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^7$ Hijiory of the Norwegian
was bravely defended by the Englifh, took it at
laft, reduced the whole ifliind of xMan, and made
iiis nephew, Randolph earl of Murray, lord of it. —
Randolph, upon receiving this title, al'umed the
arms of the later Kings of that illand. The arms
of the older Kings of Man, I mean thofe of the
Norwegian race, were, a Hiip with its lails furled,
and the title in their feals was, P.ex Mannia is^
Infularum *- The arms of the later Kings were
three human legs linked together.
In the unfortunate reign of David Bruce,
William Mont acutCy earl of Salifbury, recovered
Man out of the hands of the Randolph family, raid
in a little time fold it, together with the crown
thereof to Willi ara Scraps. Upon the confifcation
of Scrope's eftate, Henry the IV. of England be-
Aowed the illand and lordfhip of Man upon Henry
Piercy, earl of Northumberland. Eut Piercy
having been attainted, in about four years after
this grant, the Ifle devolved, by the King's fii-
vour, upon the Stanley family. It is almoft need-
lefs to add, that the earls of Derby, of that fa-
mily, enjoyed the title oi Kings and Lords of Man ^
for many ages, till the fovereignty of it fell, by
female fijcceirion, to the family of Athol.
The vaft Continental eftate of Sumcrled,
thane of Argyle, and the large acquifitions he had
made in the Ifles, at tlie expence of hie brother-
in-law, devolved wholly, fome time after his
death, on his tv/o fons, Dugal and Reginald. The
lordOiip of Argyle, fell to the fliare of the for--
per, together with the entenfive ifland of Mull,
* CiirJidc :. i:: his Continuation of the hilrory of Man.
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