Detailed historical chapter on Manx social and economic conditions in the century following the 1765 Revestment, covering wages, labour conditions, prices, housing, urban development, poor relief, and public services. Provides extensive primary source evidence (wages tables, price data, contemporary descriptions) and discusses the impact of trade liberalisation, emigration, visiting populations, and legislative reforms on island society.

Collection of four historical appendices covering 17th-century Manx customs (stranger reception protocols), a 1682 benevolence collection order, 1600 security incidents, and debt imprisonment law. These provide contemporary documentation of Manx governance structures, feudal obligations, and legal procedures predating the 1765 Revestment.

A published collection of primary source correspondence from 1762–1764, edited by William James Smith from manuscripts formerly at Stowe. Contains letters between George Grenville (First Lord of the Treasury), Richard Grenville (Earl Temple), John Wilkes, and contemporaries on peace negotiations, ministerial politics, and parliamentary affairs. Includes Grenville's diary of 'Memorable Transactions' covering the period November 1763–January 1764, documenting Cabinet affairs, the Wilkes controversy, and administrative detail.

Published collection of correspondence from the Grenville family and contemporaries, spanning 1712 onwards, with focus on the final years of George II and first decade of George III. Editor's preface provides extensive biographical and political context for Richard Grenville, Earl Temple, and George Grenville, including their roles in Pitt's administration, the American Stamp Act, and political opposition to Lord Bute. Contains original manuscript letters formerly preserved at Stowe.

Published collection of correspondence and diary entries of George Grenville and his brother Richard Temple (Earl Temple) covering 1765-1766, with editorial notes by William James Smith. Includes extensive political correspondence on Parliamentary matters, ministerial appointments, the Regency Bill, American affairs (Stamp Act, quartering soldiers), East India Company matters, and notably contains references to the Duke of Atholl and the Purchase of the Isle of Man (March 5, 1765).

Volume IV of a four-volume published collection of correspondence between Richard Grenville (Earl Temple) and George Grenville, their friends and contemporaries. The text shown is a table of contents and index covering 1767-1768, documenting political negotiations, ministerial changes, East India Company affairs, American colonial issues, and figures including Lord Chatham, the Duke of Grafton, and John Wilkes. Valuable for understanding high-level political context during the Revestment period.

A detailed contemporary analysis of Isle of Man's governance, revenue sources, and smuggling operations, presented to Prime Minister Henry Pelham in the early 1750s. The author, likely Capt. Weber, was a customs official with 18 years' experience in the Island's administration. The document describes the dramatic increase in illicit trade under Duke of Atholl's ownership, detailed smuggling methods targeting Britain and Ireland, and proposes parliamentary remedies including salt trade prohibition and enforcement measures.

A lengthy analytical document, purportedly written by a person with 18 years' experience in the Collector's office, addressed to Henry Pelham (Prime Minister 1743–1754). It provides detailed accounts of the smuggling operations centred on the Isle of Man, the role of Governor James Murray in regularising the smuggling trade, revenue figures, smuggling methods and routes, and proposes four schemes to suppress the trade or force the Duke of Atholl to sell the Island to the Crown.

This is a substantial chapter from a published history examining English rule over the Isle of Man following the 1765 Revestment and the subsequent governorship of the fourth Duke of Atholl (1793–1826). It details Treasury mismanagement, the Duke's petitions for compensation and additional rights, parliamentary disputes, the 1791 Commission enquiry, his appointment as governor, conflicts with the Keys and Council, and the final purchase of his remaining rights in 1825–1829. The work directly addresses constitutional power dynamics, revenue disputes, and the conflict between hereditary lordship and Crown sovereignty.

Quantitative analysis of the East India Company's parliamentary lobby during 1763–1813, examining 838 MPs across four lobby groups by level of involvement (directors, military/civil servants, stockholders, former stockholders). Uses voting records and statistical methods to assess the lobby's composition, evolution, and political influence on key Parliamentary issues including the Regulating Act (1773) and Pitt's India Bill (1784).

A reference table comparing customs duty rates on imports and exports across four periods (1577, 1677, 1692) for the Isle of Man, distinguishing between duties charged to natives and strangers. Covers commodities including grain, livestock, textiles, and colonial goods (sugar, tobacco). Relevant for understanding the Revestment period's fiscal context and trade regulation.

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A trade journal for tobacco manufacturers, dealers, and smokers. This issue contains an article on tobacco and narcotics in Ottoman and Islamic Asia (translated from Arminius Vámbéry's 'Sittenbilder aus dem Morgenlande'), covering Turkish smoking customs, pipe culture, regional tobacco varieties (Latakia, Samsun, Roumelian), and the social role of tobacco in Ottoman society. Also includes a review of Henry Havard's 'Picturesque Holland' with references to Dutch smoking customs and pipe culture.

