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notwithstanding my great affection to that place is, that you would make conditions for yourself, children, servants, and people there, and such as came over with me, to the end you may go to some place of rest where you may not be concerned in war; and taking thought of your poor children, you may in some sort provide for them
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Countess did not learn of the death of her husband until late October at the earliest. In a letter she received from Colonel Duckenfield dated 29 October 1651, she refused the Colonel's request for her to surrender, explaining that "I will not give it up without orders from him, being obliged by
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Musgrave agreed to defend the island from invasion until satisfactory terms were met. In reality, the Parliamentarians were gathering troops to capture the island and the agreement was a "mere pretence for the sake of gaining time" for Dhone and the Manx militia. On the same night that the
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As the House of Keys was involved in the drawing up of the proposals for surrender, many influential
Manxmen would have been aware of the Countess' actions and felt that "Countess intended to save herself by sacrificing them" Following the power vacuum left by the Earl's capture and fearing that the
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were one of the primary grievances for the Manx during the
Rebellion of 1651 as it placed additional economic burden on the Manx people who were already strained due to the Civil War. Stanley wanted to abolish this system as it gave tenants perpetual ownership and the right to pass their property to
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Countess realizing that her soldiers could not be trusted to hold the forts, surrendered on the condition that herself, her children, and servants would have safe passage to travel to England, and then on to another safe location, thus yielding control of the Isle of Man to the
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their children without consent of the Earl himself. Stanley complained that "men think their dwellings are their own ancient inheritances, and... dispose thereof without license of the Lord." Due to his growing influence and authority on the Isle of Man, he came to be known as Yn
Stanlagh Mooar (
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The governor of this place, Colonel
Duckenfield, is general of the forces which are going now against the Isle of Man, and however you might do for the present, in time it would be grievous and troublesome to resist, especially those that at this hour command three nations; wherefore my advice,
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Stanley to return to the Isle of Man in 1643 to reinforce his authority. Edward Christian, a distant cousin of Dhone's and a former Governor of the Isle of Man was imprisoned for his role in
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October, Dhone and the militia cooperated and allowed the Parliamentarian forces to take control of the island, on the condition that the "ancient rights and laws" that James Stanley had attempted to reform were restored.
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Countess of Derby's surrender of the island would be on terms that would be less than favourable to the Manx people, as well as long-standing grievances about agrarian and land ownership reform, a revolt against
Stanley rule on the Isle of Man was planned.
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to John Corrin, a descendant of a previous claimant to the estate, Christian conceded and bequeathed his estate in 1643 to his third son, Illiam Dhone. It was at this property at Ronaldsway that Dhone and the island's militia decided to rebel.
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of the Isle of Man to rise up and take control of the strategic coastal forts. Some 800 men were assembled and the Manx militia were successful in their attempts to take the smaller forts, but failed to take the largest castles at
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and she and their children were placed under Dhone's guardianship, although he also gave his wife the power to act on his behalf in his absence. Crucially, Stanley also left the island's militia under the command of
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in September 1651 and in his final letter to his wife in October he instructed his wife to broker his release and for his family's safety by negotiating with the victorious Parliamentarians for the surrender of the
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during the English Civil War. It was a bloodless coup with English Parliamentary forces taking control of the island. The Rebellion temporarily ended control of the Isle of Man by the Stanley family until
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were unwilling to condemn him and as a result were removed and replaced by others who would find Dhone guilty. Despite the Act of Indemnity, he was found guilty and was executed by firing squad at
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in 1656. Dhone was eventually punished for his role in the Rebellion and was accused of misappropriating Manx charitable funds during his tenure as Governor and Receiver General. He fled to
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