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MANX SHEAK WATER 
doole, in relation to his Claim of Five hundred Puffins yearly- 
out of the Calf of Man. 
' First, That the s d Calf was in possession of my Ancestors 
for near the space of a hundred years till y e year 1643 
when the Right Hon ble James Earl of Derby 1 (of happy 
memory) being constrained by the calamities of those times 
to retire to this Island requesting my Grandfather that for 
the better provision of his Lordship's house, he would let 
him have the benefit of the said Isle, whereupon my Grand- 
father out of the deep sense he then and always had of his 
Lop.'s sufferings, conveyed to his Lop. the said Calf, and in 
lieu thereof his Lop. assigned certain Closes on the North 
side of Man to my Grand-father and his Heirs for ever ; 
and his Lop. well knowing the said Closes were not an 
Equivalent to the s d Calf did at that time agree to allow 
my Grand-father Five hundred Puffins yearly out of the 
s d Calf, as by a Certificate under the hand of the right 
Honoble Countess Dowager of Derby in the year 1656 may 
appear, pursuant to w ch agreem* my Grand-Ffather had 
and Rec d the s d Puffins during his Lop.'s life, and in the 
year 1651 his Lop. and his whole Eetinue being engaged 
in the Eoyall Cause in England his s d Countess not having 
the like occasion for the s d Calf, did then honourably 
(according to the power she had in her Lord's absence) in 
consideration of the fidelity and good service done by my 
Grand-Ffather, surrender again the s d Calf, as by a Deed 
now upon Record may also appear: But at that juncture 
the usurping powers immediately succeeding, and my Gran- 
Ffather neglecting to put her Lap.'s Grant in execution, he 
cou'd not then possess himself of the s d Calf nor even of 
his yearly number of Puffins, untill he had first obtained 
1 This was the ' Great Stanley ' whose career eight years later ended so tragi- 
cally at Bolton. His residence in Man was marked by grave disturbances, and 
on his death a popular revolution handed over the island to the forces of the 
Commonwealth. 
