Thomas Floyd

Thomas Floyd was a Welsh writer at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Life

Floyd entered New Inn Hall, Oxford, in 1589 and graduated with a BA degree in 1593; he later transferred to Jesus College, Oxford and took his Master of Arts (Oxford, [Cambridge, and Dublin)|MA] degree in 1596 and BCL degree in 1599. He wrote The picture of a perfit common wealth, describing as well the offices of princes and inferior magistrates over their subjects, as also the duties of subjects towards their governors, a study which concluded that monarchy was the best form of government. It was dedicated to Thomas [Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley|Sir Thomas Egerton], the Lord Keeper. He also wrote some verses in Latin for the 1603 work Academiae Oxoniensis Pietas erga serenissimum … Jacobum … Regem.