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CORNWALL as Neotstow ; it was suppressed by Robert de Mortain. Varying traditions state that St. Neot was either the elder brother or the uncle of King Alfred — that from Glastonbury he came to Cornwall ; that he built his hermitage here, and would stand for hours immersed in his well while he recited the entire Psalter ; that he was a dwarf; that he rescued beasts from their hunters, and his own oxen from thieves ; that he lived on a miraculous pair of fishes, which, though he continually ate them, continued to sport in his well ; that he advised Alfred to found the schools of Oxford, and was himself placed at their head. This last statement is as fabulous as most of the others, many of which will be seen pictured in the famous stained-glass windows of the church. These windows were restored with care, but not in the best style of modern imitation, by the Rev. R. S. Grylls, in 1829. There are fifteen windows, and the glass in about half is new, though not the designs. They are known as the St. Neot's Window, the St. George's, the Young Women's, the Wives', the Harris, the Callawaye, the Tubbe, the Chancel, the Creation, the Noah, the Borlase, the Motton, Redemption, Acts and Armorial. Those named the Young Women's and the Wives' were respectively pre- sented by the maids and matrons of the parish in the sixteenth century. The church has a beautiful Dec. tower, and a very fine carved roof, sixteenth century ; the exterior is also richly ornamented. In the porch should be 196