William Fennor

William Fennor (fl 1617), also known as Wilhelmus Vener , was an English biligual English/Dutch poet and rogue of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. He was the author of The Compter’s Commonwealth (1617).^[1] This work was written from his experience of imprisonment at London's Wood Street compter.

References

↑ The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21). Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. XVI. London and the Development of Popular Literature. § 23. Discoverie of the Knights of the Poste.

External links

Bilingual poet: William Fennor, Alias Wilhelmus Vener, Enghelsman (requires login)
Works by or about William Fennor in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 17569781

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