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So, Thomas Howard, son of Sir John Howard, knight, and afterwards Duke of Norfolk, who defeated the Scots at Flodden, is believed, &c.

1484 John Skelton, the poet, probably of an ancient c.u.mberland family.

1520?

Henry Howard, son of Lord Thomas Howard, ultimately Duke of Norfolk. Nothing is known as to the place of his education. If it were either of the English Universities, the presumption is in favour of Cambridge.

The only tradesman's son mentioned is, 1504 Sir Richard Empson, son of Peter Empson, a sieve-maker, High-Steward.]

[Footnote 45: Whitgift himself, born 1530, was educated at St.

Anthony's school, then sent back to his father in the country, and sent up to Cambridge in 1548 or 1549.]

[Footnote 46: No proof of this is given.]

[Footnote 47: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, son and heir of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, 'was for a time student in Cardinal Coll. as the constant tradition has been among us.' p. 153, col. 1.]

[Footnote 48: Andrew Borde, who writes himself _Andreas Perforatus_, was born, as it seems, at Pevensey, commonly called Pensey [now Pemsey], in Suss.e.x, and not unlikely educated in Wykeham's school near to Winchester, brought up at Oxford (as he saith in his _Introduction to Knowledge_, cap. 35), p. 170, col.

2, and note.]

[Footnote 49: See Mat. Paris, p. 665, though he speaks there chiefly of monks[*] beyond sea.]

[Footnote 49*: As appears from Wood's _Fasti Oxon._

The following names of Oxford men educated at monkish or friars'

schools, or of their bodies, occur in the first volume of Wood's _Athenae Oxon._, ed. Bliss:

p. 6, col. 2.

William Beeth, educated among the Dominicans or Black Friers from his youth, and afterwards their provincial master or chief governor.

p. 7, col. 2.

Richard Bardney, a Benedictine of Lincolns.h.i.+re.

p. 11, col. 2.

John Sowle, a Carme of London.

p. 14, col. 1.

William Galeon, an Austin friar of Lynn Regis.

p. 18, col. 2.

Henry Bradshaw, one of the Benedictine monks of St Werberg's, Chester.

p. 19, col. 1.

John Harley, of the order of the Preaching or Dominican, commonly called Black, Friars p. 54, col. 2.

Thomas Spenser, a Carthusian at Henton in Somersets.h.i.+re; 'whence for a time he receded to Oxford (as several of his order did) to improve himself, or to pa.s.s a course, in theology.'

p. 94, col. 2.

John Kynton, a Minorite or Grey-friar p. 101, col. 1.

John Rycks, p. 107, col. 1.

John Forest, a Franciscan of Greenwich.

p. 189, col. 1.

John Griffen, a Cistercian.

p. 278, col. 2.

Cardinal Pole, educated among the Carthusians, and Carmelites or 'White-fryers.'