Education
He was educated under the care of Archbishop James Ussher, and matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, on 9 February 1643, but does not seem to have taken a degree.
He was educated under the care of Archbishop James Ussher, and matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, on 9 February 1643, but does not seem to have taken a degree.
John Quarles (1624 or 1625–1665) was an English poet. He bore arms for the king in the garrison at Oxford, and was imprisoned and banished, apparently in consequence of his adherence to the royal cause. While in banishment in Flanders he wrote the poems contained in his first published volume, Fons Lachrymarum.
He was in England in 1648, but his "occasions beyond sea" compelled him to leave in the following year, and the date of his ultimate return is unknown.
Towards the end of his life he was reduced to great poverty, and lived by his pen. He remained in London during the plague, and was carried off by it in 1665.
