The Treaty of Perth (1266)

Nach dem Versagen von König Haakon und der Niederlage in der Schlacht von Largs im Jahre 1263, mußte Norwegen die westlichen Inseln und die Isle of Man an Schottland abtreten. Dieser Verzicht wurde in der "Treaty of Perth" schriftlich festgehalten.

This settlement and final agreement for terminating the disagreements, complaints, losses, damage and disputes concerning the isles of Man and the Sudreys and of the rights thereof was made, with the help of divine providence, between magnificent and illustrious princes the lords Magnus IV, by the grace of God illustrious King of Norway, by his solemn envoys..., on one side, and the lord Alexander III, by the same grace illustrious King of Scots, personally compearing there with the clergy and greater magnates of his realm, on the other, in this form, viz: That the said lord Magnus, King of Norway,... granted, resigned and quit-claimed... for himself and his heirs for ever, Man with the rest of the Sudreys and all other islands on the west and south of the great sea, with all right which he and his progenitors had of old therein or he and his heirs shall have in future...; to be held, had and possessed by the same lord Alexander III, King of Scots, and his heirs, with demesne-lands, homages, rents, without retention, along with the right of patronage of the bishopric of Man (saving, in all and by all, the right, jurisdiction and liberty of the church of Nidaros, if it have any, in the bishopric of Man); and excepting the islands of Orkney and Yhetland which the said king of Norway has reserved specially to his domain, with their demesne-lands, homages and rents, services and all their rights and pertinents within their borders; in such wise that all the men of the said lord king of Scots, as well lesser as greater, shall be judged and dealt with according to them henceforth, but for misdeeds or injuries and damage which they have committed hitherto while they adhered to the said kin of Norway they be no wise punished or molested in their heritages in those islands but stand peacefully therein under the lordship of the king of Scots as other free men and lieges of the said lord king who are known to enjoy the most free justice unless they do anything else on account of which they ought to be justly punished according to the approved laws and customs of the realm of Scotland; if they should wish to remain in the said islands under the lordship of the said lord king of Scots, they may do so, with their goods, lawfully, freely and in full peace; so that they be not compelled either or to retire contrary to the laws and customs of the realm of Scotland and their own will.
Therefore the foresaid lord Alexander, king of Scots,... and his heirs... shall give and render for ever to the said king of Norway and his heirs and their assignees within the octave of the nativity of St John the Baptist, in Orkney, that is, in the land of the lord king of Norway, in the church of St Magnus, int