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it to the Canons of S. Petrock at Bodmin. They however afford 

 amply sufficient evidence of the property. It appears from them : 



1. That the Manumissions were at the Altar of Saint Petrock. 



2. That the Altar was in a Conventual Minster or Church. 

 No. 20, 26, 44, &c. 



3. That the relics of the Saint were preserved there. No. 26. 



4. That the Clerks of Saint Petrock were dwelling there, 

 who not only attested the Manumissions by others, but were 

 themselves the donors of freedom on several occasions. No. 12, 

 14, 20, 33, &c. 



5. That the Church or Convent was at Bodmin. No. 27, 30. 



6. And that Petrockstow was synonymous with the site of 

 the Monastery, that is, with Bodmin. No. 9, 34, 44." 



The names of five Kings occur : — 



Edmund [A.D. 941 to 946], occurs in No. 10, 11. 

 Edred [A.D. 946 to 955], occurs in No. 23, 33. 

 Edwy [A.D. 955 to 959], occurs in No. 26. 

 Edgar [A.D. 959 to 975], in No. 6, 12, 22, 29, 31, 36, 37, 39, 

 43, 44, 45. 



Ethelred [A.D. 978-1016] in No. 16. 



Hence we conclude that the entries extend over a period of at 

 least eighty years, from A.D. 940 to 1020. 



During this period four Bishops are mentioned as enfranchising 

 slaves, or being witnesses to their enfranchisement, at Bodmin, 

 namely, Ethelgar, Wulfsie, Comoer6, and Burhwold, as already 

 described in detail under th^ir several names. • 



On the question of the Seat of the Cornish Bishopric, we find 

 it difficult to believe that the Bishops so often named in these 

 Manumissions as present at Bodmin exercising the rights of land- 

 owners, and most probably in respect of lands connected with 

 the See, were not resident there. Wulfsie, for instance, whose 

 enfranchisements are numerous, and who was therefore possessed 

 of considerable property in the County, must have been intimately 

 connected with the Church whose patron Saint was selected by 

 him to be the witness of his beneficence. From one of the entries 

 we learn that the Bishop's steward also was present at Bodmin.* 



• " Gestiu thes Bisceopes stiwerd."— ^odwift Manumissions, No. 30. 



