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posited in St. Mary's minster, Abingdon ; and it was accordingly buried in St. PauFs ghapel there ^5.

977 Aelfric^^, abbot of Malmesbury, succeeded Sideman. He died 9th Jan, 999'".

999 Aelfwold II succeeded Aelfric in 999 ^*'.

Alfwold or Eadnothi^ followed Aelfwold, but in what year does not appear.

1 03 1 Lyfing, abbot of Tavistock, was the successor of Ead- noth'-O; and upon the death of Burwold, bishop of Cornwall, about the year J040, that see was, at his solicitation, united with his own at Crediton. He had previously obtained the bishopric of Worcester, and held it conjointly with that of Devonshire during the remainder of his life. His death took place 23rd March 1046'^'.

BISHOPS OF EXETER.

1046 Leofric, bishop of Devonshire and Cormmll, removed the see from Crediton to Exeter about the year 1050, where it has ever since continued. The year of his death is uncertain. In a missal given by him to the church of Exeter, now in the Bodleian Library, it is written that he died loth Feb. 1071-2^2; and in a chronicle of the church of Exeter his death is placed on the same day of the month, but two years afterwards -^.

15 Sax.Chron. inMonum. 397. ficatu Eadnothi successorem.

1^ Malmesbury and Ralph de Monumenta, 596.

Diceto call him Alfric. Le Neve 21 Livingus Wicciorum, Dom-

calls him Alfred. naniae et Cornubise praesul, deci-

17 Obituar, Eliens. MS. Cott. mo Cal. Aprilis die Dominica,

Claud. A. viii. obiit. Cujus post decessum, re-

1^ Domnanise praesule Aelfrico gis cancellario Leofrico Britonico

defuncto, successit Alfwoldus, mox Cridiatunensis et Cornu-

illique alter Alfwoldus. Flor. biensis datus est prsesulatus.

Wigorn. in Mon. Hist. Brit. 582. Monumenta, p. 602.

'9 See note i^. Ednod qui et 22 A. D. 1071 Episcopatus sui

Wine. Malmes. Pontif. anno 26 ex hac serumnosa vita

20 ... . per virum prudentissi- subtractus iv Id. Feb. (loth Feb.)

mum Livingurn tunc Tavesto- 23 Anno 1073 die decimo Fe-

kensis ecclesiae abbatem, post bruarii obiit Leofricus primus

vero mox eodem anno (1031) in hujusecclesiseepiscopus. Chron.

Cridiatunensis ecclesiae ponti- Brev. inter Reg. Eccl. Exon.

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