His boy, Edward the Sixth, was a fair scholar in both the classical languages.

His daughter Mary wrote good Latin letters.

Elizabeth began every day with an hour's reading in the Greek Testament, the tragedies of Sophocles, or the orations of Demosthenes.

The ladies of the Court caught the royal fashion and were found poring over the pages of Plato.

Widely as Henry's ministers differed from each other, they all agreed in sharing and fostering the culture around them.