Extract from the diary of Sir Edward Walker (1612-77), a herald in the College of
Arms. The diary was reported in N&Q, series 1, 6 (1852), 405-6, but has not
subsequently been found.
Eugene Giddens
Thursday, 17 August. – Died at Westminster Mr. Benjamin Johnson, the most famous, accurate, and learned poet of our age, especially in the English tongue, having left behind him many rare pieces which have sufficiently demonstrated to the world his worth. He was buried the next day following, being accompanied to his grave with all or the greatest part of the nobilitye and gentrie then in the towne.
Bibliography
G. (1852)