# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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they must naturally be supposed the
most competent Judges. That as this
Grievance appears to have arisen from
a Misconception of his Grace's Rights
and Interests in this Island, and an
illfounded Opinion that the
Inhabitants at large are his Tenants
to an Extent, & in a Sense widely
different from the Fact, and that the
Legislature hath no Right to pass
Laws without his Consent; Your
Memorialists in order to obviate every
Prejudice which might arise from
the adoption of so erroneous an Idea,
Beg leave to call Your Excellency's
attention to the true state of this
Government both before and after
the period already mentioned.

This Island which was formerly
a distinct Kingdom, has from time
immemorial had its own peculiar
Laws, and Legislature, consisting of
its Sovereign, the Governor Council and
Keys.

By