What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: John Lyly 1553/4-1606 Poet, Playwright and MP lived in a house near this site Recorded plaque organisation: Canterbury Society.
John Lyly was an influential Elizabethan writer known for his prose fiction and plays that popularized the euphuistic style; he served as a Member of Parliament and entertained Queen Elizabeth I with his works.
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