THE BISHOPRIC OF CORNWALL. I9i 



A Charter of the same Eling to the See of Rochester, dated 

 995:— 



" SB ^go Ealdred, Cornubiensis ^cclesise Episcopus, conclusi." 



Here again is found the signature of 



" ^Ifwold, Cridiensis ^cclesise Episcopus." * 



A Charter of the same King to the See of Winton, dated 

 997:— 



" 1^ Ego Ealdred, Cornubiensis -^cclesise Episcopus, nil ap- 

 posui " j 



accompanied by the signatures of Bishop ^Ifwold, and many- 

 others, t 



It is also probably this Bishop whose name is affixed to three 

 other Charters of the same period, without mention of his See. ;}: 



There is therefore no doubt of Bishop Eldred's name and place 

 in the roll of Cornish Prelates. 



Appended to all the Charters above-quoted is found the name 

 of Duke Ethelwerd, who, in the Charter of King Ethelred, dated 

 997, is more fully described thus : — 



" © Ego ^thelweard, Occidentalium Provinciarum Dux." || 



This " Duke of the Western Provinces " was the son of Duke 

 Ailmer, and probably the author of the Chronicle of Ethelwerd, 

 written about this time. He is thought to be the '' Ealdorman 

 ^thelweard," to whom the learned Bishop ^Ifric addressed some 

 of his translations from the Old Testament, and other works. § 

 In the Preface to his Chronicle he describes himself as of Royal 

 lineage, being the great-great-grandson of King Ethelred, the 

 brother of King Alfred. ^ 



He possessed property in Cornwall, as appears from a Charter 



♦Kemble, Cod. Dip., No. 688. 



t Kemble, Cod. Dip., No. 698. 



JKemble, Cod. Dip., No. 696, A.D. 996; No, 1291, A.D. 996; No. 700, 

 A.D. 998. 



II Kemble, Cod. Dip., No. 698. 



§ Pedler's Anglo-Saxon Episcopate, p. 41. 



% See Preface to Man. Hist. Brit., p. 83. 



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