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Name
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The Clergy Expelled from Tynwald
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Description
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In 1776, eleven years after the Revestment, the clergy were expelled from Tynwald. No Act of Parliament. No crime. No principle. Merely the will and pleasure of the Governor. The Bishop's Memorial protesting the expulsion was filed. The determination was never made. The clergy were restored in 1791, but the precedent had been set: constitutional rights that had existed since at least 1422 could be removed without legislation, without debate, without explanation.
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Active Period
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1776 (expelled) / 1791 (restored)
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Type
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Constitutional
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Tynwald
