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Odo, Bishop of Bayeux in Normandy, and Brother to William the Conqueror, by his Mothers side, was created Earl of Kent by the Conqueror. Some time after the Bishop hapned to fall into Disgrace, so that he was cast into Prison. The Clergy in those times were free from the Secular Power, and the Pope espousing the Bishop’s Quarrel, writ a sharp Letter to the King about it. The King gave no other answer, but That he had imprisoned the Earl of Kent, and not the Bishop of Bayeux.
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Eude Evêque de Bayeux en Normandie, & frere de Guillame le Conquerant, du côté de sa Mere, fut creé Comte de Kent par le Conquerant. Il arriva ensuite que cét Evêque tomba en Disgrace, si bien qu’il fut mis en Prison. Le Clergé dans ce tems-la ètoit exempt du bras Seculier, & le Pape épousant la Querelle de l’Evêque, écrivit aigrement au Roy Guillaume là dessus. Le Roy ne lui fit d’autre réponse, sinon qu’il avoit mis en Prison le Comte de Kent, & non l’Evêque de Bayeux.