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The Development of the Lord Bishop's Role in the Manx Tynwald

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2006

PETER W. EDGE  and
C. C. AUGUR PEARCE
PETER W. EDGE
Affiliation:
Department of Law, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP; e-mail: pwedge@brookes.ac.uk
C. C. AUGUR PEARCE
Affiliation:
Department of Law, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP; e-mail: pwedge@brookes.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Isle of Man was a distinct diocese before it became a possession of the English crown in 1399. In the following centuries it retained not only a national legislature, the Tynwald, but the lord bishop of Sodor and Man. Ecclesiastical officers were to be found in Tynwald as early as 1614, and throughout the nineteenth century it included the lord bishop, the vicars-general and the archdeacon of the diocese. During the twentieth century the number of ecclesiastical officers in the legislature dwindled, until today only the lord bishop survives, and his position remains controversial.

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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , July 2006 , pp. 494 - 514
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

AT=Acts of Tynwald; HK=House of Keys; LC=Legislative Council; MNHA=Manx National Heritage Archives; TC=Tynwald Court
This project was made possible by the generous support of the Economic and Social Science Research Council, through project R000223633. We are also grateful to our colleagues at Oxford Brookes University and Cardiff Law School respectively.