" There be some who slight and despise this sort of learning, and represent it to be a dry, barren, Monkish study: but I dare assure any wise and sober man that Historical Antiquities do deserve and will reward the pains of any English student."

Bishop KENNETT s History of Kidlington, 1695.

THE OLD HISTORIANS OF
THE ISLE OF MAN

CAMDEN, SPEED, DUGDALE, COX, WILSON,
WILLIS, AND GROSE

EDITED BY
WILLIAM HARRISON

DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN
PRINTED FOR THE MANX SOCIETY
MDCCCLXXI.

CONTENTS.

	PAGE
INTRODUCTION.	ix

CAMDEN's BRITANNIA-
Notice of Editions, etc.	1
Isle of Man	4
Continuation out of other Authors	8
Additions by Bishop Gibson .	11
SPEED' s HISTORY
Notice of Editions	34
Man Island	36
Table of the TOWNS, Villages, etc.	38
Chronicle of the Kings of Man	40
DUGDALE's MONASTICON ANGLICANUM-
Notice of Editions . .	45
Rushen Abbey . .	46
Historical Notices from the Chronicle of Man .	47
Synodal Statutes and Constitutions of Bishop Simon, AD.1229	49
Synodal Constitution of the Church of Sodor, by Bishop
Mark, A.D. 1291	52
Additions by Bishop Russell, 1350	65
Confirmation of Churches and Lands by Thomas, Earl ofDerby, to Huan, Bishop of Sodor, and his successors,
1505	70
Limites sive Divisione terrarum Monachorum de Russin a
ferris Regis	72
Comput Ministrorum Domilli Regis, temp. Hen. VIII.	73
Transcript from Ministers' Accounts, 33 Hen. VIII.	74
Compotus of the Demesne Lands . .	75
COX's MAGNA BRITANNIA-
The Isle of Man	78
Catalogue of the Bishops of Man	88
BISHOP WILSON'S HISTORY
Extent and Situation	90
Soil	91
Curragh	91
Mountains	92
Air.	92
Cattle	93
Noxious Animals	93
Quarries of Stone	94
Mines .	94
Kings and Lords of Man	95
Manner of holding a Tyawald	96
Governor .	97
Inhabitants .	97
Act of Settlement	98
Language ..	99
Division	100
Towns .	101
Improvement of Land	103
Horizontal Mills	103
Commodities.	104
Herrings .	104
Trade .	105
Religion .	105
Bishop's Palace	106
Bishops .	107
Act dissevering the Bishopric of Chester and of the Isle of Man from the jurisdiction of Canterbury to that ofYork . .	107
Archdeacon . .	110
Clergy . .	110
Royal Bounty .	111
Ecclesiastical Discipline	112
Penance .	113
Convocation .	114
Laws	114
Tinwald	115
Council	116
Keys	116
Deemsters	116
Ecclesiastical Courts .	117
Attornies	117
Peculiar Customs	118
Tokens	119
Curiosities, Runic Inscriptions	120
The Calf of Man . .	121
Specimen of the Manx Language	122
A List of the Bishops of Man	122
Runic Inscription at Kirk Michael	125

WILLIS'S SURVEY OF THE CATHEDRAL OF MAN-
Preface	126
Diocese of Man	128
Bishops of Man	133
Addenda-Diocese of Man	145
Charter of Thomas, Earl of Derby-1505	146
Archdeacons of Man	149
GROSE'S ANTIQUITIES-
Notice of	152
Isle of Man	153
Antiquities worthy of Notice	153
The Abbey Bridge at Balla Salla	154
The Cathedral Church of St. German's	154
St. Patrick's Church and Armoury in Peel Castle	157
Peel Castle	159
Rushen Abbey	161
Castle Rushen	164
Orders for the Regulation of Castle Rushen and Peel
Castle in 1610	166
St Trinion's Church	169
The Tyawald Hill	169
APPENDIX.

A.-Synodal Statutes of Bishop Simon, A.D. 1229	173
B.-Synodal Ordinances of Bishop Mark, A.D. 1291	176
C.-Synodal Ordinances of Bishop Russell, A.D. 1350	188
D.-Ecclesiastical Constitutions-Bishop Wilson, A.D. 1703	193

LIST OF PLATES.
[note these are generally placed under different headings with Cross links back to text]
	PAGE
Man Isle, Map of	4
Isle of Man, Folded Map, 1595	34
Runic Inscription at Kirk Michael	125
South-east Prospect of St. German's Cathedral	126
The Icimography of the Cathedral Church of Man	131
Ile of Man, Map.	153
Abbey Bridge at Balla Salla	154
Cathedral Church of St. German's, in Peel Castle	154
St Patrick's Church and Armoury in Peel Castle	157
Peel Castle	159
Rushen Abbey at Balla Salla	161
Rushen Castle, Plate 1	164
Do., Plate 2	165
St. Trinion's Church	169
The Tynwald, Plate 1	169
Do.Plate 2	170




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