Hoccleve

[ hok-leev ]

/ ˈhɒk liv /

Thomas,1370–1450, English poet.

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Lydgate and Hoccleve are the two principal successors of Chaucer.
A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand
Beyond all doubt, Hoccleve copied the forms of Chaucer's lost virelays.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
He retained the Hoccleve passage (p. 6); his point about Wartons basis of selection is effective.
Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782)|Edmond Malone
It thus became the business of the scribe, and the portraits in different copies of Hoccleve's works vary accordingly.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

A decline in the technique of the five-foot verse begins with Lydgate and Hoccleve.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper