ROBERT HEYWOOD to JOHN TAUBMAN
LETTER - 1790 (Douglas)
John Taubman esq
Douglas 10th April 1790
Sir ….I have the pleasure to receive your favour of ….ult by which I see you have a prospect of … a successful stand against the Duke….the business will be gone into so far as .… any future attempt of his upon us … want of friends and assistance here must be great when he depends upon Captain Small and the Deemster the latter of whom will act I think with some little caution – poor Mylrea being sent up by Captain Small shows how hard they are run … little for them but I hope they may (send him) home a Lightfoot which will be doing well for him
I had a letter lately from Colonel Stowell. He wishes to be informed how you go taken … the liberty to desire him to write to you on the business. I hope and expect (he will) be of service as his connections and acquaintances with members of Parliament is extensive and I am certain … willing … against ….wrote you sent you thirty pound bill to be fee …but from what you …Young's intention, I hope you … much more to our satisfaction
I am with best wishes Sir
For your most obedient servant
Robert Haywood
NOTES
- The writer and recipient were once business partners of Daniel Mylrea of the Deemster/Archdeacon/Attorney General line of Mylreas
- Of most interest here is Heywood's comment that Daniel had been sent up by Captain Small
- reveals that Daniel was involved with the Manx Fencibles before 1790 although documents show he was still in business with Robert Heywood, who was also his brother in law
- shows that Daniel was in trouble within the military, which matched his failed business affairs and problematic relationship with money
- a decade on and Robert Heywood was sued by Taubman's son, the latter having discovered while winding up his father's affairs that Heywood had lent company money to Mylrea, and it was never repaid
- Daniel was the older and only surviving son of Thomas Mylrea and Rose Savage. He came from a very comfortable, upper social standing within Manx society yet his life from an ealy age was littered with difficulties, apparently of his own making
- One possible interpretation is that he was a thoroughly spoiled and failed to live up to his potential
- In later life he redeemed himself as the saviour of hundreds of people during a shipwreck off the coast of Newfoundland, a wreck that also claimed the life of his wife and two daughters
Associated Documents
- 1757 Surrender: Children of Daniel Mylrea (jnr) & Lucy Parry to Daniel the Deemster
- 1759 Will: Thomas Mylrea (father)
- 1760 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea & siblings to Peter John Heywood
- 1766 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea (uncle & Deemster) & Rose Mylrea (mother) to Thomas Cowley
- 1769 Assignment: Daniel Mylrea & Rose Mylrea to Ann Moore (uncle [Deemster] & mother)
- 1769 Assignment: Daniel Mylrea & siblings to John Taubman snr
- 1775 Will: Daniel Mylrea (uncle & Deemster)
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to John Hughes
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Thomas Teare
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Patrick Corlet
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Elizabeth Wilks
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Philip Teare
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Thomas Craine
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to John Mylrea
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to William Craine
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to James Corlet
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to William Kerruish
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Patrick Kelly
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to John Gawn & Stephen Kneal
- 1777 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to John Corlet, William Killip & Thomas Cowle
- 1778 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Philip Garrett & Robert Boyde
- 1778 Purchase: Daniel Mylrea et al from Lewis Geneste
- 1778 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Patrick Cowley et al
- 1778 Sale: Rose Mylrea to John Crellin (mother)
- 1781 Agreement: Daniel Mylrea to Philip Teare et al
- 1781 Will: Thomas Mylrea (brother)
- 1782 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea from Philip Cottier
- 1785 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea from John Jonathan Lee
- 1785 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea to John Taubman snr
- 1786 Letter: Rose Mylrea to John Taubman (mother)
- 1787 Surrender: Daniel Mylrea to John Taubman snr
- 1788 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea et al to William Cowley
- 1790 Letter: Robert Heywood to John Taubman snr
- 1790 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea et al to William Cowley
- 1795 Litigation: Daniel Mylrea sued by Joseph Shaw
- 1795 Litigation: Daniel Mylrea sued by Alexander McClure
- 1795 Litigation: Daniel Mylrea sued by Thomas Kewn
- 1795 Litigation: Daniel Mylrea sued by John Hoop
- 1795 Mortgage: Daniel Mylrea from John, Duke of Atholl
- 1802 Sale: John Taubman jnr & Robert Heywood to Henry Holmes & Sons
- 1802 Litigation: John Taubman jnr VS Robert Heywood
- 1803 Sale: Daniel Mylrea to Robert Farrant
- 1839 Will: Mary Ann Mylrea (daughter)
- 1862 Will: Frederick Thomas Mylrea (son)
- Story: William McYlrea 1627-1692 (gg grand father)
- Story: Frederick Thomas Mylrea 1803-1863 (son)