# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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Terms, Fairs and Markets which by the
Laws of the Land are declared to be free
and open. Annexing Different Ideas to
the Word Game, from what the Laws
and Constitution acknowledge.
Authorizing petty Officers of the Duke
to enter and search the Houses of the
Inhabitants of whatever Rank or
Description as well within his own as
the other Manors or Baronies &
to take away and Destroy their Dogs
Guns and other property by Force and
without the Benefit of a Trial—
Revesting in the Duke the Fund
arising from what is called the
Herring Custom and Bay Fisheries
which appertained to the Sovereignty
and have been most graciously
applied by parliament to the Repair
and support of the Harbours, in which
the People are very materially interested
and concerned— Altering the Component
parts of the Legislature of the Island
of which The King is the Head— And
restraining them from passing Laws
without