WILLIAM MYLREA jnr to JOHN KEIG

Sale - 1832 (Ballaugh)

Whereas by a decee of the honourable Court of Chancery bearing date the seventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight by which William and John Cain both of the parish of Michael, guardians of William Mylrea a minor and heir at law of the late Nicholas Mylrea deceased of the parish of Ballaugh, authorising the said William Cain and John Caine and Elinor Mylrea widow and administrator of the said Nicholas Mylrea deceased to sell certain lands and premises situate in the parish of Ballaugh aforesaid called Ballacorrage by public auction, consequently the said guardians and widow caused the said lands and permises to be duly published for sale by public auction and on the seventh day of March instant the same was set up for sale by public auction and after several bids, John Keig of the parish of Ballaugh aforesaid became the highest bidder and the said lands and premises were knocked down to him for the sum of three hundred and fifty-one pounds British

Therefore know all men by these presents that we the said William Cain, John Cain and Elinor Mylrea,, for and in consideration of the said sum of three hundred and fifty-one pounds British the remainder of said sum after mortgage money due to Thomas Kelly with all interest, costs and charges attending the same be deducted thereout, is to be paid unto us at, by and from the hands of the said John Keig and by virtue of the power in us vested by the honourable Court of Chancery have given, granted, aliened and sold and these presents give, grant, alien and forever absolutely sell unto him the said John Keig the said lands and premises called Ballacorrage situated in the said parish and adjoining the highway leading to the Ballaugh on the east, to the land of John Callister and Ann Quine on the south, on the river on the west, to the lands of John Quine and the school house croft on the northside thereof, and the yearly Lord's rent thereof to be ascertained by the Setting Quest of the parish of Ballaugh aforesaid

To have and to hold the said granted and sold premises with the houses, yards, gardens and edifices thereon erected and made together with all ways, waters, watercourses, easements, liberties, rights, members and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining unto the said John Keig, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns paying the Lord's rent and doing, paying and performing all other dues and duties annually incumbent upon the premises forever, we the said William Cain, John Cain and Elinor Mylrea ....... and obliging ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to maintain, uphold and awarrant the said John Keig, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in the peaceable possession of the premises against the pretended right, challenge, claim or demand of all persons whatsoever

And for the true and faithful performance hereof, we the said William Cain, John Cain and Elinor Mylrea bind and oblige ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and assignsin and under the penalty of seven hundred and two pounds sterling to be levied and paid according to law

As witness our subscriptions this twentieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two 1832. John Caine, William Caine, Elenor Mylrea x

Signed and delivered in presence of us Thomas Caine, Henry Caine, Thomas Clark

At Ramsey April 14th 1832 Henry Caine one of the subscribing witnesses to the forgoing deed made oath on the Holy Evangelist that John Cain on of the parties executing the same signed and executed the same in his presence and in presence of Thomas Cain and Thomas Clark the other subscribing witnesses, and William Caine and Eleanor Mylrea the other executing parties to the same acknowledged the said deed to be their proper act and deed. Before me John ... Gelling

At a Court Baron holden at KK Michael the 26th 1837 the forgoing Deed of Sale having been proved before a High Bailiff and now openly published in Court and no objection offered against it, the same is therefore ordered to be recorded. ...........

[Ref: NSS May 1837 #5]

NOTES

  1. Ballacorraige
  2. This sale marked the end of a sorry tale of debt originating with Nicholas Mylrea jnr, passing on to his son William then William's widow Elinor until finally resting with the child William jnr
  3. The minor, William Mylrea, was the older son and heir-at-law of William Mylrea of Ballacorraige who drowned in 1816, leaving the family in a parlous state financially
  4. Pressed for funds, his mother applied to the Court of Chancery in 1828 for permission to sell the family's estate or at least part of it. This sale to Keig represents her subsequent action
  5. The major mortgagee, Thomas Kelly, should have been repaid after this sale but his receipt is dated 1851
  6. Just before this petition, William the minor had applied to the Courts for a guardian, and not for the first time so presumably his previous guardians had died
  7. These 1832 transactions are the last time any of this Mylrea family was sighted on the Isle of Man

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