A charter issued by William de Montagu, Earl of Salisbury and Lord of Man, granting a yearly rent of forty pounds to William de Faryndon for life, payable from the issues of the Isle of Man. The document demonstrates feudal land tenure, revenue administration, and the Earl's authority over Man in the late 14th century. It is presented in both English and Anglo-Norman French versions.

A formal grant document issued by William de Montagu, Earl of Salisbury and Lord of Man, granting a yearly rent of 40 pounds to William de Faryndon for life, payable from the issues of the Isle of Man. The document is presented in both English and Norman French versions, with witness signatures and heraldic seal description. It illustrates feudal administrative practice and revenue structures on the island in the 14th century.

A formal grant document by which the Governor of the Isle of Man demises and grants the Bay Fishery of Douglas to Peter John Heywood, Esquire, from 1 November 1764 onwards at an annual rent of 13 shillings and 4 pence. The document ratifies and confirms the fishery rights previously held by Thomas Heywood (the grantee's deceased father) under a prior governor.

A legal obligation document from 1587 recording a grant by Henry, Earl of Derby (Lord of Mann) to Robert Salusburye of Denbigh of tithes, glebe lands, and church properties belonging to Kirkchriste and Kirkmarron churches in the Isle of Mann. The document establishes conditions for the lease, involving the Salusburye and Wright families, and provides evidence of early modern ecclesiastical property administration and lordship rights over Mann.

A legal document detailing the transfer of ecclesiastical impropriations, tithes, glebe lands, and associated revenues from multiple Isle of Man parishes (including Michael, Ayre, Maughold, Lonan, Cuchare, Marown, Santan, Malew, Arbory, and Rushen) to John Murray. The document traces the property's history through the dissolved Abbey of Rushen and its subsequent ownership by the Earls of Derby and Dukes of Atholl.

A formal legal document detailing the conveyance of the Isle of Man and its associated properties, rights, and jurisdictions to Murray (later Lord Mansfield) and John Murray. The document enumerates extensive holdings including castles, monasteries, priories, churches, islands, manors, and ecclesiastical patronage rights, suggesting a major land transfer or charter confirming territorial possession.

A legal conveyance document transferring the Isle of Man, Castle Peel, and associated lordship, territory, rights, royalties, and appurtenances from John Wood to David Lord Viscount Stormont, Sir Charles Frederick, and Edmond Hoskins. The document details the hereditary estates, jurisdictions, and claims being granted and their conditions of tenure.

Royal writ from King Henry III to the Justice of Ireland, confirming annual grants (wine and corn) to Reginald, King of Man, as a knight's fee, following his homage in London. This document establishes early feudal relationships between the Crown and the Manx kingdom, foundational to understanding the constitutional status of Man and the chain of title that preceded the 1765 Revestment.

A royal charter from King Henry III to the Justice of Ireland, granting Reginald, King of Man, an annual fee of two hogsheads of wine and 120 crannocks of corn as a knight's fee, as previously held under King John. This document establishes the feudal relationship between the English Crown and the Kings of Man in the early 13th century, providing constitutional and economic context for later Isle of Man sovereignty questions.

Royal charter issued by King John granting Reginald, King of Mann, a knight's fee in Ireland (Carlingford, Ulster) and annual corn payments in recognition of homage and service. This document exemplifies the feudal relationship between the English Crown and the medieval Kings of Mann, and their position within the broader Norman-Angevin realm.

Royal charter from King John of England granting a knight's fee in Ireland (Carlingford, Ulster) and annual corn payments to Reginald, King of Mann, in exchange for feudal homage and service. The document establishes the formal relationship between the English Crown and the Manx kingship in the early 13th century, demonstrating Mann's position within the broader feudal hierarchy of the British Isles.

A royal writ from King John ordering the Sheriff of Lancaster to assign twenty librates of land to Reginald, King of Mann, in fulfilment of a prior agreement. This early medieval document establishes the Crown's recognition of Mann's sovereignty and the nature of feudal obligations between the English Crown and the Kings of Mann.

A royal writ from the English Crown ordering the Sheriff of Lancaster to assign twenty librates of land to Reginald, King of Mann, in fulfillment of a prior agreement. This document exemplifies the feudal relationship between the English Crown and the Kings of Mann in the early 13th century, establishing the historical precedent for overlordship claims relevant to understanding the island's sovereignty status by 1765.

