212 THE BISHOPRIC OF CORNWALL. 



But while Exeter has been blessed with the presence of a suc- 

 cession of venerable Prelates watching over her temporal and 

 eternal welfare, Cornwall,^ — once the abode of Saint Cury and 

 Saint Perran, of Saint Cuby and Saint Petrock, and many another 

 holy Man of God, once too the refuge and resting place of the 

 British Church in the day of her persecution, — has for eight 

 hundred years and more been deprived of her ancient See. The 

 need of more Episcopal aid was not long in making itself felt, for 

 the expedient of Suffragan Bishops was adopted as early as the 

 thirteenth century, and betAveen the years 1275 and 1559 there 

 were no less than twenty-eight Suffragans to the Bishops of 

 Exeter. The last two, who sat at Bodmin, were Thomas Vivian, 

 Bishop of Megara, 1517-1533, and William, Bishop of Hippo, 

 153-3-1559. Since that time the population has vastly increased, 

 Cornwall alone now containing more people than the whole 

 Diocese 150 years ago. Hence has arisen the earnest and reit- 

 erated petition for the restoration of her ancient See of Bodmin, 

 a boon which we feel confident cannot now long be deferred.. 

 There is urgent need of a holy, zealous, and learned spiritual 

 Father, living and labouring among us, who shall lead and direct 

 the Priests and Deacons under his rule, that by their united efforts 

 they may prevail to convince the gainsayers, and to bring back 

 the masses of the people into the true fold of Christ's Church 

 from which they have strayed, that they may be saved through 

 Christ for ever. God grant it in our time ! 



We append at length three additional Documents, which have been 

 quoted in the preceding Paper. 



Carta Eegis .^thelredi de Ecclesi^i: Coenubiensis Libeetate. 

 a.d. dccccxciiii. 



(Kemble, Cod. Dip., No. 686). 



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