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Whereas the Fishermen of the parish of St Mary of Ballaugh in his Majesty's Island of Mann are now very apprehensive that they may be persecuted sued and prosecuted by the Proctors, Tyth-gatherers or exhorbitant demanders of tythe fish which fish is or are fished and taken in his Majesty's seas by the sd fishermen - they the sd fishermen and others in the sd parish maintainers of the welfare and liberties of their ancient place of navity and to protect themselves and their posterity against such unreasonable and violent attacks and attempts suspected to be made by the sd tythe gatherers for tythe fish hereafter for their fishing in his Majesty's seas as aforesd to avoid and guard and protect themselves against such dismal disasters tending to the bondage of posterity, they the sd fishermen and parishioners of St Mary of Ballaugh aforesd for them= selves respectively and for their successors have unanimously and as one body incorporate condescended to the following obligations in the subsequent covenants and articles of agreement particularly mentioned and by the fraternity understood and agreed upon as aforesd. And in the first place it is hereby covenanted and agreed upon by and between the several persons whose names are hereunto sett subscribed or with a usual mark to any person's name annext or opposite sett whether boat-master skippers, fishermen or boats crew or any other person or persons of what denomination or occupation soever who shall or may sign this publick-good obligatory deed that they and every one of them shall and will freely and voluntary contribute towards a lawsuit against the suspected exorbitant tythe-gatherers at all times hereafter in case they the sd tythe-gatherers should attack us or our our posterity in that manner, and every one of us the annext subscribers to contribute and pay upon demand such sum or sums as are respexctively sett down in an opposite margin to our several names and so the same to be paid by us respectivelt in proportion between us in case any of us should be attacked at law by any of the tythe gatherers aforementioned in which case all of us are and is hereby obligated to assist and support such a person or sersons that shall or may be distressed by such a prosecution to defend our right in that respect to the utmost period of law and incorporately or as one body with him or them that may be so prosecuted to bear in proportion such expences as may be incurred by such a lawsuit, to exonerate such person or persons that may be so sued of the buthen of such a defensive law suit and that neither or either of them upon any account whatsover shall not nor will not fail or decline the defending of this cause nor suffer or see any of the fraternity distressed relative this matter at law without their proportionable contribution to support him or them, untill the same shall bear the utmost determination of law. And secondly we do hereby nominate and appoint our right trusty friends Wm Stephen of Ballamoar in the sd parish of Ballaugh and Wm Boddaugh of the sd parish our trustees to receive and collect the sd severall sums to our respective names opposite in the margin sett and they to be responsible for the same to us or our agent or attorney as shall or may be required of them in that respect, under the penalty hereafter mentioned. Lastly for the true and faithfull performance and due observance of all and singular the beforegoing covenants obligations and articles of agreement all and every one of us whose names are hereunto sett subscribed or annext do hereby firmly bind and oblige ourselves the either one of us to the other and every one of us the one to the other and our respective heirs execrs admrs and assigns in penalty of five hundred pounds sterling the one half thereof to and for the use of our sovereign Lord the King and the other half to such of usc as shall or may be agrieved by the non performance hereof. As witness our respective names hereunto sett subscribed and annext with the particular sums to our names in the margin oppositely sett this 1st of July 1771 witnesses present to the signing hereof Dan Cowll Thos Cowley
| William Tear sum 1-4 -6 Wm Cannon X X - 1-4 -6 Thos Cowle X - 1-4 -6 John Gawn X - 1-4 -6 Thos Kneen X - 1-4 -6 John Sayle X - 1-4 -6 John Corlet X - 1-4 -6 Wm Boddaugh X - 1-4 -6 |
Thos Cowley smithy - 1-4 -6 Thos Corlet - 1-4 -6 John Cain - 1-4 -6 John Gawn X - 1-4 -6 Michael Caine X - 1-4 -6 Phinlo Quayle X - 1-4 -6 Wm Gawn X - 1-4 -6 Philip Christian X - 1-4 -6 Wm Boddaugh X - 1-4 -6 Thos Stephen X - 1-4 -6 James Cowle - 1-4 -6 Thos Tear X - 1-4 -6 Wm Stephen X - 1-4 -6 Patrick Kelly X - 1-4 -6 Patrick Clarke X - 1-4 -6 Wm Clarke X - 1-4 -6 |
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John Cannell X - 1-4 -6 |
John Corlet X - 1-4 -6 David Crellin X - 1-4 -6 Philip Stephen X - 1-4 -6 Wm Corlet 1-4 -6 Patrick Morison X - 1-4 -6 Wm Mcylcarrine X - 1-4 -6 Philip Stephen X - 1-4 -6 -- Anthony Kewley X - 1-4 -6 Wm Corlet X - 1-4 -6 John Kneen X - 1-4 -6 John Keig X - 1-4 -6 Wm Stephen X - 1-4 -6 Patrick Smelter 1-4 -6 John Corlet X - 1-4 -6 |
July 9th 1771 The above executing parties acknowledged the before written Articles of Agreement to be their proper & mutual act and deed before me ? Heywood
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