Minor Poems of Michael Drayton
Michael Drayton was born in 1563, at Hartshill, near Atherstone, in Warwickshire, where a cottage, said to
have been his, is still shown. He early became a page to Sir Henry Goodere, at Polesworth Hall: his own
words give the best picture of his early years here.[1] His education would seem to have been good, but
ordinary; and it is very doubtful if he ever went to a university
Michael Drayton was born in 1563, at Hartshill, near Atherstone, in Warwickshire, where a cottage, said to
have been his, is still shown. He early became a page to Sir Henry Goodere, at Polesworth Hall: his own
words give the best picture of his early years here.[1] His education would seem to have been good, but
ordinary; and it is very doubtful if he ever went to a university