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Title: 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
Year: 1793 (1790s)
Authors: Ireland, Samuel, d. 1800 Apostool, Cornelis, 1762-1844 Thomas and John Egerton (Firm)
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Publisher: London : Published by T. and J. Egerton ...
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, ( i83 ) Sydney, whofe name can never be forgottenwhile elegance of manners and true great-nefs of mind fhall be thought to dignifyhuman nature. I CANNOT quit Penfhurfl without men-tioning an additional honour it has receivedin giving birth to the renowned AlgernoonSydney, whofe zeal and integrity in theeaufe of patriotifm, and deep fkill in thefcience of government, mufl ever render himdear to the lover of his country. In an aca-demical prize poem ample juftice has beendone to his merits by the elegant pen of adignitary of the church, and one of its pre-fent ornaments: Unconquerd Patriot I formd by ancient lore,** The love of ancient freedom to reftore; Who nobly a6led what he boldly thought, And feald by death the leflbn that he taught! The ftream of the Med way paffing theextremity of the gardens at Penfliurft winds its ( i84 ) its narrow courfe towards Hever, about amile weftward of Chidingflone, throughwhich place the river Eden pafTes, and nearwhich it joins the Medway. SECTION
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( iS5 ) SECTION XIV. X HE remain of the ancient caflle ofHever, here prefented, is nearly perfe6l in itsexterior form. It was conftrufted in thqreign of Edward III. by WilHam DeHever, who had Hcenfe to embattle it, aswas cu/lomary, at that period : from thatfamily it came by marriage to the Cobhamsof this county, from wliom it derived.thecompound name of Hever Cobham. It wa?by one of that family fold to Sir GeoffryBuUeyne, Knight, grandfather to Lady Ann.Bulleyne, the ill-fated Queen of Henry VIILHer father, Sir Thomas, was advanced bythis Monarch to the title of Vifeount Roch-ford, and afterwards, in the 2ifr year of hisreign, to that of Earl of Wilt(l:iire and Orr-mond. This nobleman completely repaired^A a and ( i86 ) and made many additions to, the caflle.His daughter, Ann Bulleyne, refided hereat the time Henry paid his court toher, and the apartment in which (he flept,ftill retains her name. Several letters of theamorous tyrant are now exiiling, which areaddrelled to her at this

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