The letters indeed which passed between the great churchman and the wandering scholar, the quiet, simple-hearted grace which amidst constant instances of munificence preserved the perfect equality of literary friendship, the enlightened piety to which Erasmus could address the noble words of his preface to St.
Jerome, confirm the judgement of every good man of Warham's day.

The Archbishop's life was a simple one; and an hour's pleasant reading, a quiet chat with some learned new-comer, alone broke the endless round of civil and ecclesiastical business.

Few men realized so thoroughly as Warham the new conception of an intellectual and moral equality before which the old social distinctions of the world were to vanish away.

His favourite relaxation was to sup among a group of scholarly visitors, enjoying their fun and retorting with fun of his own.

Colet, who had now become Dean of St.Paul's and whose sermons were stirring all London, might often be seen with Grocyn and Linacre at the Primate's board.