Chapter X: The Revival of English Scholarship

Gloucester and the English Scholars--Abbot
Wheathampsted his literary friend--John Capgrave's
_Commentary on Genesis_--Nicholas Upton and Thomas
Beckington--The English Poets--John Lydgate's
numerous poems and his tribute to Gloucester's
learning--John Russell, George Ashley, and Thomas
de Norton--The English version of the _De Re
Rustica_ of Palladius--Gloucester's patronage of
the University of Oxford--Correspondence with the
University--Gifts of books to Oxford--Arrangements
for their safe keeping--Gloucester's literary
tastes: the books he collected--His literary
position and understanding--Influence of
Gloucester's life on English scholarship, 383-425

APPENDICES

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A. BOOKS ONCE BELONGING TO GLOUCESTER STILL EXTANT, 426-438

B. THE TOMB OF HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, 439-441

C. GLOUCESTER'S WILL, 442-443

D. GLOUCESTER'S RESIDENCES, 444-446

E. PORTRAITS OF GLOUCESTER, 446-450

F. A LEGEND OF GLOUCESTER'S DEATH, 450-452

G. GLOUCESTER'S ARMS, BADGES, AND SEALS, 452-455

SOURCES AND AUTHORITIES

I. PRINTED BOOKS, 456-471

II. MANUSCRIPT AUTHORITIES, 471-475

INDEX, 477-491

ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of the Duke of Gloucester. From Bibliothèque
de la Ville d'Arras MS., 266, _Frontispiece_
[See pp. 446-447.]
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Cup bearing the Arms of the Duke of Gloucester and his
wife Eleanor in enamel, now in the possession of
Christ's College, Cambridge. From a photograph kindly
lent by Mr. E. Alfred Jones, 90

The Duke of Gloucester and his wife Eleanor being
received into the Fraternity of St. Albans. Cotton MS.,
Nero, D. vii., 206
[See p. 447.]

The Siege of Calais (1436). From the _History of the
Life and Acts of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Illustrated by Drawings by John Ross of Warwick_.
Cotton MS., Julius, E. iv., Art. 6, 250

A page from the Duke of Gloucester's Psalter. Royal MS.,
2, B. i., 322
[See pp. 432-433, 447-448.]

The Duke of Gloucester's Autograph and a Label from one
of his Books. Harleian MS., 1705, and Harleian MS., 33, 360
[See p. 430 and pp. 429-430.]

Capgrave presenting his _Commentary on Genesis_ to
Gloucester. Oriel College MS., xxxii., 386
[See pp. 428, 447.]

Drawing of the Old Divinity Schools, Oxford, dating from
1566. MS. Bodley, 13, 408

A page from the Duke of Gloucester's copy of 'Le Songe
du Vergier,' once part of the Library of Charles V..
of France. Royal MS., 19, C. iv., 416
[See p. 432.]

Several photographs for the above Illustrations have been kindly
lent by Mrs. Maude C. Knight, Richmond, Surrey.

ERRATA

P. 27, l. 10, for 'Abbéville' read 'Abbeville.'

P. 45, note 6, for 'Stowe' read 'Stow.'

P. 75, l. 5, for 'Ponte' read 'Pont.'

P. 92, l. 23, for 'Dowager-Duchess' read 'Dowager-Countess.'

P. 314, l. 13, for 'Northampton' read 'Northumberland.'

P. 366, l. 2, for 'Festus Pompeius' read 'Pomponius Festus.'

P. 378, l. 22, for 'Villari' read 'Villani.'