Surname: Drayton Forename(s): Michael b. 1563. d. 1631. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and playwright. Born in Hartshill, Warwickshire. Playwright for the Lord Admiral’s
Men (1597-1604). Esquire to Sir Walton Aston (1603). Author of Englands Heroicall Epistles (1597) and several historical poems (1593-1596). Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)