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

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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 28 March 2024.]

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