ABSTRACT
John Trevisa's first year at Exeter College coincided with the death of William de Polmorva, the most distinguished alumnus of the college from Cornwall. William Middleworth left in 1365 to go to Canterbury College, where John Wyclif also was, but when it became clear that that was unsuccessful he moved on, to become a fellow at Queen's in 1369, the same year as Trevisa. Wyclif's 'favorite historian' was Higden; Trevisa translated Higden's Polychronicon. One of the requirements of the University of Oxford was that every candidate for an advanced degree in one of the three faculties should first complete a seven year course in the faculty of arts, beginning with grammar and concentrating especially on logic. The Queen's College Long Rolls preserve accounts that enable us to follow Trevisa's career at Oxford between 1369 and 1387, and further show that he spent two more years there in 1394-95 and 1395-96.
