(1885) xxiv., where the date is 1405-6.
[2] Epp. (ed. Tonelli, 1832-61), i. 43, 70, 74.
Much also was accomplished by correspondence.
Among those in communication with Italians and acquainted
with the course of their studies, were Bishop
Bekington, one of the earliest alumni of Wykeham's
foundation at Oxford, Adam de Molyneux, the correspondent
of Aeneas Sylvius, Thomas Chaundler, warden
of New College, Archdeacon Bildstone, Archbishop Arundel,
the benefactor of Oxford University Library and correspondent
of Salutati, Cardinal Beaufort's secretary, and
Humfrey of Gloucester. Upon the last-named Italian
influence was strong. Among the books he gave to
Oxford were Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio, but probably
the strongest evidence of this influence would be found in
the books he retained for his own use. He sought a
rendering of Aristotle's Politics from Bruni; of Cicero's
Republic from Decembrio; of certain of Plutarch's Lives
from Lapo da Castiglionchio; and had other works
translated.[1]
[1] "Cest livre est a moy Homfrey Duc de Glocestre, lequel je fis
translater de Grec en Latin par un de mes secretaires, Antoyne de
Beccariane de Verone.
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