Charter of Aufrica de Connaught, heiress of Man, granting her rights to Simon de Montacute · Revestment 1765

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Name: Charter of Aufrica de Connaught, heiress of Man, granting her rights to Simon de Montacute
Description: A 1305 charter in which Aufrica de Connaught, heiress of the Isle of Man, grants all her hereditary rights and title in Man to Simon de Montacute, a knight. The document includes both English and Latin versions and demonstrates the feudal transfer of Manx sovereignty in the medieval period, providing important context for understanding the island's constitutional status before the later Atholl and Revestment periods.
Date: Thursday the vigils of the Annunciation of the blessed Mary the Virgin, 1305 (25 March 1305)
Place: Isle of Man
Collection: Scottish and English Contention
Type: Primary Source Transcription
Date Created: 1305-03-25
Creator: Aufrica de Connaught, heiress of the land of Man
Audience: All friends and people of the land of Man; Simon de Montacute (grantee)
Identifier: Bodleian Library, Oxford (Dons. MSS); 33 En. I; 33 Ed. I
Language: English and Latin