=A. of Hereford= (c. 1248) was assigned by the Provincial to Adam Marsh as his secretary. Adam thought him too able a man to be kept in this subordinate position; his learning and eloquence marked him out for a teacher and preacher; many of those appointed by the Provincial Chapter to lecture on theology were far inferior to him. In addition to this his health would not stand the constant strain to which the secretary of the indefatigable doctor was necessarily subjected. Adam therefore requested the Provincial to send him to London to pursue his studies, as A. of Hereford himself desired[1279]. =Laurence de Sutthon= was the friar whom Adam Marsh suggested to the Provincial as A. of Hereford’s successor. A ‘Friar Laurence’ was with Adam in 1249, and the latter wrote to Thomas of York, probably after 1250: ‘Friar Laurence sends you the books of the mother of philosophy (?) for which you sent[1280].’ =Hugo de Lyndun= seems to have been a weak brother at Oxford--weak in mind and body--whom Adam Marsh took under his especial care (c. 1253)[1281]. =John of Beverley= was a friar at Oxford when Martin was warden, and was known to Adam Marsh. Friar Thomas of York laboured for the salvation of the father of this J. of Beverley[1282]. =Gregory de Bosellis= was the first lecturer to the friars at Leicester[1283] (c. 1240?). He was at the General Chapter of Genoa (1244) or Metz when he supported W. of Nottingham, Minister of England[1284]; and he was Vicar of the Province at the time of the same Minister’s death[1285]. He was with the Earl and Countess of Leicester in Gascony[1286], and went to the papal court with the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1250[1287], when the rules of the Order against riding on horseback were relaxed in his favour[1288]. He had studied at some University, probably at Oxford, and was capable of filling Adam Marsh’s place as lecturer to the friars there, though it does not appear whether he ever actually did so[1289]. =Thomas of Maydenstan=, an invalid novice at Oxford, c. 1253; Adam Marsh hearing a rumour that he was to be sent away from Oxford begged the Minister to let him remain, ‘as it is believed that his removal would do injury to the souls of several persons of whose conversion no slight hope is entertained.’ The brethren at Oxford joined in the request[1290]. =Thomas Bachun= of the Convent of Nottingham was recommended by Adam Marsh as a suitable person to act as private secretary or amanuensis to Friar Richard of Cornwall, when the latter was about to proceed to Paris, 1252. It is however uncertain whether he was appointed or whether he studied at Oxford[1291].