# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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Shillings the Quarterland imposed,
by the Act, subject the Duke to the
annual payment of Twenty four
Shillings Manks Currency.
Whilst the Territorial property of
the Inhabitants at large will be
equal at least to a Thousand
Quarterlands— A Circumstance
which your Memorialists only
mention to shew how inconsiderably
his Grace can be affected by the
present Assessment, although
his supposed Interest in the
Island furnishes so much
specious Ground and pretence
for Interference and objection.
It is true, that the Dukes Quit
Rents Fines and other Rights
over the Soil as Lord of the Manor,
together with his Impropriate
Tythes (after deducting the Rent
of one hundred & one pound fifteen
Shillings and eleven pence
payable to the Crown by his Grace)
in respect of his holding in the
Island) will nearly amount to the
Sum