204 THE BISHOPRIC OF CORNWALL. 



In the conclusion we have arrived at, we are supported by 

 the opinions of Carew, Norden, Camden, Bishop Tanner, Browne 

 Willis, and Dr. Borlase. Dr. Whitaker and Mr. Pedler, on the 

 contrary", maintain that the See was at S. Germans from the very 

 first : and Dr. Whitaker does not hesitate to put back the creation 

 of the S. Germans' See to the early date of 614. This is mere 

 wild conjecture, unsupported by a tittle of evidence. 



The opinion of Carew is clear : — 



" The Bishop's See was formerly at S. Petrocks in Bodmyn ■; 

 but by reason the Danes burned there his Church and Palace, the 

 same removed to S. Germans." * 



" In former times the Bishop of Cornwall held his See at S. 

 Petrocks in this town, (Bodmin), until the Danish pirates, firing 

 their Palace, forced them to remove the same, with their residence, 

 unto S. Germans." t 



Similarly Camden : — 



" The Cathedral Church was S. Petrocks, the chief Monastery 

 among the Cornish Britons. Here the See continued till 981, 

 when the Danes burnt the town, and it was removed to S. Ger- 

 mans." x 



So Bishop Godwin : — 



" The See of Cornwall was for a while S. Petrocks in Bodmyn, 

 and afterwards S. Germans." || 



And Sir W. Dugdale : — 



" S. Petrocks at Bodmin and S. Germans appear both to have 

 been seats of the Bishopric of Cornwall." § 



And lastly Dr. Borlase : — 



" The Cornish See was fixed at Bodman, and the Cathedral 

 Church was that of St. Petrock, at that time the chief Monastery 



* Carew's Survey of Cornwall. — Ed. 1811, p. 208. 



t Carew, p. 292. 



J Camden's Britannia. 



II Bp. Godwin, Eerum Anglicarum. 



§ Dugdale's Monasticon, sub voce Exeter. 



