Selected Poetry of John Skelton (ca. 1460-1529)
from Representative Poetry On-line
Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto
from 1912 to the present and published by the University of Toronto Press from 1912 to 1967.
RPO Edited by Ian Lancashire
A UTEL (University of Toronto English Library) Edition
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services,
University of Toronto Libraries
© 2012, Ian Lancashire for the Department
of English, University of Toronto
Index to poems
- The Book of Phillip Sparrow
- The Tunning of Elenor Rumming
Notes on Life and Works
- Scattergood, John. "Skelton, John (c.1460–1529)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
Biographical information
Given name: John
Family name: Skelton
Birth date: ca. 1460
Death date: 21 June 1529
Nationality: English
Languages
English
French
Latin
Greek
Education
Oxford
Cambridge (B.A.) to 1484
Patron: Henry Algernon Percy, fifth earl of Northumberland
Literary period: Tudor
Occupation: Tutor
Residences
Westminster to 21 June 1529
Norfolk: 1640
Buried at: Chancel of St. Margaret's Church
First RPO edition: 1996-2000
