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Letter of Reginald, King of the Islands, to Pope Honorius III on Feoffment of Man

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10 September 1219

A formal letter from King Reginald of the Isles to Pope Honorius III (dated 1219) documenting the feoffment of the Isle of Man to the Roman Church and establishment of a perpetual annual tribute of twelve marks sterling payable at Furness Abbey. This is a foundational document on ecclesiastical sovereignty over Man and demonstrates the island's feudal relationship to Rome prior to later secular claims.

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  • English and Latin (parallel text)