I'll quote a local Manx expert I assume manx and English law were similar
These were not three successive lives or generations, but rather
existing lives chosen with a view to maximising the length of the lease,
and the ensuring the security of the tenant's immediate family in the
holding. The tenant frequently nominated himself, and one or more of his
children, where he judged them young enough, but healthy enough for the
purpose. In other cases, the children of neighbours or of leading
officials were chosen. It must be stressed that while the heir to a
holding was frequently named as one of the lives in the lease, there was
no requirement to do so. The lives named in a lease had no special
claims on the holding itself, and could only succeed to it by the normal
means of Heirship, Will, Intestacy, Settlement or Sale.
Mike Syer wrote:
> Please can anyone advise me re leases "for three lives"?
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