THE TOMB OF THE SUFFBAGAN BISHOP OF CORNWALL. 343 



of that parish, but the tomb of Thomas Yivian, bishoj) and prior, 

 was preserved ; for to the west of the priory chxirch (which was 

 dedicated''' to St. Mary and St. Petrock), and across the road, 

 stood, and still stands, the largest church in Cornwall, viz. : the 

 parish church of S. Petroc, Bodmin ; to it, on the demolition of 

 the priory church, the tomb was transported, and there it is now, 

 in the north chancel aisle, with its head towards the west. The 

 skull and several other bones of Bishop Yivian are within it. f 

 They were discovered in an irregular cavity when the tomb was 

 repaired some years ago, and were replaced. The date of this 

 is given in the following inscription, engraved upon a brass plate 

 affixed to the upper part of the memorial. 



"This Tomb, which originally stood before the High Altar,| 

 was repaired in 1819, by Sir Vyell Yyvyan, Bart., the legal|| 

 representative of the Prior." 



The monument may be thus described in detail, — 



It is an inscribed, smoothly sculptured, high tomb ; formed of 

 very dark grey stone (resembling marble), brought from the 

 cataceluse quarries, in the parish of St. Merryn, near Padstow. It 

 is about 7 feet long, about 3 feet high, and supports a recumbent 

 effigy of the deceased, habited in episcopal vestments. His 

 hands are joined in the attitude of prayer. His left arm lies 

 across his pastoral staff or crook, which is placed against his left 

 side. A vexillum, or double streamer, fringed at the ends, is 

 entwined in opposite directions (so as to cross and re-cross) down 

 the whole length of its shaft or pole. He wears a mitre (sculp- 

 tured as if jewelled) with infulae ; an alb, with orphrey ; stole, 

 with fringed ends ; fringed dalmatic or tunicle (strange to say, 

 only one, not both), chasuble with border ; amice ; fringed mani- 

 ple over left wrist ; gloves, opening widely from the wrists, and 

 having a jewelled rosette sculptured on the back of the hand; 

 several finger rings, worn outside the gloves ; shoes on the feet. 



*See their effigies on Prioiy Seal in "Oliver's Monasticon " ; and reproduced 

 by present writer in an illustrated sheet relating to the " Cornish Bishopric," 

 published by Lake, Truro, 1877. 



fHals wrote, " He lies entombed, with his bust or skeleton within a costly 

 and cui'ious stone chest or monument, .... above ground." 



J . ..." of the Prionj Church." Should have been added. 



||0n this qviestion see Sir John Maclean's " History of Trigg Minor." vol. I., 

 pp. 133-1, 307-8, pedigree : and also the descent of the family of " Vivian, of 

 Trm'o, Cornwood, Cardinham, and Torquay,"— by whom the priors' arms are 

 now used. 



