John Hagthorpe

Who is John Hagthorpe?

John Hagthorpe, was an English poet.

Hagthorpe was undoubtedly the son of Rowland Hagthorpe of Nettlesworth in the parish of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, by his first wife, Clare, daughter of Sir Ralph Hedworth, of Harraton in the same county. He was baptised 12 February 1585. In his writings he refers to the time when he lived in Scarborough Castle, Yorkshire. He married Judith, daughter of Anthony Wye, who had a lawsuit in 1605 with Elizabeth Saltonstall, mother of Wye Saltonstall, the poet.