▁http :// www . ork ney jar . com / history / st m agn us / mag c ath . htm ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 7 ▁the ▁islands ▁were ▁granted ▁to ▁the ▁ear l ▁of ▁Mort on ▁in ▁mort g age , ▁re de em able ▁by ▁the ▁Crown ▁on ▁payment ▁of ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁pounds , ▁and ▁subject ▁to ▁an ▁annual ▁feu - d ut y ▁of ▁ 5 0 0 ▁pounds ; ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 6 ▁his ▁est ates ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁Sir ▁Lawrence ▁D und as , ▁ancest or ▁of ▁the ▁Ear ls ▁of ▁Z et land . ▁ ▁Religion ▁In ▁early ▁times , ▁both ▁the ▁arch bishop ▁of ▁Hamburg ▁and ▁the ▁arch bishop ▁of ▁York ▁disput ed ▁with ▁the ▁Norweg ians ▁ecc les iast ical ▁juris diction ▁over ▁Or k ney ▁and ▁the ▁right ▁of ▁consec rating ▁b ish ops ; ▁but ▁ultimately ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁b ish ops , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁whom ▁was ▁William ▁the ▁Old ▁( con sec r ated ▁in ▁ 1 1 0 2 ), ▁continued ▁the ▁canonical ▁succession . ▁The ▁see ▁remained ▁vac ant ▁from ▁ 1 5 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 6 0 6 , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 6 3 8 ▁till ▁the ▁Rest oration , ▁and , ▁after ▁the ▁acc ession ▁of ▁William ▁III , ▁the ▁epis cop acy ▁was ▁finally ▁abol ished ▁( 1 6 9 7 ), ▁although ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁cler gy ▁refused ▁to ▁conform . ▁