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| William WEBB Matric. sizar from TRINITY, Michs. 1569; B.A. from St John's, 1572/3 . Friend of Edmund Spenser. Tutor to the sons of Edward Sulyard, of Runwell, Essex , c 1583, and afterwards to the family of Henry Grey (cousin of Lady Jane Grey), in 1591 . Author, A Discourse of English Poetrie ; also translated the Georgics of Virgil into English verse. ( Cooper, II. 12; D.N.B. ) | William WEBB Approx. lifespan: 1551–1649 Matric. sizar from Trinity College 1569:10MT: B.A. from St John's College 1572/3 Friend of Edmund Spenser. Tutor to the sons of Edward Sulyard, of Runwell, Essex c1583 and afterwards to the family of Henry Grey (cousin of Lady Jane Grey), in 1591 Author, A Discourse of English Poetrie ; also translated the Georgics of Virgil into English verse. ( Cooper II. 12; D.N.B. ) |