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Appointment of Edmund Mortayn to expel Scots from Isle of Man, 1329

Source
September 1329

A royal patent from King Edward III appointing Edmund Mortayn, escheator of Ireland, and Brother John Tyrel to lead forces to recover the Isle of Man from Scottish invaders under Richard de Maundevill. The document is a Latin record from the Irish Patent and Close Rolls, published in the Manx Society's Monumenta de Insula Manniae series, and provides evidence of medieval Manx sovereignty disputes and military interventions.

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  • Latin and English