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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: 15511649 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. ) |