1) JOHN (1575?-1634).-Dramatist and satirist, _b._ at Coventry, was _ed._ at Oxf. In later life he gave up writing for the stage, took orders, and was incumbent of Christchurch, Hants, 1616-31. He began his literary career in 1598 with satire, _The Scourge of Villanie_ and _The Metamorphosis of Pygmalion's Image_ (1598), the latter of whic