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The Tregear Homilies, or Homelyes XIII in Cornysche, are a series of thirteen Middle Cornish homilies created around 1560. They are named for John Tregear, a nearly unknown Catholic priest whose name is attached to the first twelve homilies. These twelve are translations of English sermons published in 1555 by Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London, as articulations of Catholic teaching during the turmoil of the English Reformation. The thirteenth homily, known as "Sacrament an Alter", is a catena in Cornish and Latin derived from Foxe's Book of Martyrs and written in a different hand. The Tregear Homilies are the single longest piece of Cornish literature, and the earliest substantial prose in the language. As such they offer important evidence of the state of Cornish in the Tudor era, the period of transition from Middle to Late Cornish.

History

Almost nothing is known of Tregear himself; not even to which parish he was attached.

References

• Ellis, Peter Berresford (1974). The Cornish Language and its Literature. Routledge. ISBN 0710079281. Retrieved Retrieved January 4, 2010. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)