XJF441211 Title Page for \'The Boke of Phyllyp Sparowe\' by John Skelton, published c.1550 (printed paper) by English School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I here after foloweth the boke of Phyllyp Sparowe compyled by mayster Skelton Poete Laureate"; John Skelton (c.1460-1529) was an English poet, also known as John Shelton; Philip Sparrow is a poem that celebrates a mock mass for Jane Scrope\'s sparrow, killed by a Carrow Abbey cat; Jane Scrope (or Scroop) was a schoolgirl at the Benedictine convent of Carrow, near Norwich; Skelton frequently refers to himself as poet laureate but is not recorded anywhere as having received any emoluments for this role;); English, out of copyright.