Name

The Manx Garrison (pre-Revestment)

Description

The Lord of Mann's military establishment. A community force numbering perhaps fifty men across the entire Island. The disbursement accounts from 1670 to 1765 preserve the names: the Brew family serving across four generations, the Killeys father and son, the Quayleys and Corins and Christians. These were tradesmen who happened to draw garrison pay. William Corris was a soldier and also the slater who kept Castle Rushen in repair. They answered to the Lord of Mann through his officers. They were Manx. They knew the people they served alongside, because they were the same people. A garrison made of neighbours is not an occupying force. It is a community maintaining its own defences.

Active Period

c.1400–1765

Place

Castle Rushen

Derby Fort

Peel Castle

Type

Military

Garrison

Defence

Book Chapter

Chapter 11