six masses in a single day, and at least three on days when he hunted. Every evening, at 6.0 p.m. and 9.0 p.m., he went to the Queen’s chamber to hear the offices of vespers and compline. At Easter, he ‘crept to the Cross’ on his knees, with all due humility. He also held himself up as an authority on doctrine, and was acknowledged as such by his contemporaries because ‘he is very religious’.
