Editing History of the Isle of Man (section)

===English dominance===
In 1290 King [[Edward I of England]] sent [[Walter de Huntercombe, 1st Baron Huntercombe|Walter de Huntercombe]] to seize possession of Mann, and it remained in English hands until 1313, when [[Robert I of Scotland|Robert Bruce]] took it after besieging [[Castle Rushen]] for five weeks. In about 1333 King [[Edward III of England]] granted Mann to [[William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury|William de Montacute]], 3rd [[Baron]] Montacute (later the 1st [[Earl of Salisbury]]), as his absolute possession, without reserving any service to be rendered to him.{{sfnp|Moore|1911|p=538}}

Then, in 1346, the [[Battle of Neville's Cross]] decided the long struggle between England and Scotland in England's favour.{{sfnp|Moore|1911|p=538}} King [[David II of Scotland]], Robert Bruce's last male heir, had been captured in the Battle of Neville's Cross and ransomed; however, when Scotland was unable to raise one of the ransom instalments, David made a secret agreement with King [[Edward III of England]] to cancel it, in return for transferring the Scottish kingdom to an English prince.

Following the secret agreement, there followed a confused period when Mann sometimes experienced English rule and sometimes Scottish. In 1388 the island was "ravaged" by [[Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale]] on his way home from the destruction of the town of [[Carlingford, County Louth|Carlingford]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/899/mode/2up |last=Fraser |first=William |author-link=William Fraser (historian) |date=1885 |title=The Douglas Book, Vol.I |chapter=Sir William Douglas, Lord of Nithsdale |location=Edinburgh |publisher=T. & A. Constable Ltd |page=356}}</ref>

In 1392 William de Montacute's son sold the island, including sovereignty, to Sir [[William le Scrope]]. In 1399 [[Henry IV of England|Henry Bolinbroke]] brought about the beheading of Le Scrope, who had taken the side of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] when Bolinbroke usurped the throne and appointed himself Henry IV. The island then came into the de facto possession of Henry, who granted it to [[Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland]]; but following the latter's later attainder, Henry IV, in 1405, made a lifetime grant of it, with the patronage of the bishopric, to Sir [[John I Stanley of the Isle of Man|John Stanley]]. In 1406 this grant was extended – on a [[feudatory]] basis under the English Crown – to Sir John's heirs and assigns, the feudal fee being the service of rendering [[Homage (medieval)|homage]] and [[tribute|two falcons]] to all future Kings of England on their [[coronation]]s.