The Benedictine custom of sending certain of their monks to Oxford has already been mentioned. Towards the close of the thirteenth century Gloucester College had been established there, to which a few years later Westminster students began to be admitted. Among those in residence there in 1522 was Thomas Barton, already a Doctor of Divinity and about to become Prior of the students of the college. An interesting document survives in his handwriting which may be allowed to speak for itself: “This byll testyfythe y^{t} we V scholars w^{th} other V w^{th} us of y^{e} brethrens of Gloster colege hathe expendyd yn y^{e} observaunce of holy sent Edwardis o^{r} patronys servisse kept at yslipe yn hys chappell & of y^{e} dyryge & massys kept y^{r} yn y^{e} paryshe churche for y^{e} sowlys of y^{e} parentis of o^{r} most worshypfull spirituall father y^{n} god y^{e} abotte of Wesminster the summe of x^{s} the yere of o^{r} lord a mcccccxxij^{ti} the xv^{th} day next after mykyl day by me rudely wryt Dan Thomas Barton monk of Wesmynster” Immediately upon Barton’s appointment as Prior of the students Islip made him a present of over four pounds, a typical instance both of his personal generosity and of the interest which he shewed in the absent sons of his house. In Islip’s time the monastery was represented also at Cambridge at the hostel called Buckingham College, which was founded in 1428 for Benedictine students drawn from monasteries in the eastern counties. The connection of Westminster with Cambridge began in practice in 1499, just about the time when Islip as Prior received the delegation of Abbot Fascet’s powers. His interest in the Cambridge students is evident from a letter which he wrote about the year 1524 to John Thaxted, Abbot of Walden, calling his attention to the condition of their college which was without a rector, and expressing a wish that John Hastley, a student from Selby Abbey, might have leave to pursue his legal studies at St. Nicholas’ Inn. The generosity of the Lady Margaret to the university was probably not without its influence in strengthening the connection with Westminster. Islip, like many of his predecessors, had some unfortunate experiences in connection with the Gatehouse prison, for the security of which he was personally responsible. In 1506 one John Calcote, Gentleman of London, who was in his charge on various accusations of felony, managed to escape from custody, and Islip was accordingly fined. Two years later George Wolmer, Yeoman of Lingfield, fled for sanctuary to St. Mary Overy, Southwark. He was outlawed, but later on was arrested in England. He pleaded benefit of clergy and was handed over to Islip’s care. On his subsequent escape a Middlesex jury found a charge of negligent custody duly proved.