Patent lease of Rushen Monastery and Douglas Priory to Knightly and Spencer
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- Name
- Patent lease of Rushen Monastery and Douglas Priory to Knightly and Spencer
- Description
- A transcription of a 1606 Crown patent granting a 40-year lease of the dissolved monasteries of Rushen and Douglas in the Isle of Man to Sir Thomas Leigh Knightly and Thomas Spencer. The document records the fine (£101 15s. 11d.) paid to the Exchequer and identifies reserved Crown rights including woods, wardships, marriages, mines and quarries. Relevant to understanding pre-Revestment Crown sovereignty over Manx ecclesiastical and secular properties.
- Date
- 17 March 1606
- Related To
- King James I
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- The Stanley Lordship
- Type
- Legal Opinion
- Date Created
- 1606-03-17
- Creator
- King James I
- Audience
- Sir Thomas Leigh Knightly and Thomas Spencer, Esquire
- Identifier
- Patent Rolls, 3 Jas. I
- Language
- English