_John de Athon_, upon the Constitutions of _Othobon, tit._ 23, in respect to the Goods of such who dyed intestate, and upon the Word _Barones_, has the following Passage concerning _Grodsted_ Bishop of _Lincoln_[15] (who died 9th Oct., 1253),-- “Robert surnamed Grodsted of holy memory, late Bishop of Lincoln, when King Henry asked him, as if in wonder, where he learnt the Nurture in which he had instructed the sons of nobles (&) peers of the Realm, whom he kept about him as pages (_domisellos_[16]),--since he was not descended from a noble lineage, but from humble (parents)--is said to have answered fearlessly, ‘In the house or guest-chambers of greater kings than the King of England’; because he had learnt from understanding the scriptures the manner of life of David, Solomon, & other Kings[15].” _Reyner,_ in his _Apostol. Bened._ from _Saunders_ acquaints us, that the Sons of the Nobility were placed with _Whiting_ Abbot of _Glastenbury_ for their Education, who was contemporary with the Cardinal, and which Method of Education was continued for some Time afterward. There is in the Custody of the present Earl of _Stafford_, a Nobleman of the greatest Humanity and Goodness, an Original of Instructions, by the Earl of _Arundell_, written in the Year 1620, for the Benefit of his younger Son, the Earl of _Stafford’s_ Grandfather, under this Title; _Instructions for you my Son _William_, how to behave your self at _Norwich_._ In these Instructions is the following paragraph, “You shall in all Things reverence honour and obey my Lord Bishop of _Norwich_, as you would do any of your Parents, esteeminge whatsoever He shall tell or Command you, as if your Grandmother of _Arundell_, your Mother, or my self, should say it; and in all things esteem your self as my Lord’s Page; a breeding which youths of my house far superior to you were accustomed unto, as my Grandfather of _Norfolk_, and his Brother my good Uncle of _Northampton_ were both bred as Pages with Bishopps, _&c_.” Sir Thomas More, who was born in 1480, was brought up in the house of Cardinal Morton. Roper says that he was “received into the house of the right reverend, wise, and learned prelate Cardinal Morton, where, though he was young of years, yet would he at Christmas-tide suddenly sometimes step in among the players, and never studying for the matter make a part of his own there presently among them, which made the lookers on more sport than all the players beside. In whose wit and towardness the Cardinal much delighting would say of him unto the nobles that divers times dined with him, _This child here waiting at the table, Whosoever shall live to see it, will prove a marvellous man._ Whereupon for his better furtherance in learning he placed him at Oxford, &c.” (Roper’s _Life of More_, ed. Singer, 1822, p. 3.)