THE BISHOPKIC OF CORNWALL. 189 



witness; March, witness; Elfnoth, witness; Byrhtsie, Priest, 

 witness ; Macurth, Priest ; Abel, Priest, witness." * 



And once a Priest of this name signs first among the witnesses 

 tci Manumissions by the Clerks of S. Petrock, in the reign of King 

 Edred.t The entry is thus translated : — 



" This is the name of the woman, namely, Medguistil, with 

 her progeny, namely, Bleidiud, Ylcerthon, Byrchtylym, whom the 

 Clerks of S. Petrock freed upon the Altar of S. Petrock himself, 

 for the soul's-health of King Edred, and for their souls, before 

 these witnesses : Comuyrd, Priest ; G-rifiud, Priest ; Oysian, Priest ; 

 Loumurch, Deacon; Wudrit, Clerk; Loucum, Clerk; Tithert, 

 Clerk." + 



These testimonies from the Bodmin Manumissions are, we 

 believe, amply sufficient to establish the fact that Wulfsie and 

 Comoer6 were Bishops of Cornwall in the reign of King Edgar. 

 A close scrutiny of the entries qu.oted, and a comparison with 

 other entries of about the same period, also show that Wulfsie 

 preceded Comoere. || 



On referring to the Charters, we do not find any mention of 

 Comoer^'s name, nor can we point with certainty to a signature of 

 Bishop Wulfsie. The name indeed of a Bishop Wulfsie very 

 frequently occurs, but without mention of the See. In one in- 

 stance only do we think it probable that the signature is that 

 of the Bishop of Cornwall. To a Charter of King Edgar, of the 



* 1^ Usee sunt nomina filioram : Wurcon, ^than, Judn . . . , Wurf- 

 wothu, Guruaret ; quorum filii et nepotes posteritasque omnis defenderunt 

 se per juramentum, Eadgari Kegis permisu, quoniam accusatione malefiei 

 dicebautur patres eorum fuisse coloni Kegis : Comoere, Episcopo, teste ; 

 .^Ifsie, Praeside, teste ; Doengand, teste ; March, teste ; Elfnoth, teste ; 

 Byrhtsie, Prespitero, teste ; Macurth, Prespitero, teste ; Abel, Prespitero, 

 teste.— £. 31., No. 45. 



t A.D. 946-955. 



I Hoc est nomen illius mulieris, i. Medguistil, cum progenie sua, i. 

 Bleidiud, Ylcerthon, Byrchtyljon, quos liberaveruut Cleri Sancti Petroci, 

 super Altare illius Petroci, pro remedio Eadxyd Eex, et pro animabus illorum, 

 coram istis testibus : Comuyre, Prespiter ; Grifiud, Prespiter ; Oysian, Pres- 

 piter ; Loumurch, Diaconus ; Wudrit, Clericus ; Loucum, Clericus ; Tithert, 

 Clericus.— £. ilf., No. 33. 



II This is the only instance of our differing from Mr. Pedler's order of 

 the Bishops. He places Comoere before both Bp. Athelstan and Wulfsie. — 

 Anglo-Saxon Episco^pate, pp. 27, 28. 



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