In his "Garlande of Laurell" Skelton gives a long list of his works, only a few of which are extant. The garland in question was worked for him in silks, gold and pearls by the ladies of the Countess of Surrey at Sheriff Hutton Castle, where he was the guest of the duke of Norfolk. The composition includes complimentary verses to the various ladies, and a good deal of information about himself. But it is as a satirist that Skelton merits attention. "The Bowge of Court" is directed against the vices and dangers of court life. He had already in his "Boke of the Thre Foles" drawn on Alexander Barclay's version of the "Narrenschijf" of Sebastian Brant, and this more elaborate, imaginative poem belongs to the same class.