Commis- William Christian with others, by certayne Comissioners, ye treaty that is to say S" Phill Musgrave the Governor of the Isle,1

sions upon

wth ye Islanders.

Appear

ance of y shipps.

Archdeacon Rutter, & Mr. Stevenson ye now deputy on her Lapp's behalfe, And ye said Wm. Xtian then Receiver, Ewan Curghey of Ballakillingan & this Deponent himself, on the pte of yo contrey, and artickles of aggreemt concluded upon, that uppon y appearance of certayne shipps passinge by y Island, all the Company marched wth Sr Phill Musgrave towards Ramsey, and yt when ye said Shippinge went by Douglas roade, there was a boate went out unto them, with Hugh wherein Hugh Morre afforesaid then was, and as it seems gave intelligence of ye condition of ye countrey at that p'sent, And soe this exam cominge to Ramsey with divers others when the Shippinge had ankored,-M" John Xtian Deemster M Ewan Curghie afforesaid, Wm. Standish with this examt & others as hee understood were chosen to

A boat

sent out

Moore.

Psons goinge a board in

t

Ramsey. goe, then a shipboard, Colonell Duckenfield asked the said What con- psons what condisons was that they demanded, & yt ye sd then made. Deemster & some of the rest answered, that they might

dicons was

enjoy their lawes & liberties as formerly they had, & that it was demanded, whether they asked any more, but nothing els was demanded, that this examt heard of.

JOHN CESAR.2

Taken

prisn to Ronalds

way.

JOHN KNEALE of Ballasalla runner of pish of Malew in the foresaid yeare 1651 sworne & examined touching y sendinge forth of the Crosses for to raise the said pish, sayth that hee cannot certaynly declare ye same, for yt hee was taken a prissoner to Raynoldsway where yo Countrey had mett, and yt in his absence the said Crosses (which then

1 Was sworn Governor the day Governor Greenhalgh was interred at Malew, Sept. 19th, 1651.

2 This family is now represented by Capt. Joseph Bacon of Seafield.

remayned in his hands) were sent abroad, & yt as hee understood yt ye directions for it came from Raynoldsway.

Jo. KNEALE, his m'k X.

for risinge.

chief actor.

Raynoldsway.

WM. GAWNE Capt. of K Christ Rushen in yo yeare 1651, sworn & examined deposed & sayth that pceyvinge a murmeringe amongst his Company for a risinge, hee con- Murmering sented with them, And yt it was Mr. Wm. Qualtrough of Deemster Kentraugh that was y chiefest actor, & yt hee had gott y Qualtrough said company together at ye hill of Kentraugh before hee this examt came from Castletowne on ye head court day, & this examt soe findinge them marched with them along to Marched to Raynoldsway, where the said Wm. Qualtrough advised him to bringe them, & sayth yt Comptroller Sharples was privy Comptroll to ye said risinge, & a great incendiary therein, And yt hee this examt never tooke an Oath about ye said risinge either at Raynoldsway or els where, nor did not see any of the company there assembled take any Oath, And further sayth yt hee heard yo said Wm. Qualtrough speake two years before D. Qualye said risinge, that it would doe noe good to withstand ye trough forethree nations, And yt about six weekes before ye risinge, y risinge. Deemster Qualtrough was speakinge in like maner, And acknowledged that hee this examt gave his concent to y° Gawne's said Wm. Qualtrough to raise his pish as afforesaid.

WILLM. GAWNE.

JOHN MORRE of Glantraugh lieutenant of K Santon in y yeare 1651, sworn & examined sayth That hee was at Raynoldsway when y° countrey were there in Armes, & yt hee heard say amongst yo company, that the meetinge was

Sharples.

knowinge

consent to rise.

to bee against the Lady viz. ye Countesse dowager Derby & Risinge agt yt hee stayed there amongst them whilst they so continued. y Laly. JOHN MORRE, his m'ke, X.

tould him

the head

Court day night by Reer Xt

D. Qual

trough's service to him

before the rising.

No. IV.

DEPOSITIONS.

Att Castle Peele the fourth of Octob" 1662.

SR ROBERT NORRIS, Clerke (now of Douglas towne) sworne & examined deposeth & sayth, That hee never knew Y risinge of the risinge of ye countrey in their insurrecion or rebellion in the yeare 1651 befor the head court day at night that was to be houlden in that winter 1651, and that hee received that knowledge from the before named Wm. Xtian of Raynoldsway the same night, but sayth that Wm. Qualtrough of Kentraugh late Deemster in this Isle tould him about a month before or shortly after the late Earle of Derby went out of ye Isle in the said yeare for England, that hee thought y countrey would rise, for that they found themselves aggreeved because of the troope that then was in the Isle & their free quarteringe or words to that effect, This Exam further sayth that beinge inquissitive from ye said Wm. Xtian, Receiv' to know uppon what grounds they did soe rise hee the said Wm. Xtian answered him hee need not feare for hee had a Comission for itt from y° States delivered by ye hands of Major ffox and there uppon produced a writinge ye said Receiver tould him was ye sd Comission & read Wch ye same unto this exam and ye sd Wm. Qualtrough, Hugh Moore, John Cesar, & others & that ye sd Wm. Xtin also tould him yt ye Comission was from ye Parliamt to ye said Major ffox as before & that as hee remembers the contents of ye Comis- ye sd Comission was that the said Receiver should raise the sion agt ye countrey in Armes against the Counteese Derby then in ye Derby. Castle Rushen, And further declareth that ye said Wm. Xtin Oath dd by delivered him this exam an oath to bee administered to ye Rec Xt people, wch in substance is as followeth, viz., That the people substance should wthstand ye Lady of Derby in her designes untill shee

The Comis

sion, and to whom read.