Contact page for the Manx Notebook website, providing editor Frances Coakley's email and instructions for research inquiries. Notes her substantial Manx library (1500+ monographs, maps, prints) and research support capabilities. Indicates the site contains 15,000+ pages of Manx historical content and references availability of a CD-ROM archive.

This chapter from a history of the Isle of Man revestment provides a detailed narrative of the 1765 sale of sovereignty from the Duke of Atholl to the Crown. It covers James, 2nd Duke of Atholl's negotiations with George Grenville's Ministry, the statutory framework (Act of Revestment and Mischief Act), and subsequent claims by the 4th Duke for increased compensation (1781-1805). The chapter examines constitutional questions of Parliamentary sovereignty, revenue valuation disputes, and the impact on Manx independence.

A scholarly chapter on smuggling in the Isle of Man following the 1765 Mischief Act and subsequent revenue legislation. Covers the panic caused by enforcement, recommencement of smuggling, the 1767 Act, 1791 Commissioners' recommendations, and post-1798 decline of smuggling with residual illicit trade in spirits, tea, tobacco, salt, and grain flour until c. 1853.

A comprehensive historical account of smuggling and contraband trade on the Isle of Man from c.1670 through the 1830s, covering the rise of illicit commerce, government suppression efforts, the Revestment period, and subsequent fiscal reforms. Essential secondary source documenting the economic context and revenue implications that motivated British intervention and the 1765 Revestment Act.

Chapter 15 from 'Land of Home Rule' (1893) examines the impact of the 1765 Revestment on Manx society, focusing on labour law reform post-1777, the island's transformation into a debt refuge under the 1737 Protection Act, suppression of smuggling, and the final purchase of the Duke of Atholl's remaining interests by the Crown in 1825. The chapter traces economic consequences from the loss of illicit trade through tourism and literary discovery, and evaluates the Stanley and Atholl dynasties' stewardship.

A comprehensive historical and constitutional overview of the Isle of Man's legislative and administrative structures, tracing the evolution of the House of Keys, the Council, and the Governor's role from medieval times through the 1860s. Discusses the 1765 Revestment as it relates to Parliamentary sovereignty, the development of representative government, and the balance of power between Crown and Manx institutions. Directly relevant to understanding post-Revestment constitutional arrangements and the framework governing the Island after purchase of its royalties.

Chapter 16 of a published history covering the post-Revestment period (1829–1893), focusing on the constitutional and financial struggle between the Island and Parliament over taxation, customs duties, and Tynwald's powers. Examines the gradual evolution of fiscal and representative institutions, including the House of Keys reform, the bishopric controversy, and the relationship between Imperial and insular governance.

This is Chapter 13 from 'Land of Home Rule' (1893), a historical narrative covering the rise of smuggling in the Isle of Man, the fiscal crisis that prompted Parliamentary intervention, the succession of the Athol family to lordship of the island in 1736, and the constitutional reforms enacted by the first Duke of Athol. It contextualizes the period leading to the 1765 Revestment by detailing the fiscal dysfunction and sovereignty complications that made the island's purchase by Parliament necessary.

Chapter 12 from 'Land of Home Rule' (1893) examining the 1703 Act of Settlement, which reformed Manx land tenure by converting leaseholders to perpetual tenants at low quit-rents. The chapter discusses Bishop Wilson's pivotal role in persuading the 10th Earl of Derby to resolve the land question that had troubled the island since the 7th Earl's 1645 lease reforms, and compares the Manx settlement with contemporary Irish land grievances.

Chapter 10 from an 1893 history of the Isle of Man, drawing on primary accounts by William Blundell, Thomas Chaloner, William Sacheverell, and Bishop Wilson to describe Manx life during the Civil War period and Restoration. Covers agriculture, herring fishery, social structure, laws, and governance under the Derby dynasty, providing context for pre-Revestment island conditions.

Chapter 9 from 'The Land of Home Rule' (1893) covering the English Civil War period on the Isle of Man, including Lady Derby's resistance, William Christian's role in the surrender to Commonwealth forces, the Restoration, and Christian's execution and posthumous vindication by the Privy Council. Discusses constitutional status and the relationship between Manx and English authority.

A comprehensive historical narrative of the Isle of Man's political history from the Norman Conquest (1066) through the 1765 Revestment, covering the reigns of Norse and Scottish kings, the transition to English sovereignty, and the transfer from the Dukes of Atholl to the Crown. This chapter provides crucial dynastic and constitutional context for understanding the island's position before the Revestment act.