" 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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