Bishops' Ban of 1599
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On 1 June 1599, Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift and Bishop of London Richard Bancroft ordered a ban on a selection of literary works. The works were brought to Stationer’s Hall to be burned. Th
Stationer’s Hall, off Paternoster Row, London, where the banned works were burned. (18th-century engraving by Benjamin Cole)
John Weever
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John Weever was an English antiquary and poet. He is best known for his Epigrammes in the Oldest Cut, and Newest Fashion, containing epigrams on Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and other poets of his day, an
Bishops' Ban of 1599
…burned in Stationers' Hall. The two books that were "stai[e]d" (i.e. not burned) were Hall's Vergidemiarum and Caltha Poetarum. The following year, poet John Weever published Faunus and Melliflora, which contains references to Joseph Hall, John Marston, and the Bishops' Ban. Weever is also the probable author of…
John Weever in 1631