Sir Francis Kynaston or Kinaston (1587 - 1642) was an English courtier and poet, noted for his translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde into Latin verse (as rime royal , Amorum Troili et Creseidae Libri Quinque, 1639); he also provided a Latin translation of Henryson's The Testament of Cresseid, the later sequel.
He was from Otely , Shropshire, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford (matriculated 1601), and Cambridge. He was knighted by James I in 1618, and was a Member of Parliament in 1621.
Under Charles I he had a court position, and founded with royal support the Musaeum Minervae, an academy, initially in his own house, but with ambitions to move into Chelsea College .
He wrote a masque, Corona Minervae, performed in 1635. Other works were Leoline and Sydanis (1641), and Cynthiades: Sonnets to his Mistresse.
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