Royal charter by Robert II of Scotland, conveying George de Dunbar's grant of one hundred librates of land in the Isle of Man to Sir James Douglas upon his marriage to Agnes de Dunbar. The grant is conditional on recovery of the island through warfare, peace agreement, or composition within forty years. This document illuminates 14th-century Manx tenure, Scottish royal involvement, and the feudal context predating the Revestment era.

A 14th-century Scottish royal grant by King Robert II of Scots, conveying one hundred librates of land in the Isle of Man as a marriage portion to Sir James Douglas upon his marriage to Agnes de Dunbar. The grant is witnessed through letters from George de Dunbar, Count of the Marches and lord of Mann, and represents a key record of Scottish sovereignty over Mann and feudal land transfer practices in the medieval period.

An Act of Court of Tynwald from 1650 confirming the grant of various properties including intakes, cottage houses, and gardens in Ballalaugh, Lough, Castletown, and Scarlett to three named individuals and their heirs. The document establishes their perpetual tenancy under specified rents and customary services to the Earl.

A formal grant document from James, Earl of Derby, conveying various properties, lands, mills and tenements in the Isle of Man to three named parties (John Cannell, John Sharples, and Robert Barrey) in consideration of services rendered and sums compounded. The document details specific properties in the parishes of Kirk Michael and Ballaugh with their associated rents.

A fragment of a legal document concerning the granting of offices and ecclesiastical benefices (bishoprics, archdeaconries, rectories, canonries) on the Isle of Man. The text addresses the appointment of qualified persons to vacant positions and the powers of presentation and collation until formal disposition of the island's properties.

A Letters Patent from James I granting the rectories of St. Michael and St. Maughold in the Isle of Man to Francis Philips and Richard Moore in perpetual fee farm tenure, with an annual rent charge. The document establishes these lands as former monastic property (Furnes Abbey) transferred to the Duchy of Lancaster, providing evidence of early Stuart administrative control over Manx ecclesiastical property.

A royal grant by Letters Patent under James I, conferring the rectories of St. Michael and St. Maughold in the Isle of Man to Francis Philips and Richard Moore in fee farm, with specified lands and glebes from the former Monastery of Furnes. The document establishes an annual rent of £6 13s. 4d. payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas. This is a transcription from Monumenta de Insula Manniae, a published collection of Manx historical documents.

A legal document conferring special trust and confidence in John Murray regarding rectories, impropriationes, and tythes. It grants him and his heirs the fee simple and inheritance of these premises, with authority to sell, convey, or release them with the written consent of James Duke of Athole during his lifetime, and without such consent after his death.

A transcription of a medieval royal grant from the Rotuli Originales in Curia Scaccarii (5 Ed. II) conferring the Isle of Man to Henry de Bello Monte for his lifetime, with full dominion and royal command. The document specifies that the service owed is that traditionally rendered by the lords of Man to the Kings of Scotland.

A royal grant from King Edward II conferring the Isle of Man upon Henry de Bello Monte for his lifetime, with full dominion and royal command. The grant includes knight's fees and appurtenances, conditional on the feudal service traditionally owed to the Kings of Scotland. This is a medieval precedent document establishing lordship and tenure patterns relevant to understanding the constitutional status of Man before the 1765 Revestment.

A transcription of Letters Patent from James I granting the Isle of Man, its castle, and lordship to Henry Earl of Northampton and Robert Earl of Salisbury. The grant was made at the petition of William Earl of Derby and others who were heirs of Ferdinando Earl of Derby. This document illustrates the pre-1765 feudal tenure structure and succession of Manx sovereignty, providing essential context for understanding the property rights that preceded the Revestment.

A royal grant by James I transferring sovereignty of the Isle of Man from Robert Earl of Salisbury and Thomas Earl of Suffolk to William Earl of Derby, Elizabeth his Countess, and James Stanley Lord Stanley. The document enumerates all rights, privileges, ecclesiastical patronage, feudal incidents, and revenues associated with the island. This is a foundational document predating the 1765 Revestment but essential for understanding the hereditary lordship structure that the Revestment would later alter.