He was not a humble man, nor, so far as we can see, was he a man greatly interested in learning, and perhaps he would have been more at home as a member of the Gallo-Roman episcopate where the wealth which gave him enemies in England would have passed unnoticed and where his interference in matters of state would have been less likely to take him to prison."
Han var inte en ödmjuk man, inte heller var han, så vitt man kan se, en man som var särskilt intresserad av lärdom och kanske skulle han ha känt sig mer hemmastadd som del av det gallo-romerska episkopatet där den rikedom som skaffade honom fiender i England skulle ha passerat oförmärkt och där hans inblandning i statsangelägenheter inte lika sannolikt skulle ha lett till fängelse."