Chronica Regvm Manniae Et Insvlarvm: The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys, Volume 1 |
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Page 140 - Norway in the winter 1029 — 30, went down and was drowned in the Pentland firth, which seems to imply, that he did not come from the eastern parts of England, but from the West. Be this, however, as it may, there can be no doubt, that...
Page 52 - Tictores existentes maximam cladem Norwegientium fecerunt, et omnes in fugam compulerunt. De qua fuga quidam Godredus cognomento Crouan filius Haraldi nigri de Ysland fugiens venit ad Godredum filium Sytric qui tune regnavit in Mannia, et honorifice susceptus est ab eo. Eodem anno Willelmus Bastard Angliam debellavit, Haraldum regem occidit, et pro eo regnavit, et Anglos perpetuse servituti ^ubdidit.
Page 141 - We take it as granted, that the reader is aware of the mistake so common among the historians of Scotland, to confound the two Malcolms here mentioned, and to make one of them, as if one Malcolm only (Malcolm II) reigned from 1004 till 1034. The very trustworthy Tighernach states expressly, that ,,King Malcolm Mac Malbrigid Mac Ruairi" died in 1029, and ,,King Malcolm Mac Kenneth
Page 82 - Anno mcciiii. (1204) Hugo de Lacy venit cum exercitu Ultoniam et commisit bellum cum Johanne de Cursi, eumque comprehendit et vinculis mancipavit, et Ultoniam sibi subjugavit. Postea vero Johannem liberum ire permisit. Qui cum dimissus esset venit ad regem Reginaldum, a quo honorifice susceptus est, quia erat gener ejus. Johannes quidem de Cursi habuit filiam Godredi, nomine Affricam, in matrimonium, quae fundavit Abbatiam Sanctas Mariae de Jugo Dei, quae ibidem sepulta est.
Page 76 - ... prsebere." Quibus dictis clerici ad sua sunt reversi, post quorum discessum coepit tanta multitudo muscarum grandium et tetrarum circa faciem ejus et ora volitare, ut non poterant nee ipse nec qui ei assisterant (!) eas abigere.
Page 113 - on the i8th of May, Lord Robert, King of Scotland, put in at Ramsey with a large number of ships, and on the following Sunday went to the nunnery at Douglas, where he spent the night, and on Monday laid siege to the Castle of Rushen.
Page 55 - According to the chronicle of the island, he " subdued Dublin and a great part of Leinster, and held the Scots in such subjection that no one who built a vessel dared to insert more than three bolts.
Page 116 - Catholicam przdicasse fertur Mannensibus, exstiterunt Episcopi; sed ab ipso sufficit Episcoporum memoriam inchoasse. Sufficit, dicimus; quod qui vel quales ante ipsum Episcopi exstiterunt, penitus ignoramus, quia nee scriptum invenimus nee certa relatione seniorum didicimus.
Page 66 - MCXLII. [Tres filii Haraldi fratris Olavi], congregata classe, transfretaverunt ad Galwediam, volentes sibi subjugare. Galwedienses, autem, conglobati, et magno impetu facto, congressi sunt cum eis. Illi, statim, terga vertentes, fugerunt cum magna confusione ad Manniam, omnesque Galwedienses, qui in ea habitabant, quosdam jugulaverunt, alios expulerunt.* MCXLII. The three sons of Harold the brother of Olave, a fleet being assembled, passed over to Galloway, willing to subdue it. The Galwegians,...