John Hoskyns (poet)

''by George Dance John Hoskyns (1566 - August 7, 1638) was a scholar, lawyer, and minor English poetry]English poet.

Life
He was born in Monnington-upon-Wye, Llanwarne, Herefordshire, to John and Margery Hoskins. He was educated at Westminster School, from 1579 at Winchester College, and from 1584 at New College, Oxford, where he received his B.A. in 1588 and his M.A. in 1591.

He married Benedicta Hoskins on August 7, 1601.

On July 7, 1614, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he died the following year.

He is buried in the Abbey Dore in Herefordshire.