RPO -- Selected Poetry of William Byrd (1543-1623)

Selected Poetry of William Byrd (1543-1623)

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
© 2011, Ian Lancashire for the Department of English, University of Toronto

Index to poems

Care for Thy Soul as Thing of Greatest Price

Notes on Life and Works

Monson, Craig. “Byrd, William (1542/3?-1623).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.

Biographical information

Given name: William
Family name: Byrd
Birth date: 1543
Death date: 4 July 1623
Nationality: English
Family relations
father: Henry Byrd
wife: Julian Byrd (from 14 September 1568)
son: Christopher Byrd
daughter: Elizabeth Byrd
daughter: Rachel Byrd
Languages
English
Latin
Religions
Roman Catholic: 1543
Anglican: 1572
Honour: Honorary Organist of the Chapel Royal
Literary period: Elizabethan
Occupation: Organist: 1563
Residences
London
Lincoln: 1543
Harlington, Middlesex: 1578
Stondon Place, Essex: 1593
Buried at: Stondon
First RPO edition: 1996-2000