188 THE BISHOPRIC OF CORNWALL. 



and on the same day he sent away free the woman Arganteilin, 

 before the same witnesses." * 



" Tliis is the name of the (woman ^) Anaguistl, whom King 

 Edgar freed, for his soul, upon the Altar of S. Petrock, in the 

 sight of these witnesses : IVulfsige, Priest ; and Grifiuth, Priest ; 

 and Conretheu, Deacon ; and Byrehtsig, Clerk ; and Elia, lay- 

 man." t 



Bishop CoMOERfi's name occurs three times as witness to Man- 

 umissions at the Altar of S. Petrock, two of them at least of the 

 time of King Edgar. The entries may be thus translated : — 



" ^ This is the name of the man whom Osferd freed, for the 

 soul of King Edgar : Gurheter ; upon the Altar of S. Petrock, 

 before these witnesses : Comoeri, Bishop ; Agustinus, Reader ; 

 Byrhsie, Priest." J 



" ^ These are the names of the men whom Anaoc freed, for 

 his soul : Otcer, Rannoeu, Muel, Patrec, Joseph ; upon the Altar 

 of S. Petrock, in the sight of these witnesses : Cemoeri, Bishop ; 

 Osian, Priest; Leucum, Clerk; Guadret, Clerk." || 



" 1^ These are the names of the sons : Wurcon, ^than, 

 Judn . . . , Wurfwothu, Guruaret; whose children and grand- 

 children and all their posterity defended themselves on oath, by 

 permission of King Edgar, because by the accusation of a wicked 

 person their fathers were said to have been coloni of the King : 

 ComoerS, Bishop, witness ; Aelfsie, President, witness ; Doengand, 



* Hec sunt nomina hominum quos liberavit Eadmund Eex, pro anima 

 sua, super Altare Sancti Petroci ; Taucwoystel, Weueriet ; coram istis testi- 

 bus : Wulfsie, Presbiter ; Adoyre ; Milian, Clericus ; atque in eadem die 

 mandavit hanc feminam, Arganteilin, eisdem testibus. — B. 31., No. 11. 



f Hoc est nomen illius, Anaguistl, quern Eadgar Eex liberavit pro anima 

 sua, super Altare Sancti Petroci, coram istis testibus videntibus : Wulfsige, 

 Presbiter ; et Grifiuth, Presbiter ; et Conretlieu, Diaconus ; et Byrehtsig, 

 Clericus ; et Elia, laicus. — B. M., No. 22. 



+ ^ Hoc est nomen illius hominis quAn liberavit Osferd, pro anima Eat- 

 gari Eegis ; Gurheter ; super Altare Sancti Petroci, coram istis testibus : 

 Comoere, Episcopus ; Agastinus, Lector ; Byrhsie, Sacerdos. — B. M., No. 39. 



II (^ Usee sunt nomina illorvim hominum quos liberavit Anaoc, pro 

 anima sua : Otcer, Kannoeu, Muel, Patrec, losep ; super Altare Sancti Pe- 

 troci, coram istis testibus videntibus: Cemoere, Episcopus; Osian, Sacerdos; 

 Leucum, Clericus ; Guadret, Clericus. — B. 31., No. 41. ' 



