Ward & Lock's descriptive and pictorial guide to the Isle of Man ...

Rushen Ahhey. ,S5at a place called Russin." Witli the laadi were grantedmany privileges ;and the abbot, who was ranlccd as abaron of the isle, was entitled to receive one-third of thotithes of the island, to be devoted to the education of youthand the support of the poor. The abbots were appointedby the abbot of Furness, but held courts of their own. Thedescription of the monks of the supposed older foundationapplies to the Cistercians transplanted from Furness ; they,the abbot and his twelve Grey Friars, were—at least, at firstabstemiousr,nd industrious.J txuE wall) ok rushe.n- abbey.The Abbey Church of St. Mary of Ruihcnwas consecratedin 1257, by Bishop Richard. The existing remains are tooscanty to afford much information as to the general characterof the building ;indeed, the position of the abbey church isa matter of uncertainty. The style of architecture appearsto have been a mixture of Norman and Early English.Many distinguished persons were buried at the abbey ; amongthem Bishop Reginald, 12-25;King Olave Godredson, 1237;Reginald, king of Man, 1248 ;and the last king of the ScandinaviandjTiasty, Magnus, 1265. These are now but