Priory of St. Bee's: Benedictine monastery with Manx lands and baronial rights
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- Priory of St. Bee's: Benedictine monastery with Manx lands and baronial rights
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- Historical account of the Priory of St. Bee's in Copeland, Cumberland, detailing its founding (c. 650), reconstruction under Henry I, and its holdings including lands in the Isle of Man. The prior held baronial status in Man and was obliged to attend the king and lords of the island. The text documents ecclesiastical landholding patterns relevant to understanding Man's feudal structures before the 1765 Revestment.
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- Published Reference Work
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- English