The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/William Sampson
William Sampson.
A Retainer of Sir Henry Willoughby’s Family of Richley in Derbyshire, in the Reign of King Charles the First. He writ one Play and part of another.
The Vow-breaker; or, The Fair Maid of Clifton, in Nottinghamshire; a Tragedy, 4 to. 1633. acted by several Companies with great Applause; and dedicated to Mrs. Ann Willoughby, Daughter to Sir Henry, aforesaid.
Herod and Antipater, a Tragedy, 4 to. See Markham, with whom he joined in this.