ABSTRACT
patronized artists view of minstrel and troubadour patronage made evident the nature of rewards to these, and since remuneration for works of literature in goods rather than in money continued, further discussion of such manifestations of patronage may be deferred. Turning to Scotland, there are several entries in the Treasurer’s accounts which are doubtfully for literary service, but are of interest nevertheless, as they may deal with literary men. The number of works written by private chaplains is enormous in the Middle Ages, and it is very likely when the lord shows some interest in letters that he selected his clerk with some eye to literature. A promising youth often was fostered and trained by a nobleman of the neighborhood while young. Among those whose names are familiar in the literary world are Henry of Huntingdon, who was trained in the household of Robert Bloet, Bishop of Lincoln, and afterward became his Archdeacon.
