The poet Richard Robinson, and author of The Rewarde of Wickednesse and A Golden Mirror, must be differentiated from the compiler and translator Richard Robinson of London. We know very little about the poet Robinson, except that he was probably from Alton in Staffordshire (‘Robinson, Richard’ (fl. 1573–1589)’, Brian Cummings, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004). In the preliminary matters of his epic poem The Rewarde of Wickednesse he identifies himself as a servant for the Earl of Shrewsbury and he dedicated The Rewarde of Wickednesse to Gilbert Talbot, the Earl of Shrewsbury’s second son. Robin Myers’ Stationer’s Company Archive: An Account of the Records 1554-1984 cites three texts attributed to this Robinson from Staffordshire: The Ruefull Tragedie of Hemidos and Thelay (1569), sadly lost; The Rewarde of Wickednesse, first printed in...
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Citation: Ward, Allyna. "Richard Robinson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 September 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13018, accessed 09 June 2026.]
