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r e la te d .
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k in g s : A n d m e n t io n s f e v e r a l l i t t l e iflan d s th a t b e lo n g e d to ¡1
w h i c h h e c a ll s S o a , N a b a n , M o ro a n , R erin g e , In ch K en zie,,E o rfa y , aJ
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t o le a d th e r e l ig io u s in to th e tem p ta t io n o f lu x u r y : b u t they vraJ
in p o f ie f lio n o f a c o n f id e r a b le n um b e r o f ch u r c h e s an d chapels iJ
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an d g r a n te d to th e c a n o n s o f H olyrood h o u fe b y W illiam . I . betweeil
th e y e a r s 1 1 7 2 a n d 1 1 8 0 * .
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a ju r i fd id l io n o v e r a l l th e o th e r m o n a fte r ie s th a t branched fronl
t h i s ; a n d o v e r a l l th e m o n k s o f th is a b b y th a t exercifed i t l
p r ie f t ly o r e v e n e p ifc o p a b fu n d tio n in o th e r p la c e s . O n e o f them!
Ibitutes o f L o y ola fe em s h e r e to h a v e b e e n v e r y e a r ly efbablilhedl
fo r th e eleves- o f th is h o u fe fe em n o t to th in k th em fe lv e s freed
f r om th e i r v o w o f o b e d ie n c e to th e a b b o t o f J o n a . B ede f fpeakl
o f th e A n g u la r p r e - em in e n c e , a n d la y s th a t th e ifla n d always hail
* Sir James Dalrymple s Coll. 271. 272.
f Habere autem folet ipfa infnla reitorem Temper Abbatem Frelbyteiml
cujus juri et omnis Provincia et ipfi etiam Epifcopi ordine inufitato debeaatl
effe fubjefli. Lib. III. c. 4.
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L m o n ru le ) n o t o n ly e v e r y p r o v in c e , b u t e v e n th e b iih o p s
iemfelves, o b e y e d . F r o m th is a c c o u n t , th e en em ie s to e p i f c o -
I c y have in fe r r e d , th a t th e r a n k o f b i ih o p w a s a n o v e l t y , in t r o -
L c ed into th e ch u r ch - in- c o r r u p t t im e s ; a n d th e a u th o r i ty th e y
L m e d was a n e r r a n t u fu r p a t io n , f ln c e a A m p le a b b o t f o r fo c o n -
iderable a fp a c e w a s p e rm i t te d to h a v e th e fu p e r io r i ty . In a n fw e r
( th is , a r c h b ifh o p UJher * a d v a n c e s , th a t th e p o w e r o f th e a b b o t o f
( « was- o n ly l o c a l ; an d e x te n d e d o n ly to th e b i ih o p w h o r e f ld e d
( e r e : fo r a f t e r th e c o n q u e f t o f th e ifle o f M im b y th e E n g lijh , and-
( e d iv i f io n o f t h e fe e a f t e r th a t e v e n t , th e b i ih o p o f th e ille s m a d e
( « h i s r e fid en c e , w h i c h b e fo r e w a s in M a n . B u t n o tw i th f ta n dm g
( i s , the v e n e r a b le B ed e fe em s to b e a f t r o n g e r a u th o r i t y , th an th e
m ’lr annals q u o t e d b y th e a r c h b i ih o p , w h i c h p r e te n d n o m o r e
( a n that a biihop ) had- a lw a y s r e f ld e d in J o n a , w i th o u t e v e n an
(tempt to r e fu t e th e p o f l t iv e aflfertion o f th e moil: r e fp e f t a b le
luthor w e h a v e ( r e la t in g to c h u r c h m a t te r s ) in th o fe p r im i t iv e
limes.
I No rth-o f th e m o n a f te r y a r e t h e rem a in s o f th e b i ih o p ’ s Houfe :
the refidence o f th e b iih o p s o f th e ifle s a f t e r th e ifle o f M a n w a s
Be ra ted f rom th em . T h i s e v e n t h a p p e n e d in th e t im e o f E dw a rd I .
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[church, fo r th e y n e v e r h a d a. c a th e d r a l o f th e i r o w n , e x c e p t th a t in
■the ifle o f M a n . D u r in g th e t im e o f th e N o rw eg ia n M ig n , w h i c h
llafled near tw o h u n d r e d y e a r s , th e b i ih o p s w e r e c h o fe n w i th o u t re -
p p a o f c o u n t r y , fo r w e A n d F ren ch , N o rw eg ia n , E n g lijh , a n d Scotch
* De Briti Ecclef. Primord. cap. xv. p. 701.
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