The Isle of Man with the Means of Access Thereto and an Introduction to Its Scenery (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1861 Excerpt: ... ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 195 and leased by James I. to the Earls of Salisbury and Suffolk. John, the 3rd Duke of Athol, dying in 1774, his son John succeeded to his title and estates. He petitioned Parliament, in 1781 and 1790, for a further allowance, but without success. At length, in 1805, he obtained a grant of the fourth part of the revenues of the island, which was afterwards commuted to 3000/. per annum for ever. However, in 1825, the Duke acceded to a proposition made to him by the Treasury to purchase the whole of his remaining interest in the island for the sum of 416,114/.; and thus the Isle of Man became entirely and definitely, with all the rights and privileges of royalty, vested in the British crown. John, 4th Duke of Athol, died September 29,1830, in the 76th year of his age, having been Lord of Man 55 years. He had rendered the accustomed service of a cast of falcons at the coronation of George IV. CHAPTER XV. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. The title " Bishop of Man, of Sodor, and of Sodor and Man," by which the chief pastor of the Church in the Isle of Man is consecrated and installed, indicates the changes which have taken place in the extent of his diocese at different times. Originally, as now, the diocese was restricted to the Isle of Man, having been constituted by St. Patrick, who converted the islanders to Christianity, and, in 447, consecrated St. German first Bishop of Man. The Bishopric of Sodor (the Sudoer, Sudereys, or Southern Islands) was instituted by Pope Gregory IV. in 838. It consisted of about thirty islands off the west coast of Scotland, of which St. Mary's in Iona was the cathedral church.. 196 ARMS OF THE BISHOPRIC. The Bishop of the Nordereys, or Northern Islands, had the Orkneys and Shetlands for his diocese, his cathedral...