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Hodson, William (fl. 1617–1640), poet and religious writer  

Nicholas W. S. Cranfield

Hodson, William (fl. 1617–1640), poet and religious writer, was born in London, the son of John Hodson (d. 1628), citizen. He followed his lawyer brother John up to Peterhouse, Cambridge, as a pensioner, matriculating a decade after his elder sibling on 3 May 1617. He graduated BA in 1621 and MA in 1624. Thereafter he seems to have lived at ...

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Lever, Christopher (fl. 1598–1627), religious writer and poet  

Vivienne Larminie

Lever, Christopher (fl. 1598–1627), religious writer and poet, was possibly a kinsman of the brothers Thomas Lever (1521–1577) and Ralph Lever (c. 1530–1585), successively masters of Sherburn Hospital, co. Durham, in whose firm protestant tradition he stood. Probably a king's scholar at Durham School...

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Nicholson, Samuel (fl. 1597?–1602), poet and divine  

Elizabeth Goldring

Nicholson, Samuel (fl. 1597?–1602), poet and divine, was most likely the Samuel Nicholson of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, who graduated BA in 1597–8. He took orders, and described himself on the title-page of his 1602 devotional treatise, Gods New-Yeeres Gift Sent unto England...