In several papers already published I have attempted to provide an account of English relations with the Council of Basle and of the English role within the Council; in the course of these studies I have also tried to identify as many as possible of the Englishmen who can be traced at Basle during this period. There is room, however, for a few further observations, and I trust that these will prove a useful supplement to my earlier work.

Of the two delegations that went to the Council from England, the first arrived early in 1433 and stayed only a few months, the second went in 1434 and was present for about a year until mid-1435. Both were despatched from England as the result of missions from the Council to this country led by Gerardo Landriani, the Bishop of Lodi. On each occasion the king's council resolved to send representatives to Basle and the Convocation of Canterbury then decided likewise. The members of the first delegation were active in Basle, but they did not formally join the Council since they declined to take the oath of incorporation by which entrants to the Council submitted to its authority and discipline. They were admitted to the discussions about the four Hussite articles of faith, perhaps because the Hussites had also refused to be incorporated. A further instalment of the delegation was planned but never sent. The members of the second delegation were allowed to take a modified form of the oath and some of them participated in the Council's work.