John Ross of the Inner Temple
John Ross (Latin: Johannes Rossus) (1563–1607) was an English barrister and poet.[1]
Life[edit]
Ross was born at Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, and educated at Westminster School. He entered the Inner Temple in 1584, having attended Trinity College, Cambridge as a sizar without taking a degree, and then moving to Lyon's Inn.[2][3]
Works[edit]
- Britannica, sive de regibus veteris Britanniae usque ad exitium gentis, & Saxonum imperium, historia versibus expressa (1607)[4]
- Ad Praesens Tempus Apostrophe on the Gunpowder Plot
- Tractatus Apologeticus defending the historian Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Memorial poem for Sir William Sackville, knighted by Henry IV of France and killed fighting for him.[5]
References[edit]
- Richard F. Hardin, Geoffrey among the Lawyers: Britannica (1607) by John Ross of the Inner Temple, The Sixteenth Century Journal Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer, 1992), pp. 235–249. Published by: The Sixteenth Century Journal. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2541888
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hardin p. 235.
- ^ Hardin p. 236.
- ^ The Philological Museum, John Ross, Britannica (1607), Introduction.
- ^ Johannes Rossus (1607). Ioannis Rossi ... Britannica, sive de regibus veteris Britanniae usque ad exitium gentis, & Saxonum imperium, historia versibus expressa: cui accessit ad praesens tempus apostrophe ... et de fide & antiquitate huius historiae tractatus apologeticus. ex officina Matthiae Beckeri.
- ^ Hardin, Richard F. "Sackville, Sir William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40547. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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