b. 24 January 1572. d. 31 March 1631. Nationality: English.
Poet, soldier, Church of England clergyman, and diplomat. Educated at Hart Hall, Oxford,
and Lincoln’s Inn. Joined Essex’s expedition to Cadiz (1597). Married Ann More in
December 1601. Became an MP for Brackley, Northamptonshire in 1601 and Taunton in
1614. Ordained in 1615 and became royal chaplain to James I. Ambassador to the Holy
Roman Empire in 1619 and dean of St. Paul’s (1621-31). Author of *Pseudo-Martyr* (1610),
*An Hymne to the Saints, and to Marquesse Hamylton* (1625), *Biathanatos* (1647),
and *Essays in Divinity* (1651). Friends with Izaak Walton and Henry Wotton. Acquainted
with Richard Corbet. Biographical information: *ODNB*. (CC)