William Tyldesley,

William Kissage,

John Christian,
Ro. Christian,
John Cross,

N. Moor of Douglas,

Dollin Caine,
Edward Lucas,
Phill. Moore,

Tho. Woods,

William Lassell,

Edw. Christian.

First as concerning the Wages General of Servants. It is agreed upon by the Generall Councell of the Land, with the Consent of the said 24, that every Man Servant, being a Plowman, shall have by the Yeare for his Wages xiijs. iiijd. and not above, every Driver xs. and every Horseman viijs. and not above; provided that every of these shall be reputed sufficient by the Deemsters and the Jury for Servants; and although that a Plowman or Driver be by the said Jury made and allowed for want of better, yet notwithstanding, as before spetified, he must be allowed and held sufficient by the Deemsters; and for every Woman according as she shall be thought to deserve by the Deemster and Jury.

Itm. That every head Taylor working by the Day shall have for his Wages, with Meat and Drink, iiijd. and not above; and every Apprentice Taylor, with Meat and Drink, ijd. and not above; and every Taylor working for Servants shall have with Meat and Drink, ijd. and not above; and his Apprentice jd. and not above; and if any refuse to work after the Rate above spetifyed, or refuse to come, being sent for by the Farmer, (except he be in other Men's Work,) shall, upon Complaint sufficiente proved, be put to be a Servant.

Itm. Every Woolen Weaver shall have for every Yard of Woolen Cloth for Blankett sufficiently wrought an Ob.; for every four great Hundred Breadth of Keare, Ob. Qs.; for every Yard of Medlie 1d. Qs., being five Hundred, which is for every great Hundred Qs.

Itm. That every Linen Webster shall have for every Yard of Cloath sufficiently wrought according to the old Custome after, as the Yarn shall be in Smallness or Greatness.

Itm. Every Walker or Fuller of Cloath shall have for every Yard of Blanket Cloath sufficiently fulled an Ob. of the great Hundred; for every Yard of Keare Cloath three Farthings; every Yard of Medlie jd. Ob.; and every Yard of white Cloath jd.

Itm. Every Mazon, Carpenter, Shipwright, Hooper, Slater, Thatcher, thatching after the English Fashion, and

Joiner, shall have the Day, with Meat and Drink, iiijd. and not above, being sufficient Workmen.

Itm. Every Blacksmith shall have for laying of every Coulter jd.; for making of every Coulter ijd.; for making of every new Sock ijd.; for making and laying of every Wing an Ob.

If any farmer or other having Occasion to use any of the said Servants or Handicrafts Men shall give any greater Wages than before is mentioned, otherwise than upon the good Desert of his Servant, in Way of Bountie, and not by set Hyre or Wages, then every such Person so offending contrary to the true Meaning of this Statute, shall for every Time forfeit soe much to the Lord of the Land as the whole Wages or Day's Work cometh unto.

JOHN IRELAND,

Thomas Samsbury, Deemster, Ewan Christian, and the 24 Keyes Names following.

We also find, that by the antient Lawes of this Isle the Viccars General, or Officers of the Spirituall Courts, ought not to intermeddle with any Manner of Debt, or for proving of Wills, longer then for a Twelvemonth and a Day, taking Beginning from the Day of the Death of the Party, and afterwards it is to be heard and tried in the Temporall Court: And further, if any Debt be challenged in the Temporall Court to be due from any dead Person, we find it is not recoverable in Law, unless the same was within the Twelvemonth and the Day claimed for in the Spirituall Court, as may appear by antient Records.

For the Manner of Swearing upon the Graves of the Dead with Cumpurgators, we hold it not fitting nor Christian-like it should hereafter be any more used; but that such Controversies shall receive Hearing, and be tryed according to Forme of Law, by Witness or otherwise, first in the Spirituall Court within the Twelvemonth and a Day, and then in the Temporall Court as afforesaid.

If any Person or Persons shall at the Common Law hereafter be troublesome to the Court, and enter frivilous Actions, and prove no Matter to have just Cause of Complaint, then we hold it requisite that such Person be fined and punished, more or less, at the Discretion of the Court.

Castletown, the Twelfth of June, 1610.

It is agreed unto by the Lieutenant, Officers, Deemsters, and twenty-four Keyes, that after Midsomer Day next noe Tinwald shall be holden in this Isle upon the Lord's Day, but as oft as the Feast of St. John Baptist shall fall upon the Sabbath, the Tinwald and the Faire then shall be kept upon the Day next following; and in like Manner all other Faires and Markets throughout the Year shall be transferred till Munday as oft as the Fair Dayes fall out upon the Lord's Day, and this to be proclaimed at the next Tynwald.

It is by generall Consent of the Lieutenant, Officers, Deemsters, and twenty-four Keyes of this Isle, enacted for Law, that henceforth the Children of all Ecclesiastical Persons in this Isle begotten in Marriage shall be and continue legittimate and inheritable, to all Intents and Purposes, in such Sort as Children of lay Persons be within the said Isle. At the Tinwald Court holden the 24th of June, 1610.

