John Ross of the Inner Temple explained

John Ross (Latin: Johannes Rossus) (1563–1607) was an English barrister and poet.^[1]

Life

Ross was born at Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, and educated at Westminster School. He entered the Inner Temple in 1584, having attended Trinity College, Cambridge as a sizar without taking a degree, and then moving to Lyon's Inn.^{[2] [3]}

Works

• Britannica, sive de regibus veteris Britanniae usque ad exitium gentis, & Saxonum imperium, historia versibus expressa (1607)^[4]
• Ad Praesens Tempus Apostrophe on the Gunpowder Plot
• Tractatus Apologeticus defending the historian Geoffrey of Monmouth
• Memorial poem for Sir William Sackville, knighted by Henry IV of France and killed fighting for him.^[5]

References

• Richard F. Hardin, Geoffrey among the Lawyers: Britannica (1607) by John Ross of the Inner Temple, The Sixteenth Century Journal Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer, 1992), pp. 235–249. Published by: The Sixteenth Century Journal. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2541888

Notes and References

1. Hardin p. 235.
2. Hardin p. 236.
3. http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/ross/intro.html The Philological Museum, John Ross, Britannica (1607), Introduction.
4. Book: Johannes Rossus. Ioannis Rossi ... Britannica, sive de regibus veteris Britanniae usque ad exitium gentis, & Saxonum imperium, historia versibus expressa: cui accessit ad praesens tempus apostrophe ... et de fide & antiquitate huius historiae tractatus apologeticus. 1607. ex officina Matthiae Beckeri.
5. 40547. Sackville, Sir William. Richard F.. Hardin.