▁a ▁bishop ric ▁amongst ▁the ▁Kent ish ▁people ▁following ▁the ▁initial ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁Greg or ian ▁mission ▁in ▁ 5 9 6 . ▁Modern ▁histor ians , ▁including ▁Ian ▁Wood ▁and ▁Rob ▁Me ens , ▁have ▁seen ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁as ▁indicating ▁that ▁August ine ▁had ▁more ▁contact ▁with ▁native ▁British ▁Christians ▁than ▁is ▁indicated ▁by ▁B ede ' s ▁narr ative ▁in ▁the ▁Historia ▁E cc les iast ica . ▁August ine ' s ▁original ▁questions ▁( no ▁longer ▁ext ant ) ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁sent ▁to ▁Rome ▁around ▁ 5 9 8 , ▁but ▁Gregory ' s ▁reply ▁( i . e . ▁the ▁Lib ell us ) ▁was ▁delayed ▁some ▁years ▁due ▁to ▁ill ness , ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁composed ▁until ▁perhaps ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 6 0 1 . ▁The ▁Lib ell us ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁brought ▁back ▁to ▁August ine ▁by ▁Laur ence ▁and ▁Peter , ▁along ▁with ▁letters ▁to ▁the ▁king ▁of ▁Kent ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁other ▁items ▁for ▁the ▁mission . ▁However , ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁may ▁in ▁fact ▁never ▁have ▁reached ▁its ▁intended ▁recip ient ▁( August ine ) ▁in ▁Can ter bury . ▁Paul ▁Mey va ert , ▁for ▁example , ▁has ▁noted ▁that ▁no ▁early ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁surv ives ▁that ▁is ▁earlier ▁than ▁B ede ' s ▁Historia ▁ecc les iast ica ▁( ca ▁ 7 3 1 ), ▁and ▁B ede