It is by generall Consent as afforesaid proclaimed, that as oft as any Man or Woman shall be found drunk hereafter, the Party soe offending, if not of Ability to pay a Fine, shall for the first Time be punished in the Stocks, the second Time to be tyed to the whipping Stocks, and third Time to be whipped therein.

Also, whereas the Forrester of this Isle is by the Lawes to have an Ob. of every Manner of Person or Persons that goeth to the Lord his Forest for Turff and Ling, and to have 1d. Ob. of all that put Swine, Horses, or Cattle to the Forrest; we therefore find it standeth with the Prerogatives of the Lord of this Isle, that any Barron's Tennants whatsoever, having the Liberty of the Forrest as aforesaid, and paying the said Fee to the Forrest, (which we upon our Oathes do find could not be otherwise due to him, but in Right of the Lord,) may have a wast Rent imposed on them lawfully by the Setting Quest.

ORDERS and DUTYS,

That the Soldiers of the Castle Rushen and Peele, within the Isle of Mann were to observe and keep in the Times of the Right Honourable Lords EDWARD and HENRY, late Earles of Derby.

Whereas we were injoined by the Right Worshipful John Ireland, Esquire, Lieutenant and Captain of this Isle, by

virtue of our Oathes,' to give Notice of our Knowledges of the antient Orders and Dutyes observed by the Soldiers of the Castles of Rushen and Peele in our Times and Memories, and for that Purpose we Twelve, whose Names are subscribed, were chosen, whereof Six be sworn Soldiers_at the Castle Rushen, and Six at the Castle Peele: Upon advised Consideration had, we find and know, that all the antient Orders, Customes, and Dutys to be performed in the said Castles, are extant in the Rolls, and enrolled in the Books of the Statutes of this Isle, and these which we add hereafter, are and be customarie and usual.

First, At the Entrance and Admittance of any Soldier to either of the said Castles the ordinary Oath was to this Purpose: First, your Allegiance to our Sovereign; next, our Faith, Fidelity, and Service to the Right Honourable Earles of Derby and their Heires, our Duties and Obedience to our Lieutenant, our Chief Governor, and our Constable, in all lawful Causes, and noe further.

Itm. It hath been accustomed, and still continued, that every Soldier, at the Sound of the Drumm or ringing of Allarum Bell, (the hearing or knowing of the same,) shall forthwith make his present Appearance in the Gate of either Castle, then and there to perform what shall be enjoined them by the Lieutenant, or the Constable in his Absence.

Itm. It hath been accustomed that the Night Bell should be runge a little after the Sun-setting, and that by the Porter; and the Constable with his Deputie, with a sufficient Guard, to be in the Castle for the safe Keeping and Defence of the same.

It hath been accustomed and continued, that the Constable or his Deputy should go with the Wardens to the Castle Gates, and there cause the Porter to lock the Gates, and then the Watch to be forthwith sett.

It hath been accustomed that at either Castle there hath been two standing Porters, who have, by course every other Week, held the Staff, and given attendance at the Gates one whole Year, beginning at Michaelmas. The said Porters to be nominated by the Constable, and allowed by the Lieutennant and Governor: and two standing Watchmen in like manner, for nightly Watching upon the Walls. And every Officer, Soldier, and Servant is to do his petty Watch from May till Michaelmas.

It hath been accustomed that the Castle Gates should not be opened, by any Man, after locking at night (the

Governor only excepted) until the Watchmen ring the Day Bell, which was to be done so soon as the Watchmen could perfectly discover the Land Marks bounded within a Mile and a Half of either Castle. Which being done, the Porter was accustomed to go about the Walls, and look that all things be clear, and forthwith to return to the Constable, or his Deputy, and affirm all things to be as the Watchman had formerly spoken to the Constable, or his Deputy.

It hath been accustomed that the Soldiers should Ward in the Castle Gates one Day in the Week; and they of the Castle Rushen to lye within the House the Night before their warding Day: and the Soldiers of the Castle Peele to lye in the Night before and the Night after, in respect of the Tide falling out uncertainly, and for more safeguard of the Castle, being nearer our Enemies the Red Shankes.

It hath been accustomed, and still continued, that one of the Wardens of the inner Ward, at Castle Rushen, shall at Night lock the inner Gates, and keep the Keys thereof to himself till Morning, and hath performed all things therein as Constable that Night in that Ward.

It hath been accustomed that the Receiver at either Castle hath, at Michaelmas, made Yearly choice of a Steward, who hath been allowed by the Lieutennant, or Captain for the Time being.

It hath been accustomed, and still continued, that the Soldiers of either Castle hath wrought the Lord's Hay whensoever they have been thereunto called.

It hath been accustomed that Mr. Gunner of either Cas tle hath had allowance of an Apprentice; and either him self or his Apprentice hath every Night lyen in the said Castle.

Notwithstanding all these Orders, Uses, and Customes here set down, the Lieutennant, Captain, or Chief Gover nor for the Time, may, in his Wisdom, and according to the necessity of the Time, set down Orders and Decrees for both Castles, in all lawfull. Causes, and repeale the same again; which every inferior Officer and Soldier is te obey, by reason of his Oath.