Cassibelan Burton

Cassibelan Burton (19 November 1609–16 February 1682) was a 17th century English translator of Latin works.

Burton was a grandson of William Burton (d. 1645), the historian of Leicestershire, by his wife Jane, daughter of Humfrey Adderley of Weddington, Warwickshire, and descended from Nicholas de Burton of Tutbury.[1] [2]

Burton inherited his father's collections in 1645, and handed them over to Walter Chetwynd, "to be used by him in writing 'The Antiquities of Staffordshire'." His great uncle was Robert Bruton, author of Anatomy of Melancholy.[2]

He translated Martial into English verse, but the translation remained in manuscript. His friend Sir Aston Cokaine thought highly of it.

Anthony Wood states that he was extravagant. He died on 28 February 1682.

References

  1. ↑ Nichols, John Gough (1846). The Topographer and Genealogist, Volume 1. J. B. Nichols. p. 494.
  2. 1 2 Erdeswicke, Sampson (1844). A Survey of Staffordshire: Containing the Antiquities of that County. J.B. Nichols and son. p. 521.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Burton, Cassibelan". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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