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��Tawton, but died before he had sat two years. His successor was PuTTA, who is considered as the second bishop of Devon- shire : he also held his see at Tawton. He was slain at Crediton, and for that reason the see was removed thither. Eadulf II was consecrated bishop of Devonshire, and installed at Crediton. He died in 931, and was bu- ried at Crediton ' .
932 Aethelgar succeeded Eadulf, according to Florence and Malraesbury, and died in 953 . The first-named of these authors writes thus : " Aethelgarus Cridionensis prsesul, vicesimo primo accepti episcopatus anno vitam in Christo finivit, ibidemque sepultus est; pro quo, Beati Dunstani abbatis consilio, vir venerandus, Alf- woldus functus est praesulatus officio." Godwin, however, and Le Neve, who follows him, assign but 1 o years to the episcopate of Aethelgar ; and give as his successor Algar; who is, however, the same per- son as Aethelgar.
953 Aelfwold^, according to Florence, succeeded Aethelgar in 953, and was consecrated by the advice of abbot Dunstan. He died 13th Feb. 972^0, .^^^ ^y^g buried in Crediton ^^; and was succeeded by
972 SidemanI-, abbot 0/ St. Peter's, Exeter, who was conse- crated in 972 ^'J. He died suddenly 30th April 977^^, while attending the council holden at Kyrtlington. He desired that his body should bo buried at his episcopal seat at Crediton ; but king Edward and archbishop Dunstan commanded that it should be de-
��7 Eadulf I. and Putta are ge- nerally omitted, and Eadulf II. is considered the first bishop of Devonshire, and to have been consecrated by archbishop Ple- gemund in 909. Flor. Wigorn.
8 Monum. Hist. Brit. 575.
9 Aelfwoldus, Ingulf; Elfwod, Malmes.
'" Hist. Glaston. p. 9.
��11 Flor. AVigorn.
12 Godwdn and Le Neve intro- duce Alwolfus or Alfwolf between Alfwold and Sideman.
1^ Flor. Wigorn. et Malmes.
'* Sax. Chron. Florence places the death of Sideman at Ames- bury. HediedistMay(Kal.Maii) according to the Ely obituary. MS. Cott. Claud. A. ^nn.
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