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Concession of the Isle of Man by Service of the Lancaster Sword, 1399

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19 October 1399

Royal grant by Henry IV to Henry de Percy, Earl of Northumberland, conferring the Island, Castle, and Lordship of Man in perpetuity, with all associated rights, privileges, and ecclesiastical patronage, held in fee by the service of carrying the Lancaster Sword at coronations. This document establishes the Percy family's legal claim to Man and demonstrates the feudal mechanisms by which the Crown disposed of insular territory in late medieval England.

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  • English and Latin