Picturesque views, on the River Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex : with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood . nchas Englilh : among them was Agelric, Bifhopof Chefter, efteemed fo well verfed in the lawsof the-realm, that, notwithftanding his ageand infirmities, his prefence was fo necelTaryas to induce the King to give an order forhis being brought hither in a waggon, in una quadriga. The caufe of this meetingwas to decide on the condu6l of Odo, theavaricious Bifhop of Baieux, and Earl ofKent, the Conquerors half-brothe
Picturesque views, on the River Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex : with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood . nchas Englilh : among them was Agelric, Bifhopof Chefter, efteemed fo well verfed in the lawsof the-realm, that, notwithftanding his ageand infirmities, his prefence was fo necelTaryas to induce the King to give an order forhis being brought hither in a waggon, in una quadriga. The caufe of this meetingwas to decide on the condu6l of Odo, theavaricious Bifhop of Baieux, and Earl ofKent, the Conquerors half-brother, whowas charged with having defrauded the Seeof Canterbury of manors, lands, and liber-ties. The trial lafled three days 3 and thechaige was fo clearly proved, as to enable the ( I20 ) the Archblfliop to recover from his falfe;brother, and father of the church, feveral ofhis ancient pofTeffions, and to afcertain othermatters that were in diipute between thechurch and king. On the north fide of this heath is acounty-houfe, where the Sheriff continuesto hold his county-court monthly, andwhere he takes the poll for Knights of thefhire, till it is adjourned to Maidftone. SECTION. ^ j ( 121 ) SECTION X. Bjoxley Abbey is fituated a little to theeaftward of Pinnenden Heath, and was for-merly part of the vaft polfelTions of thepious Bifhop of Baleux. The remains cfthis once famous abbey, as given in the an-nexed Iketch, is a faithful view of its prefentftatQ. The great range of wall ftill remain-ing demonftrates the wealth and extent ofthe endowments of this place; and the gra-nary of the monks, which is nearly co-ex-tenfive, affords no lefs equivocal evidence-that, though they might not be quite {olaborious as the ant, they were at leaft equallyprovident. It was founded as early as 1146,by William De Ipre, Earl of Kent, who af-terwards became a monk at Laon> in Flan- Q^ ders. ( 122 ) ders. This religious houfe was an eftablilli*ment for white monks, of the Ciftertianorder, and de
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