Lodowick Bryskett, was a poet, translator, diplomat and Irish official. He served as Special Ambassador from England to Tuscany in 1600-01.
Bridgetown Abbey, Castletownroche, County Cork, which Bryskett acquired in 1595
Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets in the English language.
Edmund Spenser
Title page, Fowre Hymnes, by Edmund Spenser, published by William Ponsonby, London, 1596
Title Page of a 1617 Edition of The Shepheardes Calender printed by Matthew Lownes, often bound with the complete works printed in 1611 or 1617.
The epic poem The Faerie Queene frontispiece, printed by William Ponsonby in 1590.