. The greater abbeys of England . dings of Beaulieu have disappeared abbey was situated on the Beaulieu river, a water-way to the sea which afforded an excellent opportunityfor barges to carry off the stones quarried out of thedismantled walls and convey them to where they wouldbe useful for some building or other. It used to be saidthat much of the material was taken to raise forts forthe defence of the coast in this part of the country, andpeople were wont to point to Calshot Castle in par-ticular, as being able to account for a good deal of theBeaulieu Abbey buildings in its
. The greater abbeys of England . dings of Beaulieu have disappeared abbey was situated on the Beaulieu river, a water-way to the sea which afforded an excellent opportunityfor barges to carry off the stones quarried out of thedismantled walls and convey them to where they wouldbe useful for some building or other. It used to be saidthat much of the material was taken to raise forts forthe defence of the coast in this part of the country, andpeople were wont to point to Calshot Castle in par-ticular, as being able to account for a good deal of theBeaulieu Abbey buildings in its foundations. But to go back to the story of this Cistercian its first establishment by King John in 1204, itwas colonized by Citeaux itself. The royal charterspeaks of it as being intended for thirty monks, butapparently twenty-two only came to settle in theplace chosen, and which from its beautiful surround-ings and royal founder was at once called Royal Beau-lieu—tAbbatia de Bello-loco Regis. A legend is connected 32. iJEAULiEi; AHBi:v : door oi- the abhi:v chlikcii Beaulieuwith the foundation. It is said that King John treatedthe Cistercians in England in no better way than hedid his other subjects. On the occasion of one spe-cial demand for a large subsidy the abbots of the Orderjourneyed to Lincoln to see the King in person and toexpostulate with him. John was in no amiable frame ofmind, and on seeing the abbots and hearing whattheir mission was he ordered his mounted men toride them down with their horses—an unjust, wick-ed and unheard-of order for any Christian man togive, says the chronicler. Of course the Kings servantsrefused to use them thus and even took the abbots totheir own lodgings. But this was not to be the end ofthe matter: according to the writer of the narrative,the following night, when King John had retired tobed, he saw in a vision or dreamt that he saw, theJudgement Seat set up and himself brought by theabbots before it for condemnation. In
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