The

contents of

Lady

The

thereof.

engadgit

Xtian.

be sold for

Rec dixit.

about

Lapp.

had yealded or condissended to their aggreavances both for ye saftie of herself & y countrey; And hee further sayth that ye sd Wm. Xtin engadged him this examt by protestacon y ExamTM's to be true unto him & yt hee heard ye said Wm. Xtin say to be true (besides many others) that her Lapp should sell ye people for to Recr 2d or 3d a peece, And yt ye sd Wm. Xtin said that her Lapp People to promissed that shee would make known unto them when 24 or 3d a shee sent to make condicons with ye Parliam & yt shee sent piece. wthout their knowledge contrary to her promise & would sell Discontent them for 24 or 3d a peece as before to destroy them, hee promises also sayth that ye said Wm. Xtin of Raynoldsway adminis- from her tered ye aforesaid oath to many of y° people himself as to 24 and 34 Sr Tho. Parr & others, And further sayth that hee never knew Recr Xtn nor heard of any other to bee the cheife actor in the said risinge, but him ye said Wm. Xtin of Raynoldsway only, hee oath to yo also sayth that ye other actors in the said risinge was Hugh Reer ye Moore of Douglas who brought in ye company of K Lonan, or actor in & James Banckes of ye How who brought in ye company of KK Conchan & Henry Moore ye company of K Marrowne actors. Wm. Gawne ye company of Trinit. Rushen, John Cesar ye company of K Malew and yt it was ye sd John Cesar ye first yt came in to his best remembrance. ROBT NORRIS.1

a piece.

adminis

tered an

people.

chiefe head

ye 'risinge.

Other

given by

Secrecie.

HUGH MOORE of Douglas, sworn & examined acknowledgeth & sayth that about a month before y° risinge of y countrey, the sd Wm. Xtin of Ronaldsway gave him an Oath, An oath that hee this exam should not reveale if hee heard of a risinge, Reer Xtian but did not know of ye risinge before the night ye risinge for was, And yt after ye risinge ye sd Wm. Xtin shewed this The Exam a Comision wch was delivered him ye sd Wm. Xtin by Comission Major ffox wch puported yt by ye same pouer that hee ye sd Fox to the Major ffox had from ye States he comissionaled him ye sd Wm. Xtin to raise y countrey for ye parliamt against all 1 Robert Norris was Vicar of Arbory 1623-1650.

granted by

Receiver.

yR going

out of y the Ship

boate to

opposers; And yt ye sd Wm. Xtin Raynoldsway gave direcions Recr orders or order to James Banckes of y° How to raise the parish of K ye risinge of Parishes. Conchan & to give notice to ye Lieutenant of K Lonan to raise tht Parish, hee further sayth that James Banckes afforesaid came to him with verball orders from ye sd Wm. Recr orders Xtin Receiver to chadge a boate for to meete y° Shippinge or Navy & to make condicons for ye Lady and Countrey and thereuppon this examt went a shippboard & tould Colonell Duckenfield then generall that ye Lady and ye countrey had made condicions & yt it was promiss'd it should bee pformed, And yt after cominge to Ramsey bay Major ffox came a shore with this examt & tould Deemster John Xtin, John Cesar, ashoare of W. Standish & as hee thinks old John Curghie yt Collonell Major Fox. Duckenfield had promised yt ye condicons made betwixt ye Lady & y countrey should be pformed, And thereupon the said psons last before named went aboard to conclude yo same, hee further sayth that ye said Wm. Xtin Receiver sent him this Rect orders exam to ye north pte of yo Isle for to give orders to arreast all

pinge. Goinge a Shippboard.

Persons by at ye coming

Psons goinge aboard.

to arreast

ye boates. y boates for goinge out of ye Isle.

ye risinge

ye Head

ye Recr & others.

HUGH MOORE.

JAMES BANCKES of yo How1 in yo pish of K Conchan sworne & examined declareth and sayth, That he never heard Knowne to of yR risinge of yo countrey before yt Munday y° Head Court day was to bee houlden, & yt Eveninge ye foresaid Wm. Xtin Cort day by Raynoldsway, Wm. Xtin Knockrushen, Wm. Qualtrough Kentraugh & others beinge in company together in Castletowne, & that they tould him that ye countrey was to rise, & yt ye sd Willm Xtin Raynoldsway wisht him this examt (being then Lieutenant of yo foresaid pish) to repaire home, Ordered by & send forth ye crosses and raise the pish for yt ye fleete was cominge and accordingly he pformed ye same, & brought

ye Recr to

send out

rise ye

crosses to his company to Raynoldsway beinge (as he acknowledgeth) without ye consent of his Captayne, Hee also sayth that ye

parish of

C.

The reason.

2 The How estate is in the possession of his heir at the present time.