FURNESS ABBEY.-CERTIFICATE OF REVENUES

BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

A.D. 1537.

EXCHEQUER TREASURY, CHAPTER HOUSE, WESTMINSTER. 28 HEN. VIII.' HE Certyfycate of Robert Suthwe[ll, esq.,]

esquyer, and John Asshton, awdyto [urs and] commyssioners assigned by the King our Souverayne Lorde for the surveyenge as well of the [site of the] late Monastary as also alle Lordeshippes, Manors, Lands, Tenements, Woodes, Parsonages appropryate and alle other po [ssessiouns] spiritualle and temperalle belongyng to the same late Monastary, etc.

Temporalityes.

Spirituallytes..

FROM THE YLE OF MANNE.

Also there ys a parcell of land apperteynenge to the same late Monastery called Rouat wathe, lyenge betwene the Monastary of Rusthyn and Castletowne in the said Yle of Manne, of the yerely value of

xiid.

(Also there ys apropryate to the said late Monastary the personages of Seynt Mahold and Seynt Mighell within the said Yle, whiche ben letten to fferme, and the Curate ffounde for the yerely rent of £6 13s. 4d.

BISHOPRIC OF MAN ANNEXED TO YORK.

A.D. 1542.

STATUTES OF THE REALM.

33 HEN. VIII, BE

c. 31.

EE it also ferdre enacted and established by the King's Highnes wt thassent of the Lords spuall and temporall and the Cōmons in this present pliament assembled and by thautoritie of the same, that the bisshopriche and dioces of Manne, in the Isle of Mann, bee also annexed adjoyned and united to the saiede pvince and metropoliticall jurisdiction of Yorke, in all poynts and to all purposes and effects as the saiede bisshopriche of Chestre is annexed, adjoyned, and united to the same.

RESPECTING THE GIFT OF THE BISHOPRIC OF THE ISLE OF MAN.

A.D. 1546.

HE King to all to whom, etc, Greeting.

THE

Since the

bishopric of the Isle of Man is destitute of a pastor,

and has been sometime vacant, through the death of the last bishop and incumbent of the same, and is vacant at this present time, and which exists in full right of our gift, concession, and patronage.

Know that we, of our special favor, as well as of our certain knowledge and mere will, have given and conceded, and by these presents do give and concede, with charitable intent, to our

DE DONATIONE EPISCOPATUS INSULÆ DE MAN.

37 HEN. VIII.

R

FEDERA.

EX, omnibus ad quos etc, Salutem. Cum Episcopatus Insule de Man, per mortem naturalem ultimi episcopi et incumbentis ejusdem, jam pastore sit destitutus ding; vacavit, ac vacat in præsenti, qui de nostris donatione concessione et patronatu pleno jure existit.

Sciatis quod nos, de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris, dedimus et concessimus, ac per præsentes damus et concessimus, intuitu caritatis, dilecto capellano nostro

beloved chaplain Henry Man, professor of sacred theology, the said bishopric of the Isle of Man aforesaid, and we appoint and depute the said Henry Man to be bishop of the said bishopric, with all and singular the advantages, rights and emoluments whatsoever, as well spiritual as temporal, of the said bishopric, together with all superior liberties, privileges and gifts, manors as well as houses, lands, tenements, pools, waters, fisheries, and all churches whatsoever in the said bishopric, appropriated and annexed to the bishop of the same for the time being. To obtain. use and enjoy the same, and that he may enjoy freely and lawfully as long as he may live, in such ample manner and form, as the aforesaid late bishop and incumbent whilst alive, or any other of his predecessors, by right of the said bishopric, held, enjoyed, occupied and possessed, together with all emoluments

Henrico Man sacræ theologiæ professori, dictum episcopatum Insula de Man prædictum, atque eundem Henricum Man in episcopum dicti episcopatus præficimus et deputamus, cum omnibus et singulis præfati episcopatus commoditatibus juribus et emolumentis quibuscumque, tam spiritualibus quam temporalibus, præeminentiis que libertatibus privilegiis et donis maneriis quoque domibus terris tenementis stagnis aquis piscationibus, necnon cum ecclesiis quibuscumque, dicto episcopatui, et episcopo cuicumque ejusdem pro tempore existenti, appropriatis et annexis, eisdemque uti, frui et potiri, ac gaudere libere et potiri, ac gaudere libere et licite possit et valeat quoad vixerit, in tam amplis modo et formâ sicut prælibatus ultimus episcopus et incumbens ejusdem dum vixit, vel aliquis alius prædecessorum suorum jure episcopatus hujusmodi tenuerunt, gaudebant, occupabant et possidebant, una cum emolumentis quibuscumque,

whatsoever, accruing and appertaining thereto, at any time since the death of the said bishop and incumbent thereof, without let of us or of our heirs, or of any others whomsoever, any act or statute by our Parliament heretofore published, or to be published to the contrary, or in any other affair, cause or matter whatsoever, in any way notwithstanding, and notwithstanding that express mention exists of the true annual value or surety of the premises, or of any one of them, in these presents, and entrusting by these presents to the care, rule, government, and administration of the said bishopric, and of those dwelling therein, to the said Henry, in the Lord.

And furthermore, since the said Island is situated nigh to the territories of our enemies, and on the high seas, and the bishop of the same for the time being was with difficulty compelled to the payment of Tenths and First Fruits, in times past, or the

aliquo tempore citra mortem ipsius episcopi et incumbentis hujusmodi, accrescentibus et contingentibus, absque impedimento nostro vel Hæredum nostrorum aut aliorum quorumcumque ; aliquo actu sive statuto antehac Parliamento nostro in contrarium edito et imposterum edendo, aut aliquâ aliâ re causâ vel materiâ quacumque, in aliquo non obstante, et eo non obstante quod expressa mentio de vero valore annuo aut ccrtitudine præmissorum vel eorum alicujus, in præsentibus minime facta existit. Curamque regimen et gubernationem, et ad administrationem ejusdem episcopatus, et in eodem degentium, eidem Henrico in Domino committentes et committimus per præsentes.

Et deinceps, quia dicta Insula in propinquioribus partibus inimicorum nostrorum, ac in alto Mari consistit, ad præstationem et solutionem Decimarum et Primorum Fructuum retroactic