Further to my last .... At the Manx Museum itself, it is well documented that "at the dissolution of the Abbey at Rushen in Malew, Abbott Radcliffe and six monks were granted pensions. Radcliffe received ten pounds yearly on condition he left quietly and that he accepted Henry VIII as Head of the Church of England and defender of the Faith.He did. He later married into the Christian family and prospered." ( I have an e/m to that effect from Roger Sims who,without doubt, does know his History.) Regarding the Oak timber and its inscription, Sachaverall wrote about it in his"Account of the Isle of Man" in 1694, not a million years after the dissolution. ALSO it was made mention of by Canon Quine himself,as being a tribute from Thomas Radcliff,Abbott of Rushen,to his kinsman Sir Robert Radcliff. So there lies more evidence to confuse us.