Reginald, who did homage to the King of England, obtained from the inhabitants of Man one hundred marks to pay the expense of a journey to his court. It was soon discovered that the proposed journey was nothing but a pretext; for Reginald proceeded immediately to Allan's court, and during his stay in Galloway married his daughter. The Manks, indignant at these proceedings, sent for Olave, and made him King. [1226.]-Thus Reginald lost his crown after a reign of thirty-eight years.

1228.]-In the second year after his accession, Olave, with all the nobility, and many of the inhabitants of Man, sailed over to the Isles. Reginald, in order to bring religion to his aid, had made a surrender of his lost kingdom to the see of Rome; a copy of which act is still extant. He prevailed upon Allan, and Thomas, Earl of Athol, to seize with him the opportunity of Olave's absence to make a descent upon the Isle of Man. They wasted all the southern part of it, spoiled the churches, and put to death so many of the inhabitants that the whole country was a scene of desolation. Having thus gratified their revenge, the invaders returned to Galloway, leaving bailiffs to collect tribute from the people:

but King Olave, coming upon these men unexpectedly, put them to flight and recovered his kingdom.

In the ensuing winter Reginald came to the Isle of Man in the dead of the night, and burned all the ships in Peel-harbour. Thence be proceeded to Derby-haven where he remained forty days, soliciting peace of his brother, and endeavouring to gain the affections of the inhabitants. So far he obtained his purpose that the southern men swore to assist him with their lives in recovering half of the kingdom. The northern men adhered to Olave; and on the 14th February, 1228, the two brothers came to an engagement, near the Tinwald hill, which terminated in the victory of Olave, and the death of Reginald.

Reginald appears to have been a man of ambition and of abilities, but destitute of virtue, treacherous, unjust, and cruel; always ready to gain an end by any means. During the latter part of his reign the inhabitants lived in that miserable and unsettled state necessarily attendant upon a dread of their own tyrant, and constant apprehension of a foreign foe.

1230.]-Olave went to Norway to do homage to Hace for his crown, and on his return, was

accompanied by that king, Godred Don, the son of Reginald, and many Norwegians. Haco, in attacking a castle in the Isle of Bute, was killed by a stone, and buried in Iona. Olave and Godred Don divided the Isles between them; the former retaining posssession of Man: but the latter being slain soon afterwards in Lewis, Olave became sole king.

1234.]-Henry the Third of England granted to him a certain annuity in silver coin and wine for defending the sea coast.*

After the enjoyment of a peaceful reign he died in St. Patrick's Isle, and was buried in Rushen Abbey.

1237.]-Harold, at fourteen years of age, suc

ceeded to his father's crown.

In the first year of his reign he went to the Isles, making Loglen, his kinsman, Governor of Man: but in the spring following returned.

1238.]-Having refused to appear at the court of the king of Norway, the Isle of Man was

"No. 3. Anno 19 H. 3. 1234. Pro Olavo, rege Manniæ, de custodia costerarum maris, ac ejus fœdo. Notatu dignissimæ. 5. 1." Minutes of Council. See Bree's Cursory Sketch of the Reign of Edward the Third, taken wholly from ancient manuscripts in the British Museum and elsewhere, 1791, vol. 1. p. 379.

invaded by a Norwegian army, under Gospatrick änd Gillchrist who converted the tributes of the country to the service of their own king. [1239.]-Harold being induced to submit, sailed over to the king of Norway, did him his accus tomed homage, and was confirmed in the poss session of all the islands which his predecessors had enjoyed.

1342.]-On his return home, he made peace with the kings of England and of Scotland. [1247.]-He paid a visit to the former, was knighted by him, and received many tokens of his favour.

Soon afterwards the king of Norway offered him his daughter in marriage; and Harold sailed accordingly to that kingdom. The newly married couple enjoyed for a very short time their expected happiness; for, during their voyage homeward a sudden storm unfortunately arose: the ship on which they were aboard was wrecked; and the whole crew perished.

1249.] Harold's brother Reginald was the next king of Man: but a few days after his accession to the throne, he was slain by Yvar, knight, in a meadow in the southern district. It is said, (but not in the Chronicon Monnis)

that the king and Yvar were enamoured of the same damsel; that the lady returned the affections of Yvar; but that Reginald carried her away by force. Hence Reginald paid for his injustice with his blood, and the two lovers made their escape to Ireland.

Harold, the son of Godred Don, now assumed the title of king, and banished many of the chief inhabitants: [1250]—but, having received and obeyed an order to go to Norway, he was imprisoned by the king of that nation for his usurpation of the government.

1252.]-Magnus, the son of Olave was the next king of Man and the Isles, under the sanction of the Norwegian monarch. [1256.]-On a visit to the English court he was knighted by the king. [1265.]-He died at Rushen castle in 1265, and was there buried.

1266]-Magnus, king of Norway, finding himself unable to retain the sovereignty of the western isles, agreed to surrender them to Alexander the third, king of Scotland, on receiving from him four thousand marks of silver immediately, and one hundred marks a year in future.

Not long afterwards Alexander reduced the Isle of Man, and made this treaty with Regulus,