98. _Thomas Tusser the "Husbandman."_--Has any new evidence been
discovered to prove the correct dates of the birth and decease of this
"old English worthy?" On his own authority we learn that Rivenhall, near
Witham in Essex, was the place of his nativity, and his remains were
interred (about 1580?) in St. Mildred's church in the Poultry. Are any
particulars known of Sir Richard Southwell, one of Tusser's patrons?