Robert Henderson, (Herryson, Henrisen, Henryson) a Scottish poet, Born in Edinburgh, flourished during the last half of the fifteenth century. He was born about 1430, he married Jonet or Janet, about 1449, she was born about 1415, they had 3 children. John, James (Our Grandfather) and George. No dates in his life have been established , but there is plausible evidence that he was a schoolmaster in Dunfermline. His poetry shows that he was a searching critic of his times, and in his identification of himself with the poor, he was virtually unique in an age during which authors devoted themselves to the imitation of foreign models of an allegorical nature.
Henryson, as he was known, is best known as the author of the first English pastoral, "Robene and Makyne," and the composer of a sequel to Geoffrey Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde," entitled "The Testiment of Cresseid." His best piece, and nevertheless, is probably his excellent version of "The Moral Fables of Aesop."
Henryson is generally credited with the authorship of a third long poem, "Orpheus and Eurydice, " and thirteen shorter poems. In modern times, his reputation has grown steadily. He died about 1486 in Inverkeithing, (I think that is Scotland altho his son James was born in England.)
I wonder if you might be able to find some of his work in your public libraries. I found something once in the Library in Martinsville Ind.
