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of the water, was the first place of halt. This parish was known 

 formerly as Eglosros and S. Filii de Eglosros, a name that in the 

 form of Eglewys Ros occurs also in the diocese of St. Asaph. 

 The name is said to mean "the church on the heath." The 

 peninsula of which this is the head is known as Rosland. now 

 corrupted into Eoseland. In this parish is Tolvern, formerly a 

 seat of the Arundels, and before them of the Soors. Ralph 

 Soor and his wife had licence for a chapel here, 2 July, 1372. 

 Who 8. Filius was is not easy to say. Mr. Borlase (Age of the 

 Saints, p. 133) thought he was identical with St. Teilo, a friend 

 of Budoc and Samson, who with man}- doctors and bishops 

 arrived at the harbour of Dingerein, only to find King Gerennins 

 at the point of death. But the identification appears a little 

 forced. The history of the rectory is not very eventful, but it is 

 jjerhaps worth noting that in 1321 occurs one of those instances 

 of the bishops having the power to partially undo the mischief 

 done by lay jiatrons, and not hesitating to exercise the power. 

 Sir John de Resueydon, priest, having been instituted on the 

 presentation of Joan, relict of Sir Roger de Carmynon, knight, 

 the bishop, finding that he was not sufficiently educated to dis- 

 charge the duties of his cure, insisted on his having a properly 

 (qualified as.sistant, on pain of forfeiting his own benefice. The 

 loth century chiirch was mainly re-built in 1867, and in a spirit 

 far from conservative. The tower was, by different members of 

 the institution, declared to be Early Norman, and 1 3th century. 

 The writer of these notes places it later, namely in the 14th 

 century, though the foundations are probably earlier. There is 

 within a copy of Charles I's celebrated letter from Sudeley, in 

 1648, such as is to be found in several Cornish churches, except 

 that here an early copy has been sold, and a modern one put in 

 its }»lace. Such greed and ignorance are beyond forgiveness. 

 Most of the monuments have been removed from the building, 

 and placed no one knows where. The restoration and decoration 

 of the chancel appear to have been carried out by the village 

 carpenter, and are very inferior. 



Dingerein Castle was next visited. Mr. J. CoUette Thomas 

 gave a description of it. The fortress stands on the southern side 

 of a little eminence overlooking Gerrans Bay. The whole is nearly 

 circular, about an acre in area ; it is fairly level. At the northern 



