An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the Earliest Times to the Present Date: With a View of Its Ancient Laws, Peculiar Customs, and Popular Superstitions, Volume 1M. A. Quiggin, 1845 - Isle of Man |
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... Rushen.3 But the ignorance manifested in that work , even of events which happened in Man , and which are circumstantially and clearly narrated in the Norse Sagas , and in the Irish Annals , induces the editor of the Celto Normanica to ...
... Rushen.3 But the ignorance manifested in that work , even of events which happened in Man , and which are circumstantially and clearly narrated in the Norse Sagas , and in the Irish Annals , induces the editor of the Celto Normanica to ...
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... original records preserved in the Castle of Rushen , and from the episcopal registers of the diocese , in the possession of the archbishop of York , by John Parr , one of the deemsters of the Island viii HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF MAN .
... original records preserved in the Castle of Rushen , and from the episcopal registers of the diocese , in the possession of the archbishop of York , by John Parr , one of the deemsters of the Island viii HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF MAN .
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... Rushen ; and I feel myself deeply indebted also to the other gentlemen of the Isle of Man , whom I have specially mentioned in course of the work . For the research which he made at my request , in the library of the University of ...
... Rushen ; and I feel myself deeply indebted also to the other gentlemen of the Isle of Man , whom I have specially mentioned in course of the work . For the research which he made at my request , in the library of the University of ...
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... Rushen built by Guthred - Rapid succession of Manks Kings - Naval power of Hacon - Danish Sea Rovers - The Manks join the Confederacy against Brian Borom - Glance at British History - Appendix CHAPTER IV . NORWEGIAN LINE OF KINGS , FROM ...
... Rushen built by Guthred - Rapid succession of Manks Kings - Naval power of Hacon - Danish Sea Rovers - The Manks join the Confederacy against Brian Borom - Glance at British History - Appendix CHAPTER IV . NORWEGIAN LINE OF KINGS , FROM ...
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... Rushen described - Besieged by King Robert the Bruce - The Garrisons built and maintained in repair by Suits and Services called Carriages - Quarterlands taxed to supply the Castle Larder- Carriage Troves - Castle Mazes - Setting Corn ...
... Rushen described - Besieged by King Robert the Bruce - The Garrisons built and maintained in repair by Suits and Services called Carriages - Quarterlands taxed to supply the Castle Larder- Carriage Troves - Castle Mazes - Setting Corn ...
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afterwards Anderson's Royal Genealogies Annals anno Antiquities appears Appendix appointed Bishop of Sodor Bishop Wilson called Camden Castle of Rushen Celto Celto Normanicę CHAP Charters Christian church clergy court crown custom death deemsters died Douglas Druids Dublin Duke of Atholl Earl of Derby Edinburgh edition Edward enacted England father Galloway Goddard Godred Gorree governor granted heirs Henry History of Scotland honour House of Stanley inhabitants Ireland Irish Island James Johnstone's Celto king of Norway king of Scotland king's kingdom Kirk land Lex Scripta London Lord lordship Magnus Manks Maughold Norwegian Note officers Olave parish parliament Peel Peel Castle person possession prince received Reginald reign revenue says Scots Scottish Seacome Seacome's History Sir John Stanley slain Sodor soldiers Somerled Statute stone succeeded successors Tennants Thomas throne tion tithes Train Tynwald Vicar Wales Western Isles William
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Page 258 - ... make and subscribe, the Declaration mentioned in an Act of Parliament made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, " An Act for preventing dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants...
Page 258 - Intituled An Act for the further Security of His Majesty's Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 386 - CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Page 303 - ... he penetrated, he perceived he went more and more on a descent ; till having travelled, as near as he could guess, for the space of a mile, he began to see a...
Page 20 - ... if it failed in any of these qualities, the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
Page 232 - ... shall have the same force and effect to all intents and purposes as if such assent had been filed within one year after the passage of said act...
Page 369 - carrying into effect the reports of the Commissioners " appointed to consider the state of the Established " Church in England and Wales, with reference to " ecclesiastical duties and revenues, so far as they " relate to episcopal dioceses, revenues, and patronage...
Page 257 - Act to enlarge the time limited for the redemption of the land tax, and " to explain and amend an Act made in the last session of Parliament, intituled...
Page 233 - ... stone, franchises, liberties, privileges, and jurisdictions whatsoever, as now are, or at any time heretofore have been invested in the said James, Earl of Derby, or in any of his ancestors, lords of the said isle...
Page 312 - And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.