William Warham, archbishop of Canterbury, gave him an exhibition.
Cardinal Wolsey allowed him a pension out of a prebend at York.
The bishops of Lincoln and Rochester liberally supplied him with money, &c. on all occasions.
Polidore Virgil sent him money to buy a horse, and the lord Cromwell sent him thirty angels.
Lord Mountjoy, sir Thomas More, bishop Tonstall, and dean Collet, were his constant benefactors.
Cardinal Mattheo offered him a pension of five hundred a year to live in Rome, and sent him a cup of pure gold.
Albertus, archbishop, cardinal, and elector of Mentz, sent him also a cup of gold, richly ornamented with precious stones.
Cardinal Campegius, among other presents, sent him a ring of great value.
Stanislaus Olmucensis sent him a silver bowl, double gilt, with four pieces of gold, ancient coin.
The bishop of Basil offered him half the revenue of his bishopric.