A formal ecclesiastical letter dated 1299 from Marc, Bishop of Sodor, confirming the appropriation of two churches in Man (St. Michael and St. Michaldus) to the Abbot and Monks of Furness Abbey. The letter, issued from Russyn Abbey, establishes early medieval ecclesiastical governance and property relations in the Isle of Man, with the bishop's assertion of free will in making the appropriation despite the abbot's custody of the island at that time.