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John Ross of the Inner Temple

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Died
  
1607

Books
  
Poems on Events of the Day, 1582-1607

John Ross (Latin: Johannes Rossus) (1563–1607) was an English barrister and poet.

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Life

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.

Works

  • Britannica, sive de regibus veteris Britanniae usque ad exitium gentis, & Saxonum imperium, historia versibus expressa (1607)
  • 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.

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