Mann

Mann is the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. The island's history was shaped by Gaelic and Norse connections and by sea routes linking it with the surrounding coasts.

After a period of disputed rule between Scotland and England, Henry IV granted the island to Sir John Stanley in 1405. The Stanley family and later the dukes of Atholl held the lordship, while Tynwald continued as an island institution through which laws were proclaimed and local affairs governed. In 1765 the British Crown purchased the Atholls' lordship rights, including the island's customs revenues. Mann's institutions endured through these changes in sovereignty and lordship.