The Story of the Isle of Man - Softcover

Moore, Arthur William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1230454055 ISBN 13: 9781230454054

Publisher: TheClassics.us, 2013

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... of an eagle with a child in its nest, which you have, perhaps, seen on Manx coins. Sir John Stanley II.--Sir John Stanley's son, who bore the same name, took a great interest in our island. He saw at once that he would never be its real ruler till he had curbed the power of the barons.* To this end he forbade them to give shelter--sanctuary as it was called--to such of his tenants as had committed crimes and had fled to them for protection from justice, and he caused a law to be passed that, if any of them did so, they should lose their property; and, at the same time, he summoned them to do fealty to liim at "r'ynwald. Some of them obeyed the summons, but others did not, and were punished by being deprived of their lands. There were at this time two revolts against his governors; these he put down, but, lest the same danger should arise again, he increased the authority of the governor by ordering that any offence against him should be punished in just the same way as if it were against the king. It was in his time, too, that trial by jury was substituted for trial by battle-- that is to say, instead of people settling their disputes by fighting each other, their neighbours were called in to decide between them peaceably. This great reform was passed at "A Court of all the Commons of Man," held at the old Tynwald Hill, at Baldwin, in Braddan. Another reform was carried out by his order that the laws, which had hitherto depended on the memory of the deemsters, should be written down. Sir John Stanley was a wise, though despotic, ruler, and he conferred many benefits on the island. But few of the Stanleys who succeeded him, up to the time of the Great Stanley, ever came * See p. 32. here, and if they did so, it was only for a very brief...

About this edition

• Publisher: TheClassics.us
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1230454055
• ISBN 13: 9781230454054
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32