Document 1/13/2 (Furness C.B., ii, pt. III, no. 2)
Description
Olaf, king of the Isles, to T[hurstan], archbishop of York; informs him that he has convinced monks of Furness Abbey to travel to Man, where it was decided that they would have right to elect one of their community to bishopric of Man. The king requests archbishop to ratify this arrangement
Firm date
1134 X 5 February 1140
Probable date
perhaps circa 1138
Dating Notes
Foundation of Rushen Abbey (see _Chronicle of Man_, s.a. 1134) × death of Archbishop Thurstan; the unnamed bishop is Wimund (_Fasti_, 258). For possible date, see Watt, _IR_ 45 (1994), 115