Norris Clague vs WILLIAM MYLROIE
CHANCERY PETITION - 1828 (Lonan)
To his Honour Cornelius Smelt Lieutenant Governor and Chancellor of this Isle
The humble petition of Norris Clague
Sheweth
That on the 29th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight petitioner obtained a Decree of the Honourable Court of Chancery against William Mylroie for the sum of fifteen pounds nineteen shillings British with costs to be taxed
That petitioner placed the said Decree with a taxed bill of costs amounting to the sum of four pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence Manx in the hands of Edward Cain Lockman of Lonan to enforce who has handed petitioner a juries return for the balance of the said Decree amounting to the sum of thirteen pounds two shillings and nine pence halfpenny British
Wherefore petitioner prays a hearing of this petition and that your Honour may be pleased to order the said William Mylroie to be imprisoned until he pays to or for the use of petitioner the balance of said Decree and taxed costs together with the costs of this application and petitioner will pray
George W Dumbell for petitioner
Ordered that this petition come on to be heard at Castle Rushen on Thursday the 7th of May next whereof all proper parties are to have notice given this 30 day of April 1829
C. Smelt
At a Chancery Court holden at Castle Rushen 7 May 1829
Upon hearing this petition in presence of parties or their advocates and upon reading the Decree of this court dated 29 March 1828 (?) in favour of the petitioner against the defendant William Mylroie and a juries return of the effects to satisfy a balance of thirteen pounds two shillings and nine pence British due on the said Decree and upon consideration had thereof as also of what was otherwise pleaded, offered, argued and alleged by or on behalf of the parties respectively it is hereby ordered and Decreed that the said defendant William Mylroie be forthwith apprehended and imprisoned in the jail of Castle Rushen there to remain until he pays to or for the use of the petitioner the said sum of thirteen pounds two shillings and nine pence British together with the costs of this application to be taxed or until he be released in due course of law
C. Smelt
NOTES
- ALL COLBY - Close Moar
- Presumably William was the son of David Mylroie jnr & Catherine Quayle, and born 1803 in Lonan (he was the only recorded William Mylroie old enough to take a mortgage)
- This William was their fourth son (second surviving), and he married Jane Gelling in 1829
- William was a baker in Laxey, and died at the age of 45
- He purchased a cottage allotment in the village of Laxey in 1832, and then expanded the holding in 1840
Associated Documents
- 1755 Marriage Contract: David Myleroie snr & Margaret Killey (grand parents)
- 1757 Purchase: David Meleroie snr from James Killey (grand father)
- 1766 Purchase: David Mylroie snr from Robert Kneal etc (grand father)
- 1766 Purchase: David Mylroie snr from Philip Fargher (grand father)
- 1781 Settlement: David Mylroie snr to David Mylroie jnr (grand father to father)
- 1787 Quit Claim: David Mylroij snr from Philip Fargher jnr (grand father)
- 1796 Will: David Mylderoi snr (grand father)
- 1799 Will: Margaret als Kermott als Killey (grand mother)
- 1801 Mortgage: David Mylroie jnr to John Fargher (father)
- 1803 Sale: David Moylroy jnr to Thomas Cowin (father)
- 1803 Purchase: David Mylroy jnr from Thomas Cowin (father)
- 1828 Chancery: Norris Clague vs William Mylroie
- 1829 Settlement: David Mylroie jnr to James Mylroie (father to brother)
- 1832 Purchase: William Mylroie from James Quayle
- 1833 Settlement: David Mylroie jnr to Robert Mylroie (father to brother)
- 1839 Will: James Mylroie (brother)
- 1840 Will: David Mylroie jnr (father)
- 1840 Purchase: William Mylroie from James Quayle
- 1841 Mortgage: William Mylroie from John Gill
- 1842 Will: James Mylroi (uncle)
- 1869 Will: Robert Mylroie (brother)
- 1900 Will: Daniel Mylroie brother)
- Story: Fathers & Sons: One Mylroie Clan 1663-1900 (Lonan)