HOOPER.-1608.

Survey of the Revenue, Farm Rents, &c., of the Isle of Man. By Mr. Hooper, commissioner appointed by the Lords Salisbury and Northampton in 1608. Rents were first established here in 1505.

A MS. copy is in possession of M. H. Quayle, Esq., Clerk of the Rolls.

JOHN SPEED.-1610.

The Isle of Man exactly described, &c. . Performed by John Speed. Anno 1610.

Speed copied his Map from Thomas Durham's, of 1595,

JOHN SELDEN.-1614.

Titles of Honor, by John Selden. Lucilius, Persium non curo legere; Lelium decimum volo.

London: By William Stansby for John Helme, and are to be sold at his Shop in St. Dunstan's Churchyard. 1614.

4to. p. 391,

"Of the Title of Kings, as it is subordinate in subject Princes with some particulars of the kingdom of the Isle of Man."

A second edition, with additions, in folio, was published in 1631, and a third in 1672. The latter is considered the best edition.

PETER HEYLYN, D.D.—1641.

A Help to English History, containing a succession of all the Kings of England, the English, Saxons, and the Britains; the Kings and Princes of Wales, the Kings and Lords of Man and the Isle of Wight; as also of all the Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, and Bishops thereof; with the descriptions of the places from whence they had their Titles; together with the Names and Ranks of the Viscounts, Barons, and Baronets of England. By Robert Hall, Gent.

Printed at London. 1641.
12mo., pp. 379.

This was compiled by Dr. Heylyn, under the assumed name of Robt. Hall. The second edition was published in 1652. Other editions appeared after Dr. Heylyn's death, continued by various hands, in 1671, 1680, 1709, and 1773. The latter contains many additions.

1649.

A Message sent from the Earl of Derby, Governor of the Isle of Man, to his dread Sovereign Charles II., King of Scotland, &c. And his Lordship's Declaration to his Majesty concerning the Treaty, and Major-General Ireton, &c.

Printed at York, and reprinted for W. R.

4to.

Concerning the Parliament's attempted treaty with the Earl, respecting a surrender of the Island to them, in consideration of taking off the sequestration of his estates, and his celebrated indignant reply to Commissary-General Ireton, dated July 12, which has been often printed.

A Declaration of the Right Honourable James Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, Strange of Knockin and of the Isle of Man, concerning his resolution to keep the Isle of Man, for his Majesties Service, against all force whatsoever. Together with his Lordship's letter in answer to Commissary-General Ireton.

London: 1649.
4to., pp. 8.

This Declaration bears date July 18th as the composition of Lord Derby. Sir Marmaduke Langdale and Sir Lewis Dives were commissioned by King Charles II. (June 5th) to repair to the Isle of Man and assist the Earl in keeping the same, both "by counsell and personal service." They arrived two days after the letter had been written to Ireton, and advised the Earl to publish his declaration of July 18, and which was considered by them to be a 66 meer fiction" and " no whit the sence of Derby." On this account they published their declaration, highly complimentary to the Earl.

1649.

A Declaration of the Noble Knights Sir Marmaduke Langdale and Sir Lewis Dives, in vindication of the Right Honourable James, Earl of Derby, and remonstrating their resolutions to keep the Isle of Man against all opposition in his Majesty's service, August the 5th, 1649.

London: Printed in the year 1649.

SIR W. DUGDALE AND R. DODSWORTH-1656-61-73.

Monasticon Anglicanum, a History of the Abbeys, and other Monasteries, Friers, Cathedral, and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales. Plates by Hollar and King.

Folio. 3 vols.

Bishop Simon, in 1229, published the Statutes of the Constitution of the Diocese of Sodor, in the Isle of Man, which are printed in Vol. I., p. 711-12.

An edition in 1718-23, with additions. A greatly-enlarged edition, edited by Caley, Ellis, and Bandinel, in 8 folio volumes.

London: 1817-46.

JAMES CHALONER.-1656.

The Vale Royall of England, or the County Palatine of Chester, Illustrated. Wherein is contained a Geographical and Historical Description of that famous County, with all its Hundreds and Seats of the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholders: its Rivers, Towns, Castles, Buildings, ancient and modern, adorned with Maps and Prospects and the Coats of Arms belonging to every individual Family of the whole County. Performed by Wm. Smith and Wm. Webb, Gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed an exact Chronology of all its Rulers and Governors both in Church and State, from the time of the Foundation of the stately City of Chester to this very day: Fixed by Eclipses, and other Chronological Characters. Also an excellent Discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the Island; of the Inhabitants; of the State ecclesiastical; of the Civil Government; of the Trade; and of the Strength of the Island.

London: Printed by John Streater, in Little S. Bartholomews, and are to be sold at the Black Spread Eagle, at the West End of Paul's. 1656.

Small folio.

The portion relating to the Isle of Man has a separate title, as follows::

A Short Treatise of the Isle of Man. Digested into six Chapters. Containing, I. A Description of the Island. II. Of the Inhabitants. III. Of the state Ecclesiasticall. IV. Of the Civill Government. V. Of the Trade. VI. Of the Strength of the Island. Illustrated with severall Prospects of the Island. By Daniel King.

London: Printed by John Streater, 1656,

This Treatise is written by James Chaloner, and dedicated "For His Excellencie, Thomas Lord Fairfax, Lord of Man and of the Isles," and dated "Middle Park, December 1, 1653." 3 pp. The Island described p. 1 to 33. There is a Map of the Island, with eight small Views on the sides, Arms of the Island and Lord Fairfax; two Plates with each three Views, and a Plate with three Coats of Arms.

Lord Fairfax made Commissioners for the governing of the Isle in 1652 (Aug. 17th), James Chaloner and Robt. Dynely, Esqrs., and Mr. Joshua Witton, Minister of the Gospel.

James Chaloner was also Governor from 1658 to 1660, and was one of the Judges of Charles I. He was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Chaloner, of Gisborough, in the County of York, and married Ursula Fairfax, by whom he had one son, Edmund Chaloner, born in 1635, and three daughters. He died in 1660.

In Gough's History of the People called Quakers, Dublin, 1789, is the following note:- "This James Challoner had been a member of the Long Parliament, and after the King's return had been sent for to London, in order, as was thought, to be tried among the regicides. The day he was to go he took something