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LIVERPOOL PAPERS. Vol. CCLXXIII (ff. 326). Letters and Papers relating to the Isle of Man, 1333-1819. The principal subjects with which the volume deals are the efforts to prevent smuggling and the surrender of the sovereignty of the island by John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (who governed it in right of his wife, the descendant of the former proprietors, the Stanleys, Earls of Derby), to George III in 1765. Folio.

Isle of Man: Papers rel. to: 1333-1819.

includes:

• f. 1 Edward III of England: Grant of the Isle of Man to W. de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury: 1333.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 1 William de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury: Grant to, of the I. of Man: 1333.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 2 Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland: Grant to, of the lordship of the I. of Man: 1399.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 2, 226 Henry IV of England: Grants of the Isle of Man to H. de Percy, Earl of Northumberland, 1399, and Sir J. Stanley: 1406.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 4 Bishopric of Man: Note on the history of to 1633;: 18th cent.
• f. 6 George Christian: Privy Council proceedings in his suit v. judges of the Isle of Man conc. his father's execution: 1663.
• f. 6 Privy Council, The: Proceedings in suit of G. Christian v. Judges of the I. of Man conc. his father's execution: 1663.
• f. 8 Customs: Letter from the Commissioners of, to Lord Derby: 1691.: Copy.
• f. 8 William George Richard Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby: Letter to, from the Commissioners of Customs: 1691.: Copy.
• f. 16 Piracy: Act for suppression of: 1699.: Extracts.
• f. 19 Stanley family; Earls of Derby: Notes on their ownership of the I. of Man: 1405-1736.
• f. 31 Whitchaven, Cumberland: Petition of the Fishing Chamber of, to Society of Free British Fishery: circ. 1753.
• f. 31 Fisheries: Petition of the Fishing Chamber of Whitehaven to the Society of the Free British Fishery: circ. 1753.
• ff. 33, 202, 208 Charles Lutwidge, of the Isle of Man: Correspondence with the Commissioners of Customs: 1756, 1764.: Copies.
• ff. 46, 48 Arthur Onslow, Customs officer at Liverpool and (1765) London: Letter and return to the Commissioners of Customs: 1764.: Copies.
• ff. 75-77 Charles Lutwidge, of the Isle of Man: Return conc. the I. of Man: 1764.: Copy.
• f. 78 Sir Fletcher Norton, Attorney-General, and Speaker of the House of Commons, afterwards Baron Grantley: Legal opinions, etc.: 1762-1764.
• f. 78 William De Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham: Legal opinions, etc.: 1764, 1768.: Copies.
• ff. 86, 210, 256, 264, 266, 270, 272 Charles Lutwidge, of the Isle of Man: Letters to -: 1764, 1765.
• f. 89 John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl: Case of, rel. to proposed sale of the I. of Man by: 1765.: Printed.
• ff. 91, 198 Joseph Burrow, of the Custom House, Whitehaven: Letter to --: 1764.
• ff. 92, 192 Arthur Onslow, Customs officer at Liverpool and (1765) London: Letters to E. Stanley: 1764.
• ff. 142, 146 William Popple: Letters to W. Lowndes and C. Carkess: 1711.: Copies.
• ff. 159 (copy), 161 John Taylour, of the Treasury: Letter to the Commissioners of Customs: 1712.
• f.163 James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1702: Letter to Lord -: 1712.
• f. 173 Peter Sidebotham: Appointment as Surveyor in the I. of Man: 1728.: Copy.
• f. 189 Sackville Hamilton, Under-Secretary to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Letter to W. Wood: 1764.: Copy.
• f. 194 George Drummond, Commissioner of Excise for Scotland: Letter to -: 1764.: Signed.
• f. 194 Thomas Lockhart, Commissioner of Excise for Scotland: Letter to -: 1764.: Signed.
• f. 194 Richard Dauber, Commissioner of Excise in Scotland: Letter to -: 1764.: Signed.
• f. 194 Alexander Udny, Commissioner of Excise for Scotland: Letter to -: 1764.: Signed.
• f.194 George Burges, Commissioner of Excise for Scotland: Letter to -: 1764.: Signed.
• f. 200 Charles Lutwidge, of the Isle of Man: Letter to - Pennington: 1764.: Copy.
• f. 212 Smuggling: Reports rel. to, in the I. of Man: 1764.: Extracts.
• f. 226 Sir John Stanley: Grant to, from Henry IV, of the I. of Man: 1406.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 241 Daniel Fearon, mariner, of Whitehaven, county Cumberland: Deposition: 1765.: Signed.
• f. 245 John Fremantle, Assistant Secretary of Customs: Correspondence with the 1st Earl of Liverpool: 1763-1765.
• f. 246 Richard Lloyd, of the Custom House: Accompts: 1760-1764.
• f. 249 John Ollivant Colsworthy, Commissary of Control at Bremen: Letter to -: 1765.
• ff. 251, 260, 262 John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl: Letters to the 1st Earl of Liverpool: 1765.
• f. 268 Joseph Pennington, 4th Baronet 1768; Commissioner of Customs: Correspondence with the 1st Earl of Liverpool: 1763-1767.
• f. 273 Sir William Grant, Master of the Rolls: Correspondence with the 2nd Earl of Liverpool, l804: 1809.
• ff. 275, 304-306, 319 John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl: Correspondence with the 2nd Earl of Liverpool: 1805-1824.
• f. 293 George III of England: Commission to the Duke of Atholl as Governor of the Isle of Man: 1793.: Copy.
• ff. 293-299 John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl: Commission, etc., as Governor of the I. of Man: 1793.: Copies.
• f.300 Cornelius Smelt: Appointment as Lt.-Governor of the I. of Man: 1805.
• f. 301 Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk: Letter to J. Wood: 1773.: Copy.
• f. 303 William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; Home Secretary; Prime Minister: Letter to A. Shaw: 1797.: Copy.
• f. 307 James Clarke, Attorney-General of the Isle of Man: Letter to Lord Sidmouth: 1817.
• f. 309 James Holmes, merchant, of the Isle of Man: Letter to J. Clarke: 1817.: Copy.