THE ECCLESIASTICAL SEALS OF COENWALL. 75 



P. 49. {Great Priories, ^c). 



The History of the chief Convents has been so fully 

 written by those to whom references have been 

 given, that it is unnecessary to describe them further. 



Pp. 47 and 49. [Bodmin, Padstow, and Rialton). 



Bodmin otherwise Bodmyn, Bodman, &c. 



Undoubtedly " Bod " is abode, but when an 

 attempt is made to decide the meaning of " myn " or 

 " man " many Celtic words besides "manach " claim 

 attention. 



The old language warrants the statement that if 

 the designation did not originally signify " the 

 monks' abode" it might have meant "Hill- 

 dwelling (Bod-mynydh), or Stone-house (Bod-maen), 

 &c." (See Bannister, Maclean, Williams, and 

 others). Petrockstow (Locus Petroci). This form 

 of the name quite agrees with Bod-manach, and if it 

 be its equivalent, it even gives the "manach's" 

 name. 



Lodenek or Aldstowe on the coast, likewise 

 received the name Petrock's-stowe (its Church is dedi- 

 cated to that Saint), and is now merely by corrup- 

 tion of the term, called Padstow whilst the chief 

 Petrockstowe has entirely reverted to its old name of 

 Bodmin. 



For Rialton sculptures and Prior Vivian's Tomb, see R. I. of 

 C. JL, vol. 5, p. 342, &c). 



The modern Priory of Bodmin has this year (1884) 

 received its first seal, or rather stamp, from Eome. 

 It has been designed according to the representa- 

 tion of the old Seal in Oliver's Monasticon. It is of 

 brass and gives in outline the figures of the Holy 

 Infant and of §>. ;f$larta, in one niche, and that of 

 ^, JPetroc in the other, their names being beneath, 

 and the old Priory Arms (3 salmon) on a shield 

 below. The new legend is : — 



^tfftl • ean • Hcjr iLat • JPrlorat ^cc jiUvit tt 

 ^ti ^tttQti It -ijottrnpn. 



