury                Earl of Harcourt
Lord President                          Earl of Shelburne
Duke of Grafton                         Viscount Townshend
Duke of Queensberry                     Viscount Howe
Lord Steward                            Viscount Barrington
Earl of Huntingdon                      Viscount Clare
Earl of Denbigh                         Viscount Villiers
Earl of Litchfield                      Lord Sandys
Earl of Cholmondeley                    James Stuart Mackenzie Esq^r
Earl of Marchmont                       James oswald Esq^r.
Earl of Bristol                         Sir Edward Hawke.
Earl of Ashburnham

Whereas there was this Day read at the Board a Report from the
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council for hearing
Appeals from the plantations &c^a. dated the 10^th of this Instant in the
Words following — viz^t.

" Your Majesty having been pleased by Your Order in
" Council of the 7^th of November 1766 to refer unto this Committee
" the humble petition of John Quillin Esquire Your Majestys Attorney
" General of the Isle of Man, and Samuel Kirkpatrick sometime
" an officer of Your Majestys Customs within the said Island, Setting
" forth, amongst other things, that David Angus prayed and was
" allowed an Appeal to Your Majesty in Council, from an Order or
" Judgment given in the Court of Exchequer in the said Island on
" the 23^rd. of November 1763, in favour of the Petitioners, upon
" an Action filed by them in the said Court against the said David
" Angus, for Condemning one hundred and eighty pounds Weight of
" Tea, which were illegally imported into the said Island; And
" humbly praying, in regard the said David Angus hath neglected
" to prosecute his said Appeal, tho' he had given Security so to do
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