[From Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX]

RESPECTING THE KING'S CLAIM TO THE ISLAND OF MAN;
RELEASE TO WILLIAM DE MONTE ACUTO.
A.D. 1334.

 

 

THE King, to all, etc., greeting. Know that with the consent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other nobles, being with us, we have remitted and released, and entirely for us and for our heirs quitted claim, to our beloved and faithful William de Monte Acuto, all our right and claim which we have had, or in any manner can have, to the Island of Man, with its appurtenances whatsoever. So that neither we nor our heirs, or any other in our name, shall be able, from this time forth, to exact or sell any right or claim in the Island aforesaid. In testimony, etc. Witness the King at Topclif, the 9th day of August. By the King himself.

SUPER CLAMIO REGIS AD INSULAM DE MAN; WILLIELKO DE MONTE ACUTO RELAXATIO.

FOEDERA.

7 ED. III.

REX, omnibus ad quos, etc., salutem. Sciatis quod de assensu prælatorum, comitum, baronum, et aliorum magnatum, nobis assisteutium, remisimus, relaxavimus, et omnino pro nobis et hæredibus nostris quietum clamavimus, dilecto et fideli nostro Willielmo de Monte Acuto, totum jus et clamium quod hagemus, habuimus, vel aliquo modo habere poterimus, in Insulå de Man, cum suis pertinentiis quibuscumque.

Ita quod nec nos nec hæredes nostri, seu quivis alius nostor nomine, aliquid juris vel clamii in insula prædicta, de cætero, exigere poterimus vel vendicare. In cujus, etc. Teste Rege, apud Topclif, ix. die Auguti.

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