sentences:  William of Malmsebury claimed he was generous and affable, although the chronicler acknowledged that the bishop treated the canons of Wells abominably.William also recorded that John was a heavy drinker and not given to self-restraint, but that his health was good and he lived to be old.At first he treated the monks at Bath with contempt and confiscated much of the lands of the abbey for his own use, but in 1106 he restored their lands to them.