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On Churchyard's pension, see A. G. Chester, PMLA 1935, 902, and Roger A. Geimer, 'Spenser's rhyme or Churchyard's reason: Evidence of Churchyard's First Pension', RES 20 (1969), 306-09. Churchyard acknowledged the pension several times - if you want the details, let me know - an amount close to thirty pounds a year, which did not qualify him for the rank of gentleman. Bert At 10:40 AM 26/07/2003 -0400, you wrote: >According to Jonathan Goldberg, "Spenser had more success as a professional >poet than any other poet of his time. No other poet was granted so large a >pension -- fifty pounds a year -- by the queen" (Endlesse Worke 171). > >I've heard this elsewhere, in conversation mainly, but haven't seen it >documented. There has been good work done on Spenser's annuity. Herbert >Berry and E. K. Timings traced the disbursement records in "Spenser's >Pension," RES n.s. 11 (1960): 254-59. More recently, Richard S. Peterson >has shown that Spenser may have put his pension in danger by publishing >MHT; see "Laurel Crown and Ape's Tail: New Light on Spenser's Career from >Sir Thomas Tresham," Spenser Studies 12 (1998): 1-36. > >What I can't find, though, is information on who ELSE the queen patronized. >Any suggestions? > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org [log in to unmask] >East Carolina University Virgil reception, discussion, documents, &c >-----------------------------------------------------------------------